What is covered in the EU enlargement negotiations as regards food safety?
Food safety issues are spread over two areas of the accession negotiations: Chapter 1 ” Free Movement of Goods” covers food legislation; Chapter 7 “Agriculture” covers veterinary and phytosanitary issues, and animal nutrition. Food legislation includes general rules for hygiene and control, food labelling, food additives, food packaging and genetically modified foods. Phytosanitary legislation includes plant health (harmful organisms, pesticides), seeds and propagating material, and plant hygiene. Animal feed legislation includes the safety of feed materials and additives, labelling, contaminants in feed, controls and inspections. What is the basic approach of the European Commission to negotiations on food safety? The existing body of EU law (“acquis”) related to food safety covers a large number of legislative acts, many of which are broad in scope and demanding in terms of transposition, implementation and enforcement. It is vitally important to ensure that the “acquis” is fully tra
