EU Alert Monitoring – 27 November 2015

Summary

Brussels update of seafood legislation developments, including EFSA opinion on ethoxyquin; Guidance Document related to import requirements and the new rules on food hygiene and official food controls; EU-Philippines free trade; Free Trade Agreement with Thailand; Sri Lankan fish ban; EU credits Sri Lanka on progress made on IUU fisheries issue; Imports of tuna products from Thailand into the European Union; Nestlé admits to forced labour in its seafood supply chain in Thailand; Question for written answer on the decline in pilchard and anchovy stocks in connection with the tuna recovery plan; New funds to promote our wild and farmed fish; Working Party on Internal and External Fisheries Policy (November 26-27); Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Bioeconomy - A challenge for Europe - 4th SCAR Foresight Exercise

Author

• Fiona Wright

Publication date

01 November 2015