Written Q&A to EU Commission – Contaminants and crab meat

Subject: Standards for the mitten crab In large parts of the Netherlands it is forbidden to catch the mitten crab due to supposed risks to public health (from dioxins and PCBs, amongst other things). At present there is only a European standard covering the white meat of the crab, as a result of which the … Continue reading Written Q&A to EU Commission – Contaminants and crab meat

Written Q&A to EU Commission – Food frauds register?

Question for written answerΒ to the Commission 16 January 2014 Marc Tarabella (S&D) , Jean Louis Cottigny (S&D) Subject: European Food Fraud Register Could the Commission, as repeatedly called for by the European Parliament, systematically gather data on cases of fraud and exchange good practices with a view to detecting and combatting food fraud? Could the … Continue reading Written Q&A to EU Commission – Food frauds register?