Japan – Mozzarella di Bufala Campana PDO ‘evocation’ case

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

In light of the next application of the EU-Japan free trade agreement, this Q&A between a Member of the EU Parliament (MEP) and the EU Commission, raise a curious case of evocation of a PDO (Protected Designation of Origin, recognized under Reg. EU 1151/2012). Question for written answer E-001489-19 - 25th March 2019 The Consortium … Continue reading Japan – Mozzarella di Bufala Campana PDO ‘evocation’ case

EU DG Health and Food Safety audit in Sweden – Unexpected flaws in microbial safety of food of non-animal origin

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

Here below the summary of a recent audit of the EU Commission services on the Swedish official control system for food of non animal origin (in particular frozen food and sprouts/seeds for sprouting). Beside the detected shortcomings, is quite unusual to notice that from internal audits from 2014 and from EU Commission audit in 2015, … Continue reading EU DG Health and Food Safety audit in Sweden – Unexpected flaws in microbial safety of food of non-animal origin