EU-Vietnam free trade deal gets green light in trade committee

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

On 21st January 2020, the committee gave its consent to the free trade agreement by 29 votes, six votes against and five abstentions and recommends that EP Plenary should do the same. The agreement will remove virtually all tariffs between the two parties in ten years. It will protect emblematic European products, and allow Europe … Continue reading EU-Vietnam free trade deal gets green light in trade committee

Comparing Food Recalls Procedures between Europe and the USA

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

I recently posted on Global Food Safety Resources a blog about the main differences in the functioning of the food recalls systems in EU and the USA. Here a short abstract: "Regulation is an important issue for anyone who takes food from farm to fork, no matter what side of the Atlantic Ocean they’re on. … Continue reading Comparing Food Recalls Procedures between Europe and the USA