FVO report – Germany – Food Hygiene for primary production of FNAO and sprouting seeds

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

In this report published last December the EU Commission Food and Veterinary office reported some significant weaknesses in the official controls system for food of non animal origin and seeds for sprouting in Germany. The inspection was carried out in November 2013, so it is quite old: I expected better answers to the E.Coli crisis in … Continue reading FVO report – Germany – Food Hygiene for primary production of FNAO and sprouting seeds

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FSA UK – Guidance for authorities and food businesses on use of private water supplies in primary production

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

Annex I, Part A, 4(d) and 5(c) of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 requires that food business operators rearing, harvesting or hunting animals or producing primary products of animal origin, and producing or harvesting plant products, respectively, are to take adequate measures to use potable, or clean water, whenever necessary to prevent contamination. This guidance has … Continue reading FSA UK – Guidance for authorities and food businesses on use of private water supplies in primary production