EU to ease import conditions for sunflower oil from Ukraine

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

"Today I publish another article of my friend and food lawyer in Lisbon, Francesco Montanari, written in cooperation with his colleague Veronika Jèzso; thank you both for this and for your great expertise on food import requirements". Early in July this year the European Commission in agreement with Member States decided to relax special imports … Continue reading EU to ease import conditions for sunflower oil from Ukraine

Food recalls in EU – Week 29 – 2014

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

This week on the RASFF database (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we don't have any recall from consumers in EU in the alert notifications. Between the information for attention notifications, followed by a recall from consumers, we find: - Foreign bodies: glass fragments in asparagus, following a consumer complaint. Origin China, notified by Germany; - Pathogenic micro-organisms: Campylobacter spp. in chilled chicken breast fillets, following an official control … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 29 – 2014