//29 Jul 2011
The US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to amend the regulations governing the importation of animals and animal products by recognising 25 member states of the European Union as the APHIS-defined European Union poultry trade region and adding it to the list of regions APHIS considers to be free of Newcastle disease.
APHIS also determined that the region meets requirements for being considered free of highly pathogenic avian influenza. In addition, AHIS is proposing to establish requirements governing the importation of live birds and poultry, including hatching eggs, and poultry meat and products from the APHIS-defined European Union poultry trade region, and to update avian disease terms and definitions.
APHIS is taking these actions based on a risk evaluation prepared by APHIS in which the agency determined that the proposed region meets the agency’s requirements for being considered free of Newcastle disease and highly pathogenic avian influenza. These actions facilitate the importation of live birds and poultry, and poultry meat and products, from the APHIS-defined European Union poultry trade region while protecting the United States from communicable avian diseases.
This proposed rule was published in July 19 Federal Register and consideration will be given to comments received on or before Sept. 19, 2011. Comments can be submitted via this link.
Source: APHIS
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26 June 2011
EU in favour of labelling origin of fresh pork
//24 Jun 2011
Fresh pork, poultry, lamb and goat meat should be labelled mentioning their country of origin in the European Union. The labelling will not be applicable to processed meat or dairy products.
This is the result of a talk between several parties involved, like the European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission, sources revealed to the Dutch agricultural newspaper Agrarisch Dagblad.
The European Parliament initially wanted a country of origin labelling for all meat and dairy but many member states as well as the European Commission opposed this proposal, as it would be too complicated to guarantee it would work.
The Commission therefore promised a ‘impact assessment’, to be carried out over the next two or three years, to see if further steps need be taken.
In many EU countries, a method using a ‘light regime’ is opted for. This would exclude mentioning an animal’s country of birth, simply because in that case many different batches of meat have to be separated in processing plants.
The European Parliament also wished to have implemented a mandatory labelling for all meat slaughtered without the prior use of anaesthetics. Especially France and Spain oppose this proposal, since there are many Muslim communities within their borders, that slaughter their meat without prior use of anaesthetics.
Mandatory origin labeling for beef and veal was agreed in the EU in 2000, at the start of the Europe's second BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) crisis.
Related websites:
European Commission
Agrarisch Dagblad (in Dutch)
Fresh pork, poultry, lamb and goat meat should be labelled mentioning their country of origin in the European Union. The labelling will not be applicable to processed meat or dairy products.
This is the result of a talk between several parties involved, like the European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission, sources revealed to the Dutch agricultural newspaper Agrarisch Dagblad.
The European Parliament initially wanted a country of origin labelling for all meat and dairy but many member states as well as the European Commission opposed this proposal, as it would be too complicated to guarantee it would work.
The Commission therefore promised a ‘impact assessment’, to be carried out over the next two or three years, to see if further steps need be taken.
In many EU countries, a method using a ‘light regime’ is opted for. This would exclude mentioning an animal’s country of birth, simply because in that case many different batches of meat have to be separated in processing plants.
The European Parliament also wished to have implemented a mandatory labelling for all meat slaughtered without the prior use of anaesthetics. Especially France and Spain oppose this proposal, since there are many Muslim communities within their borders, that slaughter their meat without prior use of anaesthetics.
Mandatory origin labeling for beef and veal was agreed in the EU in 2000, at the start of the Europe's second BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) crisis.
Related websites:
European Commission
Agrarisch Dagblad (in Dutch)
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