EU: Food and Feed Safety Simplification Package
The Simplification Package was proposed by the Commission to streamline and simplify food and feed legislation in specific areas. It focuses on reducing unnecessary administrative costs and burdens for agri-food producers and operators and national authorities.
Among the key measures proposed are:
- faster procedures for to give bio-control products market access
- more targeted and efficient renewal procedures for pesticides and biocides
- more targeted and efficient renewal procedures for feed additive authorisations
- digital labelling options for feed additives
- streamlined measures for fermentation products produced using GMMs
- stronger import rules for pesticide residues, to ensure a level playing field
- simplified accreditation rules for official laboratories
- a more pragmatic approach to border controls for plant products
- adapted bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) surveillance and risk mitigation requirements.