Call to make traceability rules the same for non-EU farmers
George Lyon, Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland, has called on the European Commission to make it compulsory for countries from outside the EU to meet the same traceability standards as EU Member States before imports are allowed.
The move comes as the implementation of electronic tagging of sheep (EID) grows ever closer.
Lyon wants the Commission to help protect consumers and farmers from the threat of diseases such as foot and mouth by requiring non-EU states to enforce the same level of traceability as will be required across the EU when EID comes into effect early next year.
Similar tactics were used to ban the importation of beef from Brazil. If the Commission were to go down the same route for sheep meat, it could block imports of lamb from New Zealand.
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