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UK flags new rules to strengthen meat traceability
New supply chain regulations designed to beef up the ‘farm to fork’ traceability of cattle, sheep and goats sent to slaughter will come into force in the UK from the beginning of next year.
Slaughterhouse operators and livestock keepers will be obliged to provide Food Chain Information (FCI) for all cattle sheep and goats from 1 January 2010 under new European Union legislation, the Food Standards Agency said yesterday. The regulation will apply to all those animals sent either directly to slaughter or sold through livestock markets.
The agency cautioned that once the new rules come into force, meat from cattle, sheep or goats without FCI information will not be passed for human consumption, as it urged slaughterhouse operators to prepare for the changes now.
New EU traceability laws for slaughterhouses
This new requirement is part of EU legislation that comes into force from 1 January 2010 and will apply to all animals, whether sent directly to a slaughterhouse or sold through a livestock market. The rules already apply to pigs and calves.
China’s fisheries catching up fast to EU regulations – traceability
China appears to have made considerable progress in improving the traceability of its fish processing industry, but will need to adapt further if it is to meet the requirements of forthcoming European Union regulations, according to a new report by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network. From January 2010, all fish materials imported into the European Union (EU) will have to be accompanied by catch certificates. The certificates will then have to be validated by the flag State of the vessel that caught the fish. The new laws aim to combat Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing. The ability of China, as the leading exporter of marine fish products and the world’s fastest growing major economy, to meet such requirements is regarded as vital in the process to curb IUU fishing worldwide, TRAFFIC said. Its study, Understanding China’s Fish Trade and Traceability, characterises China’s fish reprocessing industry and examines to what extent its existing traceability systems will be able to cope with the requirements of the forthcoming EU legislation.
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