Official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products

The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted the recommendation for second reading contained in the report by Karin KADENBACH (S&D, AT) on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products.

The committee recommended the European Parliament to approve the Council position at first reading without amendment.

The general aim of this proposed Regulation is to modernise and sharpen enforcement tools, and in particular official controls, as laid down in the existing Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, to simplify the legislative framework. It lays down harmonised rules at EU level aimed at providing a comprehensive and coherent approach to official controls along the entire agri-food chain.