EU: High food safety standards but flexibility for micro-enterprises - (Europaparlamentet)
June 5, 2008 – 8:08 pmThe European Parliament wants to guarantee the highest possible food hygiene safety while giving flexibility to exempt especially micro-enterprises from certain obligations under the food hygiene regulation concerning the HACCP - system (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point), a system to ensure and to control the EU food hygiene rules.
The proposal is part of the better regulation strategy to reduce administrative burden (fast track procedure package). The proposal amends the Regulation on the hygiene of foodstuffs from 2004.
The Commission proposes to exempt small food businesses from the requirement to putting in place, implementing and maintaining a permanent procedure or procedures based on the hazard analysis and critical control points (”HACCP”) principles. This exemption should apply to micro-enterprises that are predominantly selling food directly to the final consumer.
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