Foodlaw-Reading Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK
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Food Law News - EU - 2020

Commission Consultation, 7 April 2020

FISH AND FISHERY PRODUCTS – Commission consultation: Proposal for a regulation: Fish & seafood products - review of marketing standards

Commission's Inception Impact Assessment: Review of the marketing standards framework for fishery and aquaculture products A copy of the document is available on this site (click on image).

The following is the brief summary on the consultation site (see: Fish & seafood products - review of marketing standards). Note that the feedback period is 7 April 2020 - 5 May 2020.

Summary

Vendors and traders of fish and seafood products, whether caught in the wild or farmed, must comply with certain standards to be able to place their products on the EU market.

This initiative updates these standards to better meet the objectives of the legislation in this area, particularly to ensure:

• the products have been caught/farmed sustainably
• there is genuine competition on the market, and
• transparency on the products’ characteristics, such as quality and weight.