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Explainers

The latest on EU AGRI-Food policies impacting low- and middle-income countries

AGRINFO Explainers

In addition to summaries of new EU Regulations and Standards, AGRINFO Reports include overviews that help to explain the context of these changes, particularly where users request additional information (you can do this via Ask AGRINFO). Examples of topics covered include the EU’s Green Dealofficial controls, and plant health regime; and the rules on food irradiation and single-use plastics. All our overviews and explainers are listed below.

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AGRINFO Guide: Exporting Honey to the European Union

AGRINFO has published guidance introducing recent and upcoming changes in EU requirements with an impact on honey …

  • Animal health certification
  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Contaminants
  • Food additives
  • Food safety
  • General Food Law
  • Hygiene
  • Pesticides
  • Third country lists
  • Veterinary residues
  • Labelling
  • Origin
  • Official controls
1999/2/EC

Food irradiation explained

Background information on the rules on food irradiation

  • Food safety

How to provide feedback on upcoming EU policies and regulations – explained

How to provide feedback on upcoming EU policies and regulations

  • Common Agricultural Policy
  • Common Fisheries Policy
  • Food safety
396/2005

Pesticide residue import tolerance MRLs explained

Pesticide import tolerance maximum residue levels explained

  • Food safety
  • Pesticide MRLs
528/2012

Biocides explained

Background information on the Biocidal Products Regulation

  • Biocides
  • Food safety
2017/625

Official Controls Regulation - explained

Reshaped EU framework for official controls of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, …

  • Additional/emergency controls

The EU's blue economy strategy explained

Overview of the primary objectives of the EU's blue economy for a sustainable future

  • Blue economy
2018/848

New EU Organic Regulation explained

EU Organic Regulation and new rules on organic production and labelling – explained

  • Organic production
2016/2031

EU Plant Health Law explained

The new EU Plant Health Law explained – applied in 2019, it introduces stricter measures to protect …

  • Plant health
2018/2019

Provisional list of high risk plants explained

Listing of high risk plants, plant products and other objects under the EU plant health regime – …

  • High-risk plants
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