On Wednesday 15 March, the European Parliament formally unveiled plans to tighten up official and harmonised food inspections, from farm to fork, in an effort to improve food traceability, combat fraud and restore consumer trust in the integrity of the EU food chain.
MEPs effectively ratified the inter-institutional agreement reached in June 2016 on the single draft regulation proposed in 2013, as a basis for the official inspections and activities to ensure respect for legislation on food...