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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12083

29 August 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 6 / 16
SECTORAL POLICIES / Food safety
Improvements still possible in Thai system for monitoring of poultry destined for the EU
Brussels, 28/08/2018 (Agence Europe)

Thailand’s system of official controls of the production of poultry meat for the EU market contains substantial failures, according to a report by the EU's Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) published on 23 August.

The report describes the outcome of an audit carried out by Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety in Thailand from 22 January to 2 February 2018. The objective of the audit was to evaluate whether the official control system covering the production of poultry meat and...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
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CLIMATE: The planet cannot make do with a policy of small steps, said French minister Nicolas Hulot as he resigned
ENVIRONMENT: MEP Frederique Ries wants to tighten up proposed legislation to limit polluting single-use plastics
TRANSPORT: Majority appears to be taking shape at European Parliament on railway passengers' rights and responsibilities
REGIONS: Proposal for fund to help regions affected by Brexit appears compromised
FOOD SAFETY: Improvements still possible in Thai system for monitoring of poultry destined for the EU
JUSTICE: Data protection must be assessed in the event of major corporate merger, says EDPB
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Informal defence and foreign affairs menu to include Defence Europe, Middle East, transatlantic relations and multilateralism
WESTERN BALKANS: Johannes Hahn calls for implementation of regional economic area to be continued
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Avalanche of amendments to European Parliament's draft report on European Labour Authority
SOCIAL: EU examines idea of 'Child Guarantee'
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Medicines Agency's request for more staff turned down at this stage
NEWS BRIEFS
BELARUS: Vytenis Andriukaitis calls on Minsk to strengthen cooperation to eradicate African swine fever
HUMAN RIGHTS: Rosa María Payá, Nabeel Rajab and Oyub Titiev shortlisted for 2018 Václav Havel Prize
UK: Theresa May says consequences of 'no-deal' Brexit should not be exaggerated
FOOD SAFETY: EU satisfied with Croatian system for monitoring goods in transit