The EU has noted shortcomings in Poland’s control system for the trade in processed animal proteins to be used in aquaculture, states a report from the EU’s Food and Veterinary Office (FVO), published on 3 October.
The structure and the functioning of the official control system governing the chain of production and trade of processed animal proteins "provides a good basis for assuring that these products fulfil relevant requirements on hygiene and traceability", the report by veterinary experts reads.
Nonetheless, experts have noted "two main shortcomings in the system": - (1) there are errors in the list of food operators eligible to supply animal bi-products (ABP) for the production of processed animal protein to be used for aquaculture, "resulting in the possibility of ruminant protein (dairy) being present", - and (2) the competent authorities have largely not met their notification requirements concerning the arrival of consignments of processed animal proteins from other EU member states and the dispatch of consignments of organic fertilisers/soil improvers containing processed animal proteins to other member states. Such "shortcomings undermine the reliability of information on intra-EU trade of such products and the solidity of the feed ban measures concerning the aquaculture sector", the FVO concludes. (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)