According to a report by the European Union's Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) published on 20 August, Argentina's system for controlling beef and ovine meat production meets the requirements of EU rules.
With regard to the production of beef and ovine meat destined for the EU, the audit by EU experts concludes that the official control system in place is “well designed and properly implemented”.
The system in place provides an adequate basis to support the “reliability of the attestations contained in the export certificates” to the EU.
In addition, the requirements for beef and ovine meat establishments “are in accordance with EU standards and are subject to official control”. The controls are judged by the FVO to be “overall effective, and allow the competent authorities to provide adequate assurances that products have been produced in accordance with the EU standards”.
Among the reasons for the satisfactory findings are the following: - reliable assurances on the identification, movement and traceability of animals entering the EU production chain; - good hygiene practices observed.
There were some “deviations” from EU animal welfare standards, but experts found that “animals were handled properly” and “no signs of suffering were detected”.
See the report: https://bit.ly/3aXXKmT (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)