The European Commission confirmed on Thursday 4 February that it could not extend the derogation, which expired at the end of 2020, allowing unapproved slaughterhouses to process their products without health approval (hygiene derogation).
Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture, including Anne Sander (EPP, France), Carmen Avram (S&D, Romania) and Martin Häusling (Greens/EFA, Germany), strongly protested the expiry of this derogation and asked the Commission to find...