According to a report by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANCO) published on Tuesday 22 April, the Italian control system for fishery products is “implemented by and large adequately as required by the EU rules, by knowledgeable staff, in accordance with the adopted procedures and the defined frequencies”.
However, the audit revealed that the control frequencies for primary production fishing vessel and for approved fishing vessels are not respected.
According to the experts, there is also inconsistency in the assessment of shelf-life studies between local authorities within the same region.
The situation observed during the audit suggests that “the weaknesses identified above have a limited impact in the overall objective of the official control system governing the production and placing on the market of fishery products”, conclude the EU experts.
Link to the report: https://aeur.eu/f/gho (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)