Agendas and minutes
Meetings 2022
6 May:
Presentations and documents:
- FSFS general presentation and policy updates
- Monitoring of the Farm to Fork Strategy
- Revision of the plant and forest reproductive material legislation
- Invertebrate Biological Control Agents (IBCAs)
- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: challenges in the enforcement of food legislation - Pesticides MRL
- Update on the revision of the Regulation on Food Information to Customers(FIC)
- New Genomic Techniques - state of play
- Guidance Note on Regulation (EU) 2017/625
Meetings 2021
26 November:
Presentations and documents:
- The Inception Impact Assessment on the legislative framework on Sustainable Food Systems
- Update on the revision of the Food Information to Consumers Regulation
- Legal implementation of the EU Plant Health regime
- Seed legislation issues
- Outcome of the technical meeting with Member States on ethylene oxide
- Update on border checks of organic products
- The Inception Impact Assessment on Food Waste
- Revision of the Commission Notice on Food Safety Management Systems, including Food Safety Culture
7 May:
Presentations and documents:
- Short update on the implementation of the Transparency Regulation Information
- Update on PPP/Regulation 1107/2009 related activities Information
- Upcoming stakeholder consultation on an “information note on Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 as regards processing factors and composite food and feed” Information
- Revised certificates for the entry into the Union for animals and goods, aquatic animals and products of animal origin and terrestrial animals and germinal products Information
- Revision of the Commission Notice on Food Safety Management Systems, including Food Safety Culture Information
- Update on the revision of the feed ban for non-ruminants Information
- Update on Plant Health Information
- Update state of play Farm to Fork Strategy – Front-of-pack nutrition labelling, nutrient profiles, origin labelling and date marking
Meetings 2020
23 November:
Presentations and documents:
- Farm to Fork Strategy - updates
- State of play regarding Nanomaterials
- Update on the adaptations of the hygiene regulations
- Progress on the legal implementation of the new Plant Health Regulation and the Seeds legislation
- Plant protection products –update and ongoing developments
- An update on the evaluation and planned revision of sustainable use of pesticides Directive (SUD)
8 May:
Presentations and documents:
- Farm to Fork Strategy
- COVID-19 crisis and food DG SANTE initiatives
- COVID-19 - challenges for official controls
- Progress PHL-OCR
- State of play of the revision of the feed ban for non-ruminants
- Evaluation of EU-legislation on food irradiation
- Official Controls
- General updates
Meetings 2019
21 November:
Presentations and documents:
- Green Deal and Farm-to-fork
- Food fraud
- Update on the Transparency Regulation
- update OCR
- Progress PHL-OCR
- Update on IMSOC and AAC
- Update on PPPs
- update on PPPs_pesticide residues
- Short updates
7 May:
Presentations and documents:
- AG Plenary_Transparency in the food chain
- AG Horizon Europe
- Plant Protection Products
- Draft Commission Notice the application of the provisions of Article 26
- New Regulations (EU) 2019/6 and 2019/4
- PHL
- OCR
Meetings 2018
26 November:
Presentations and documents:
- Progress on the implementation of the new Plant Health Health Law
- 2017 European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance
- Harmonised Risk Indicators under Directive 2009/128/EC
- Strategic approach to EU agricultural research and innovation
27 April:
Presentations and documents:
- EU Commission Proposal for a Regulation on the transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment in the food chain
- SPS in trade agreements
- Plant health law and the Implementing and Delegated Acts
- State of play of Food contact materials
- Official Controls Regulation (EU) 2017/625: state of play
- New official controls on products of animal origin
- Official Controls on animals and goods (including plants) entering the EU
- Low risk active substances in plant protection: state of play
- Proposal for a revised Fertilising Products Regulation
- State of play regarding Nanomaterials
Meetings 2017
22 November:
Presentations and documents:
- Follow up on fipronil
- Update on OCR 625/2017 process on imports and de-brief from discussion with Member States
- AMR: New EU One Health action plan
- FOOD 2030 - European Research and Innovation for Food and Nutrition Security
- Update on developments on the sustainable use of pesticides (Directive 2009/128/EC)
- Update on endocrine disruptors
- Overview report - Sustainable Use of Pesticides
- Plant health law and the Implementing and Delegated Acts
- Update on Food Waste Platform
- Update on Animal Welfare Platform and its activities
- Closing remarks by Commissioner Andriukaitis
- Report on Member State National Action Plans and on progress in the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides
Meetings 2016
25 November:
Presentations and documents:
- Commission’s strategy to combat AMR
- Food Chain in the Digital Single Market
- e-Commerce control of food EU action plan
- Update on the Official Controls Regulation
- Update Lumpy skin disease in the EU
- Setting out scientific criteria for the determination of endocrine-disrupting properties pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012
- Setting out scientific criteria for the determination of endocrine disrupting properties and amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) 1107/2009
- New Plant Health Law
- Sustainable use of PPPs
- EUROPHYT
- Export of live animals & Tail-docking of pigs
- Is proper enforcement of the current EU legislation on the protection of animals during transport possible?
- Laying down rules for the application of Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) N° 1169/2011
- Food Contact Materials
- Mineral oil in food and materials and articles
29 April:
Presentations and documents:
- The EU as a Multilateral Actor: What benefits?
- Overview of the AMR related activities
- Study on Labelling of products from cloned animals and their offspring
- Study on the labelling of products from cloned animals and their offspring - Final report
- Update on the Official Controls file
- Framework for assessing the socioeconomic impacts of Bt maize cultivation
- Framework for assessing the socio-economic impacts of Bt maize cultivation - JRC report
- Implementation of food safety management systems covering prerequisite programs (PRPs) and procedures based on the HACCP principles
- Unacceptable co-formulants in PPPs
- Discussion paper1 on Co-formulants
- Reevaluation of the safety of permitted food additives
- The European Commission`s approach on the Circular Economy
- UECBV working group on slaughter hygiene
Meetings 2015
27 November:
Presentations and documents:
- Better Regulation Package
- EU Crisis Preparedness And Management In Plant Health
- Report on the state of implementation of HACCP
- Prudent use of antimicrobials in animals
- Campylobacter control
- Coexistence of genetically modified cotton with conventional and organic farming
- Regulation on veterinary medicinal products
30 April:
Presentations and documents:
- Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009
- High Pressure Processing and other new/emerging food technologies
- Labelling of products from cloned animals and their offspring
- EXPO MILANO 2015
- Evaluation of EU strategy to combat AMR
- State of play of ongoing food hygiene issues
- STEC questionnaire
Meetings 2014
12 December:
Presentations and documents:
- FOODINTEGRITY PROJECT
- Coexistence of genetically modified soybean crops with conventional and organic farming
- Cultivation of genetically modified crops
- Fitness Check on Regulation 178/2002
- Standard Operating Procedures of the RASFF
- Ongoing activities against food fraud
- Working together to tackle food waste in the EU
- Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008