date:Jun 16, 2014
n to secure third country acceptance on behalf of all EU member states. However, the Commission has made it clear that it will not undertake this role and are leaving the matter to individual member states.
Rossides said that if acceptance was not secured by Defra, then plants exporting to third countries would have no choice but to retain their existing inspection methods.
In April, MTJ reported that union body Unison feared changes to the pig inspection rules would result in infected meat en