IARN — The European Commission has issued a Call for Evidence to assess the rationale and legal feasibility of applying EU health and environmental standards to imported agricultural and agri-food products.
While supportive of the overall goal of working toward a global sustainable food system, the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) strongly disagrees that applying EU health and environmental standards to imported products will contribute to that goal. Cheyenne McEndaffer, USMEF senior director of export services, explained why the USMEF submitted comments opposing the move.
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