The EU experts have started the National Food Safety Agency audit, which is important for Moldova to obtain the right to export to the European Union poultry meat, poultry products and eggs.
In particular, there took place the first meeting of the initiated audit mission of the National Food Safety Agency, organized by the Directorate General for Health and Food Safety of the European Commission (DG SANTE). The purpose of the audit is to assess compliance with sanitary and veterinary requirements for the export of poultry meat, poultry products and eggs from Moldova to the European Union. The National Food Safety Agency CEO Vladislav Cotici said that this mission is long-awaited and he hopes that it will end with good results for Moldova, which this time has completed its “homework”. The audit will take place from 19 to 30 April and includes an assessment of aspects related to animal health. “Due to the pandemic crisis, the National Food Safety Agency assessment will be done online, but we are ready and working hard to properly represent the area being audited. The goal is very ambitious: to expand the list of products of animal origin destined for export to the European Union. This is one of the provisions of the Free Trade Agreement between Moldova and the European Union, signed in 2014,” said Vladislav Cotici. As noted in the National Food Safety Agency, during 2021 the European Commission has planned to conduct three audit missions in Moldova. The first mission envisages an assessment of the state of the field of animal health, the second - in the field of monitoring the residues of animal products, for which Moldova has residue monitoring plans approved by the European Commission. The third mission envisages a food safety assessment for the export of poultry meat, poultry products and eggs to the European Union. // 20.04.2021 — InfoMarket
