A new regulation will allow oil such as hazelnut or walnut oil to be produced in Spain

Published 2022년 9월 20일

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The Spanish Government, led by Minister Luis Planas, is working on a new standard to facilitate the production of various vegetable oils in Spain, including hazelnut and walnut, which are currently not feasible to produce. The standard will be put up for public consultation by the end of the year and will subsequently be referred to the European Commission due to its community impact. The move is aimed at updating the regulations of the vegetable oil sector to align with current production processes, the needs of the industry, and consumer demands for a variety of vegetable oils, some of which are currently imported due to the lack of production capabilities in Spain.

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The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, announced this Tuesday in the Senate that the Government is working on a standard to facilitate the production of other vegetable oils in Spain that cannot now be produced, such as hazelnut or walnut, among others. . The minister has specified that it will go out for public consultation before the end of the year. As it is a community impact standard, it will have to be transferred to the European Commission. In response to a question from the senator from the Esquerra Republicana-Euskal Herria Bildu parliamentary group, Josep Rufá i Gràcia, Planas assured that the vegetable oil sector in Spain needs an update of the regulations in order to adapt it to current production processes, the needs of the production sector and the demands of society. In this sense, he pointed out that the Government is aware of consumer demand for vegetable oils from various raw materials, which currently cannot be produced in Spain, so those ...

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