The Federal Customs Service of Russia called for harmonizing the EAEU regulations with the EU requirements for olive oil

Harmonization of regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the European Union regarding olive oil will improve the safety and quality of products, said Irina Gromova, Deputy Head of the Central Expert and Forensic Customs Department of the Federal Customs Service of Russia at the Anti-Counterfeit forum. She noted that these documents have already been harmonized according to two safety parameters. “Is this enough? No, definitely not. <…> We encourage and are interested in organizing the beginning of work to harmonize EAEU norms regarding olive oil with international European requirements,” Gromova said at the session “Daily Bread: Counterfeits in Food Products ". According to her, the quality of olive oil needs to be improved by tightening the requirements for it. Deputy Director of the Department of Digital Labeling of Products and Legalization of Products of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Veronika Bobrovskaya noted that labeling will ...