Brussels opens the door to demands from AVA-Asaja regarding pests such as inspections at origin

The Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-Asaja) presented its demands in Brussels regarding the fight against pests and diseases that are decimating agricultural production, but, unlike previous occasions, the representatives of the European Commission "opened the door to implementing these measures, some of which had been systematically rejected until now," sources from the agricultural organization indicated. The delegation of AVA-Asaja, chaired by Cristóbal Aguado, highlighted the meeting held with the office of the Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare, the Hungarian Olivér Várhelyi, who has competencies in pests and diseases and the use of plant protection products. In response to the proposals put forward, "the Commission showed a surprising willingness to accept initiatives such as inspections at origin - which the Commission had always denied us - to prevent the entry of pests and diseases from third countries, the approval of new genomic techniques (NTG) that allow ...