The EU and USA to restart the trade in shellfish, such as mussels and oysters, which they stopped 11 years ago
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Published Feb 5, 2022
Tridge summary
The European Union (EU) and the USA decided to restart the trade in shellfish, such as mussels and oysters, which they stopped 11 years ago. The EU Commission announced that from the end of February, legislation was approved to allow trade in shellfish such as mussels and oysters between Spain and the Netherlands and the US states of Washington and Massachusetts. Seafood trade such as mussels between the EU and the USA was stopped in 2011 due to the incompatibility of standards.
Original content
The EU Commission and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were negotiating for mutual recognition of the production systems of the products in question. Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice President of the EU Commission, said in a statement on the subject that they have been trying to solve the shellfish problem for a long time and that he welcomed the agreement. Pointing out that the agreement was achieved as a result of ...
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