Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Scheme Derogation Extended
The Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Standards derogation has been extended.The derogation on the requirement for marketing standards Certificates of Conformity...
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Trader Support Service extended to end of 2025
A competitive procurement exercise for the free support service for businesses moving goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland will begin by early 2025....
Organics COI requirement extended to 1 February 2027
Defra Organics today announced that the derogation on the requirement for Certificates of Inspection for organic goods entering GB from the EU, EEA and Switzerl...
Defra Confirm extension of easement for Medium Risk Fruit & Vegetables to 1 July 2025
After many months of lobbying, FPc today received the following communication from Defra, "I am emailing to notify you of a change to the current BTOM timeline...
Alistair Carmichael elected as Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Alistair Carmichael MP was the sole nomination for the Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, and has therefore been elected, unopposed. ...
2022 STEC Outbreak paper published - Eurosurveillance
In September 2022, a large outbreak of STEC O157:H7 was identified in the United Kingdom (UK). A national-level investigation was undertaken to identify the sou...
NCTS Maintenance 28th Sept - DOWNTIME
HMRC will be carrying out essential maintenance to the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) XI & GB channels, on Saturday 28th September 2024, timings as ...
Food Crime Strategic Assessment 2024 published
It is four years since the food crime units within the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland published the 2020 Food Crime Strategic Assessment, out...
Guidelines for assessing the microbiological safety of ready-to-eat foods placed on the market - UKHSA Updated Guidance 2024
These revised guidelines were completed in 2024. Since the previous edition in 2009, the UK has left the EU and this has resulted in transfer of legal responsib...
FPC Little Black Book - Your new go-to Directory is here!
Your new go-to Directory is here! We are thrilled to announce the launch of the FPC Little Black Book—your go-to digital directory for everything related to the...
Ministers Positive Response to FPC Lobbying
Ministers Positive Response to FPC Lobbying Since the change of Government, FPC has been consistently applying pressure to understand the future of EU SPS check...
DEFRA Insight Community Panel
Defra are looking to expand their Insights Community Research Panel which specifically looks at the import/export services that Defra own. To be suitable, coll...