Regulation (EC) No. 104/2000 on the EU-wide uniform labelling of fishery and aquaculture products was implemented by the fish trade and industry largely without complaint. The new regulation (EC) No. 1379/2013 is meeting with resistance, however, because the costs are high and the benefit small. A lot of people doubt whether consumers really want or need to be provided with such comprehensive information on the labels of the foods they choose.
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here are thousands of fish and seafood products on the market and new ones being added every day. This places more demands on storage technology and warehouse management, for all the products have to be procured, stored and put together at the customer’s request (often in varying quantities) and delivered at the right time and in the right quantity.
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Airfreight is often the fastest and most reliable mode of transport where the movement of goods over long distances is concerned. This makes it particularly suitable for fresh products with a short shelf life such as fish or seafood.
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November / December 2014 EM 6 Country profile: ItalyProcessing: EU expands mandatory labelling –…
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Projects
Study for the use of Financial Instruments (FI) under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) and related Financial Instruments Technical Advisory Platform (FI-TAP) support activities
With the aim to extend the scope and increase the use of Financial Instruments (FI) under the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) during the programming period 2014-2020 the European Commission has asked the European Investment Bank (EIB) to set up,… -
EUROFISH co-organized a regional workshop “The WTO, market access and fisheries trade issues”, together with the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia.…
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At the request of the Turkish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, EUROFISH is conducting a study on the markets for pangasius.…
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The Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, jointly with the GFCM, FAO, the European Commission,…
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EUROFISH in cooperation with the Fish Market Development Association in Poland was involved in a conference dedicated to issues of quality and value-added fish products.…
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FAO, EUROFISH and the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) organised a regional workshop “Predicting the market for seabass and seabream”.…
