SMALL FOOD COMPANIES EXEMPTED FROM EU FOOD SAFETY RULES
March 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLSMALLER food companies selling direct to the public may be exempted from European Union (EU) rules insisting on hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) procedures. Under the EU's Better Regulation strategy of reducing burdensome red-tape, the European Commission has asked proposed exempting smaller food businesses from the HACCP element of regulation EC/852/2004 on foodstuff hygiene. Enterprises with less than 10 employees and annual turnovers below Euro 2 million would be covered, including "bakeries, butchers, grocery shops, market ...
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