EU AUSTRALIA STRIKE FOOD HEALTH CONTROLS DEAL
March 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE AUSTRALIAN government has agreed to lighten health import controls on certain European Union (EU) food exports including those from pig and chicken meat, while speeding up import permit procedures for EU exported tomatoes and citrus fruit. The deal with the European Commission should end a World Trade Organisation dispute between the two countries. Controls will be lightened on pigmeat, tomatoes and citrus fruits immediately and scientific discussions will be staged on liberalising chicken meat controls and further easing those for pigmeat. A ...
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