History of 2006 food hygiene legislation negotiations
The EU food hygiene legislation was developed over several years. These reports of various meetings show how it developed and continues to progress.
From April 2001 through to May 2004 there were the negotiations on the proposed hygiene regulations. More recently, the reports describe the development of the implementing measures and transitional arrangements regulations.
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Report on meeting of Commission Working Group on food hygiene legislation: 27 October 2008
Review of food hygiene legislation
Report on meeting of Commission Working Group on food hygiene legislation: 4 and 5 September 2008
The Commission expects the current raft of proposals in the course of adoption (see previous report on SCoFCAH meeting of 19 July) to complete European Parliamentary (EP) Scrutiny around 25 September and to be adopted w/c 29 September or 6 October. They will be published in the EU Official Journal shortly after.
Commission Working Group on food hygiene legislation: 9 June 2008
Review of hygiene legislation and implementing and transitional measures.
Report on meeting of Commission Working Group on food hygiene legislation: 19 May 2008
Review of hygiene legislation and implementing and transitional measures.
Report on meeting of Commission Working Group on food hygiene legislation: 14 April 2008
Review of hygiene legislation and implementing and transitional measures.
Report on meeting of Commission Working Group on food hygiene legislation: 6 March 2008
Details of the meeting and relevant documents.
Report on meeting of Commission Working Group on food hygiene legislation: 14 January 2008
Summary of the meeting
Report on discussions at the Commission Working Group meeting on 9 November 2007
The Commission clarified (with Member State agreement) that the top priority of the review of the hygiene legislation (from among the issues to be dealt with by comitology) will be addressing the transitional issues that may need to be maintained permanently.
Publication of implementing and transitional legislation in the EU Official Journal - 25 October 2007
Following negotiations since October 2006, reports of which have been published on the web site, the latest EU implementing and transitional regulations to the food hygiene legislation have now been published in the EU Official Journal (OJ) on 25 October 2007. The regulations apply 20 days after OJ publication (13 November 2007).
Report on meeting of Commission Working Group on food hygiene legislation: 24 September 2007
This report provides updates on on-going discussions regarding the food hygiene legislation.
Report on discussions at the Commission Working Group meeting on 2 July 2007
Review of the hygiene legislation and implementing and transitional measures.
Reports of Working group meetings on 29 May and 4 June 2007
Review of food hygiene legislation.
Report on Council Working Party Meeting: 21 May 2007
Commission proposal to amend Regulation (EC) 852/2004.
Report on meeting of Commission Working Group on food hygiene legislation: 16 April 2007
Review of the hygiene legislation.
Report on meeting of Commission Working Group on food hygiene legislation: 5 March 2007
This is a report of the Working Group meeting on 5 March 2007. Discussion ranged across a number of topics, including the Review of the Hygiene Legislation, draft texts on trichinella controls, official controls on products of animal origin, amendments to Regulation 853/2004 and cold stores.
Report on meeting of Commission Working Group on food hygiene legislation: 29 January 2007
This reports on a meeting of the Commission Working Group on Hygiene Legislation held on 29 January 2007 (and follows the report on the previous meeting of this Group on 11 December 2006).
Report on meeting of Commission Working Group on food hygiene legislation: 11 December 2006
This report concerns discussions regarding a review of the food hygiene regulations, further implementing legislation for the inspection of meat, conditions for the manufacture of gelatine, proposed Community guides to good hygiene practice and coldstores.
Report on meeting of Commission Working Group on Veterinary Legislation: 6 November 2006
This concerns discussions on further implementing measures for EC food hygiene Regulations 852/2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs and 853/2004, laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin. This report covers some main issues and is not exhaustive.
Report on meeting of Commission Working Group on Veterinary Legislation: 2 October 2006
Food Hygiene Regulations implementing measures
Report on meeting of EU Standing Committee on Food Chain and Animal health (SCoFCAH): 17/18 July 2006
Opinions were sought on the proposals to amend the EU food hygiene legislation and the implementing measures, following their introduction at the 19/20 June SCoFCAH meeting.
Report on discussions at EU Standing Committee on Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH): 19/20 June 2006
At the 19/20 June 2006 meeting of the EU Standing Committee on Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH), a proposed package of additional implementing measures (which would amend the food hygiene legislation and the implementing measures) was presented for discussion. No votes were taken at this meeting.
Report on discussions at the EU Standing Committee on Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH) on 19 and 20 July 2005.
This report provides an overview of discussions concerned with documents relating to the new food hygiene legislation circulated at the meeting of SCoFCAH that took place on 19 and 20 July 2005.
Report on discussions at the Commission Working Group meeting on 4 July 2005
This meeting considered the Commission Guidance documents on EC Regulation 852/2004 and EC Regulation 853/2004 and the single guidance document, which replaces the two previous HACCP guidance documents.
Report on discussions at the EU Standing Committee on Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH) on 21 and 22 June 2005
This was the first consideration, by the Standing Committee, of the Commission's proposal for implementing measures and transitional arrangements, the proposal for additional guarantees in respect of salmonella for Sweden and Finland, import guidance and the HACCP guidance documents, all of which relate to the package of new hygiene legislation.
Report on Commission Working Group Meeting, Brussels, 30-31 May 2005
The meeting discussed draft regulations on implementing measures and transitional arrangements, implementing measures as regards salmonella additional guarantees for Sweden and Finland and draft EU Commission guidance.
Eighth summary of progress on the consolidation and simplification of EU food hygiene legislation
This update reports on the adoption of the EU food hygiene legislation and the publication of the texts in the Official Journal (OJ) of the European Union on 30 April 2004.
Seventh summary of progress on the consolidation and simplification of food hygiene legislation
This note reports on the formal adoption by the Council of Ministers of a Common Position on First Reading of the package of hygiene proposals at the Environment Council on 27 October 2003.
Sixth summary of progress on the consolidation and simplification of food hygiene legislation
This note reports developments on the proposed legislation to consolidate and simplify EU food hygiene legislation, which have occurred since our fifth summary report of 10 January 2003.
Fifth summary of progress on the consolidation and simplification of food hygiene legislation
This note reports developments on the proposed legislation to consolidate and simplify EU food hygiene legislation which have occurred since our fourth summary report of 17 July 2002.
Fourth summary of progress on the consolidation and simplification of food hygiene legislation
This note reports developments on the proposed legislation to consolidate and simplify EU food hygiene legislation which have occurred since our third summary report of 13 February 2002. It
Third summary of progress on the consolidation and simplification of food hygiene legislation
This note reports developments on the proposed legislation to consolidate and simplify EU food hygiene legislation which have occurred since our second summary report of 21 August 2001.
Second summary of progress on the consolidation and simplification of food hygiene legislation
This note reports developments on the proposed legislation to consolidate and simplify EU food hygiene legislation which have occurred since our first summary report of 13 March 2001.
First summary of progress on the consolidation and simplification of food hygiene legislation
In July 2000, the European Commission (EC) published a package of five measures to update and consolidate 17 existing hygiene directives.