Key Points for Consumers: Food and Feed Safety Simplification Omnibus

The EU has one of the world's highest food and feed safety standards. They are key in ensuring consumer protection and consumers' trust in the EU food system. 

The Food and Feed Safety Simplification Omnibus aims at giving authorities and businesses in the food system more flexibility, particularly on pesticides, mad cow disease monitoring, feed labelling, inspections and border controls. However, simplification must not reduce inspection intensity, weaken transparency, or undermine pesticides’ risk assessment. Co-legislators must maintain a high level of consumer protection through targeted improvements and additional safeguards.