Day mothers do not fall under the strict EU hygiene rules for food companies. The Representation of the European Commission in Berlin is reacting to media reports that child minders in Berlin fear disproportionately complex requirements from January 1, 2012 onwards.
The Flemish Prime Minister and Agriculture Minister Kris Peeters has now presented an action plan with 22 goals, which are divided into four priorities.
Overview of the main changes and new regulations that will take effect on January 1 or the beginning of 2012 in the area of responsibility of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.
Numerous changes will come into force in the new year: new rules for food labeling, improvements in animal welfare, changes in agricultural subsidies, higher standards for the protection of fish stocks, more control over investment advisors, more rights for electricity customers and better protection for telephone customers and internet users. The Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV) provides information on the most important changes in 2012.
The Federation for Food Law and Food Science e. V. (BLL) has taken the "half-time" of the 17th legislative period of the German Bundestag as an opportunity to take stock of previous consumer policy activities in the food sector and to formulate the expectations and demands of the German food industry for the "second half".
The President of the Federal Audit Office, Prof. Dr. In his capacity as Federal Commissioner for Economic Efficiency in Administration, Dieter Engels has given Federal Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner an expert opinion on the organization of consumer health protection in Germany.
The German food industry welcomes the review and optimization of the food monitoring structures announced by the Federal Minister for Consumption, Ilse Aigner, on the basis of the report submitted by the Federal Commissioner for Economic Efficiency in Administration. The food industry must be involved in the talks that are now under way between the federal and state governments to evaluate the report and to examine the necessary conclusions to improve the organization of consumer health protection in Germany.
The current report by the Federal Audit Office on food control is linked to the Federal Consumer Association (vzbv) with a clear mandate to Federal Consumers Minister Ilse Aigner. "Now political action is required to prevent further scandals," says vzbv board member Gerd Billen. "The basic right to life and physical integrity obliges the federal government to take action now." The report presented yesterday reveals serious deficiencies in the coordination and implementation of food monitoring.
Abraham Schinken GmbH is astonished to note a judgment of the Federal Patent Court in the matter of Black Forest ham from October 13, 2011.
Black Forest ham PGI, produced in accordance with the EU statutes in the Black Forest, must in future also be cut and packaged in the region. The Federal Patent Court decided on the latter irrevocably today in Munich. With this, the application of the Protection Association of Black Forest Ham Manufacturers was granted in full.
The consumer portal Lebensmittelklarheit.de has started successfully. 100 days after the platform was launched, the consumer advice centers and the Federal Ministry of Consumers draw a positive interim balance: the information offer has met with an overwhelming response from consumers - so far, more than 3800 product reports have been received. The food industry, which had sharply criticized the launch of the website, is increasingly reacting constructively to customer criticism: Most manufacturers take consumer advice seriously, and some have already changed the design or labeling of their products.