The Food Tech Event in the Brabanthallen on 20 and 21 May in ’s-Hertogenbosch once again showed how fast technological developments in the food sector are following. The fair
On 29 May 2026, the minister of agriculture, fisheries, food security and nature sent a response to the House of Representatives to a memorandum by a food sector entrepreneur. The title
The risk assessment of the red meat and coarse game chain was on the agenda during the Animals in Animal Husbandry and NVWA committee debate on 23 April 2026. The report was prepared by Bureau
The House of Representatives discussed the European Food and Feed Safety Simplification Omnibus Package on 12 May 2026. The name sounds appealing. Fewer rules. Less duplication. More space for entrepreneurs. A
The European Commission chooses a strikingly clear message in 2026: “No safe food without safe feed.” No safe food without safe feed. [1] That sounds logical. Yet feed, animal health
EFSA recently published The 2024 European Union report on pesticide residues in food. The report was adopted on 25 March 2026 and brings official controls on
The NVWA's intervention at a meat processor in Brabant has rapidly affected several links in the meat sector. By withdrawing its EC approval, the company became
The NVWA has updated the working regulation HTSL-TRTPECOL-WLZVL-01 - Welfare during transport of vertebrate animals with effect from 1 May. This working regulation describes how official NVWA veterinarians check on animal transports that are
The European Commission has published a new overview report on the welfare of farmed fish in the EU. The report is the result of a two-year project that looked at how
From 1 July 2026, the Netherlands will introduce the truck toll. Trucks and heavy commercial vehicles will then start paying per kilometre driven on almost all motorways and on some provincial and municipal
