Supervision in the meat sector will be further revised in 2025. Thus, from 1 January 2025, CDB and the NVWA will fall under one line of control. Outside the NVWA, there will be a form of group supervision to assess with an independent view the functioning of the meat production system, from the farm phase to the cutting plants (incl. cold stores). Moreover, Jean Rummenie, LNV state secretary, foresees a sharp increase in costs affecting all sectors from January 2025.
On 2 October, a negotiated agreement on the social plan was reached with the FNV and the KDS Works Council. Within the Slaughter Supervision Directorate, supervising veterinarians, inspectors, the official assistants and the operational coordinators of the Quality Inspection of the Animal Sector CDB will be brought under one line of control from 1 January 2025. Especially at slaughter locations with permanent supervision, this will create the opportunity to work as a team on quality assurance, innovation of work processes, such as the rotation of supervisors, knowledge development and training, both for Ante Mortem (AM) and Post Mortem (PM) inspections.
In addition, a new committee is being set up outside the NVWA for the benefit of an independent view of the meat chain, from the farm stage to the cutting plants (incl. cold stores). Former Inspector General (of the Environment and Transport Inspectorate) Jan van den Bos has been appointed as chairman of this committee. The Decree establishing the committee formalises its mandate. The committee will deliver its final report to the LVVN minister no more than 18 months after the integration of CDB within the NVWA. The committee has the option to deliver partial reports in the interim.
The costs of import, export and slaughter inspections and costs of re-inspections are charged to business. The ruling by the Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal (CBb) on 26 September 2023 indicated that a number of cost items were wrongly included in these tariffs. These cost items have since been removed by the NVWA. Reimbursements to business have been made. The objections submitted (over 13,000) have been settled. Meanwhile, the NVWA has started the corrections for the costs it wrongly charged to the business community as of 26 September 2023 (i.e. in relation to all invoices sent after 26 September 2023). The necessary (statutory) changes to the NVWA tariffs in 2024 came into force on 1 July 2024.
From January 2025, Jean Rummenie, state secretary of LNV, foresees a sharp cost increase affecting all sectors. This cost increase stems in particular from the higher wage costs to carry out NVWA supervision, as a result of the new CAO Rijk (effective 1 July 2024). He plans to incorporate this cost increase into the tariffs as of 1 January 2025. The costs over the period from 1 July to 31 December 2024 of €5.8 million will be borne by the NVWA.
Benefit: The travel time = working time rule does not apply to transferring CDB employees.
Source: https://open.overheid.nl/documenten/20f4873c-cedd-4178-b31c-7da419f2c5f2/file
