00:00Will the EU-Mercosur Agreement really bring toxic food to our plates?
00:05Several MEPs along with consu-
00:10and farmers' organization are warning that the Mercosur Deal could lead to food imports
00:15containing substances that are banned in the EU.
00:18The European Commission, however,
00:20really denies these claims.
00:22The Commission is clear EU food safety rules are here to stay.
00:25Pesticides residues are only allowed below European Food Safety Authority limits.
00:30and controls, the Commission says, will be enforced at every stage from borders
00:35by member states to on-the-ground audits in Mercosur countries.
00:39But here is the key...
00:40At that point, these controls are not new.
00:42The EU already imports large quantities
00:45of food from Mercosur countries today under the same sanitary framework.
00:50Are those controls really efficient?
00:52What we see with Foodwatch is that
00:55the current regulation of control in the EU-Mercosur is not enough
00:59and the means...
01:00to do the EU-Mercosur is not enough.
01:02Tant that it is legal to take off the oil
01:04of the oil...
01:05and the EU-Mercosur is not allowed to take off the oil of the EU-Mercosur
01:10and the EU-Mercosur is not allowed to take off the oil of the EU-Mercosur.
01:10and the EU-Mercosur is not allowed to take off the oil of the EU-Mercosur.
01:12Critics argue that the safeguards are not strong enough and
01:15and that the authorities don't enforce them enough.
01:17But this claim is disputed, contacted by the EU-Mercosur.
01:20The Cube, Aline van den Broek, spokesperson for AFSCA,
01:23Belgium's federal food safety author
01:25said that health checks at border inspection posts are properly enforced.
01:30Still in 2024, the Commission intervenes,
01:33auditing Brazil over trust big...
01:35and security issues in beef exports to the EU.
01:37As a result, Brazil's suspended exports
01:40of female bovines to the European market.
01:42Meanwhile, the political battle continues...
01:45Recently, the European Parliament sent the EU-Mercosur agreement
01:49to the European...
01:50to the European Court of Justice over legal concerns,
01:52potentially delaying its ratification by a...
01:55between one and one and two years.
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