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
00:35or checks by 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
00:55that the current regulation in the EU-Mercosur is not enough,
00:59and the tools...
01:00Allowing to the EU-Mercosur to do it
01:01is not enough.
01:02Tant that it is legal
01:03to take off the oil
01:04which is legal
01:05to take off the oil...
01:05It has been treated with
01:06anti-biotics activators
01:07of growth,
01:08so that it is illegal
01:09in the EU.
01:10It is not legal...
01:10It is legal.
01:11It is legal.
01:12It believes there will be
01:38As a result, Brazil's suspended exports of female bovines to the European market.
01:43Meanwhile, the political battle continues.
01:46Recently, the European Parliament sent the EU to the European Union.
01:48The EU-Mercosur Agreement to the European Court of Justice over legal concerns.
01:53Essentially delaying its certification by up to two years.
01:58EU-Mercosur Agreement to the European Union
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