EFFA co-signs an Open Letter of Business and Agri-Food Industry stakeholders on the need for a high-performing EFSA to boost the competitiveness of the EU agri-food sector
The European Commission’s Vision for Agriculture and Food recognises the essential role of the agrifood
sector for the EU’s competitiveness. This critical sector employs over 30 million people and
substantially contributes to the EU’s economy (EUR 900 billion in 2022). Nevertheless, business and
food and feed industry operators face significant regulatory challenges in the EU which put them at a
competitive disadvantage to other regions.
The undersigned organisations represent thousands of food and feed business operators along the
agri-food chain; including food and feed primary, secondary producers, and ingredients suppliers that
are directly and indirectly subject to the scientific outputs, guidance documents and opinions of the
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). We support the Commission’s ambition of regulatory simplification and streamlining. This is essential to accelerate access to innovation and reinforce the EU’s global competitiveness. We consider the ongoing EFSA’s Performance Evaluation2 as a unique opportunity to make the Commission ambitions a reality.
Please read the full Open Letter at the link below.
Open industry letter on better EFSA performance