Food & Beverage Product Standards

All foods sold in Europe must be safe for consumption. The purposes of the various requirements range from the approval of additives to the banning of harmful contaminants. Information labels on food packaging are also strongly controlled. What’s more, private requests are becoming equally important as mandatory requirements. Exporters need to monitor the market requirements frequently, because in 2019 alone there have been changes for nearly 80 different pesticide residues.

The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) mandates that products sold in or exported from the EU soy, beef, palm oil, wood, cocoa, coffee, rubber must be deforestation-free, legally produced, and traceable to the plot of land, with compliance required by 30 December 2026 for large operators and 30 June 2027 for micro/small enterprises