Country of export fish to EU

The Brazilian Government works for you until April or early may, the first the country's fishing vessels are already certified and can go back to being exported to the European Union.
The foreign sale of fish to the European market is suspended from Wednesday, 3, by determination of the Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (Mapa) as a result of European audit carried out in September at the country's factories. The audit pointed out irregularities in the production process. The Government's strategy to anticipate a possible embargo was to prevent damage to the market.
The main problems concern the traceability of the product, according to Inmetro's President, explained Carlos Augusto de Azevedo, the associated press/Broadcast. Therefore, the work plan for the international standard framework will focus mainly on certification of ships to meet requirements such as labelling of species, type, location, conditioning and temperature control of fish
"The factory on, our product has no problem. Irregularities in the way fisheries are challenged to the industry, "said Azevedo, who participated yesterday in Brasília the first meeting with technicians from the Ministry of agriculture to define the action plan to reverse the picture.
"In April, early may, tops the first boats are already scheduled and will be back to work," he estimated. Collections. According to Azevedo, the European Union has been making these charges to Brazil from 2012, but the answers have been given a "very low speed, homeopathically.
Another meeting is scheduled for next week in Rio, home of Inmetro, and a third in 15 days, in Santa Catarina State which was the target of the inspection of the Europeans and that, along with the Ceará, brings together the largest fleet of fishing vessels. Azevedo said that this certification must achieve the universe of 3000 fishing boats in the country, of which only about 200 are large.
And stressed that the Brazilian product has not been questioned from the point of view of health. Last week, when he announced the decision, the Secretary of Agricultural Defense, Luis Rangel, stressed that the suspension was necessary to avoid any unilateral embargoes of European buyers.
The Ministry's decision was the right one. Thus, the country can export again anytime, when the issue of boats is resolved. If the lock to come out, the return would occur only when they wanted to, "he recalled Azevedo. The suspension reaches fish and species of the cultivation of aquaculture.
But the Brazilian Government has already asked the EU to distinguish the requirements for each of the groups. "The health authorities of the European bloc believe the fish are part of a single context, we disagree. Are different matrices (contaminants and different risks) to be treated in an equal manner ", said the Secretary last week. According to the Brazilian Association of industries of fish (Abipesca), the export of fish to the EU moves $ $62 million per year.