A European Commission audit on the Italian control system

<div style="text-align: justify;">The kick-off meeting of the EC Audit (FVO 2013-6650) on trade, labelling and certification of organic products, held this morning in Rome at the premises of Mipaaf, was attended by the EC Delegation, representatives of the Central Administration, of AGEA (the Italian Agricultural Payments Agency), the Customs Agency, Regional Authorities and ACCREDIA (the Italian Accreditation Body). ICQRF (the Central Inspectorate for the Protection of Quality and Fight against Fraud of agri-food products)&nbsp; coordinates all the foreseen activities: visits will take place at the Ministry and at the Regional Authorities level, while also Control Bodies and holdings will be checked. Two Regions, Emilia Romagna and Sicily, will be fully involved. The entire visit to Italy will end on April 26.<br></div><br><br>Source: SINAB<br>