FDA Alerts Exporters About New EU Rules for Bee Products

The FDA is warning U.S. exporters about a recently implemented EU law that requires all importers and producers of bee-related products, including honey, beeswax, royal jelly, propolis and pollen, to be registered in the bloc’s Trade Control and Expert System. Before registering, FDA said exporters or their suppliers “must successfully complete an on-site assessment” by USDA before sending those goods to the EU, including a USDA Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Verification Survey, Plant Survey and Food Defense System Survey. After that assessment, companies need to “apply for inclusion on the export lists via” the FDA’s Export Listing Module, and the agency said it will then verify that the applicant “maintains good regulatory standing.”