Exports

Goods and food products sold from one country to another. In the food trade, exports must meet the importing country’s safety, labelling and certification requirements, from residue limits to health certificates. Export compliance is a major food-safety discipline for producers, processors and regulators alike. Export health certificates, attestations of HACCP compliance and laboratory test reports accompany consignments, and border rejections are published through systems like the EU’s RASFF. For exporters, equivalence of domestic controls with the importer’s requirements — verified by audits — decides market access, making regulatory intelligence a commercial necessity.