Food Quality Magazine January 2016 | Page 8

Food Quality Magazine ISSUE 01 | JANUARY 2016 Food Industry News Commission launches IT tool to underpin cooperation on possible fraudulent practices (Source: European Commission) The European Commission has today launched a dedicated IT tool, known as the Administrative Assistance and Cooperation (AAC) system to facilitate the exchange of administrative information between national authorities working to combat cross-border violations in Europe. In the wake of the horsemeat scandal of 2013, the Commission developed an action pl