The EU’s food border inspectors get busier in an era of expanding trade.

Magdaléna Fajtová   EUobserver   8 August 2026
Europe is opening new trade routes and strengthening its system for controlling imported food.

EUobserver went to Antwerp to see how it is done.

“Once we found a frozen dog in a container from China. That was strange, because importing frozen dogs into the EU is not allowed.”