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

Magdaléna Fajtová   EUobserver8 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.”