Press Release – Advancing Agri-Food Competitiveness Through Simplification: Unpacking the Food and Feed Safety Omnibus

Brussels, 18.09.2026

Press Release – Advancing Agri-Food Competitiveness Through Simplification: Unpacking the Food and Feed Safety Omnibus

On Wednesday, 9 September 2026, the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers (ZPP) organised a high-level policy discussion titled “Advancing Agri-Food Competitiveness through Simplification: Unpacking the Food and Feed Safety Omnibus” in the European Parliament in Brussels. The event was hosted by MEP Herbert Dorfmann, Rapporteur for the AGRI Committee on the Food and Feed Safety Omnibus, and MEP Jessica Polfjärd, EPP Shadow Rapporteur in the ENVI Committee for the same file.

The discussion brought together policymakers and representatives of the agri-food sector, including the co-hosting MEPs HERBERT DORFMANN and JESSICA POLFJÄRD; KLAUS BEREND, Director for Food Safety, Sustainability and Innovation at the European Commission’s DG SANTE; ANETA CHODERSKA, First Secretary in the Agriculture and Rural Development Unit at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the EU; MATTHIAS BERNINGER, Executive Vice-President and Head of Public Affairs, Sustainability and Safety at Bayer; MAX SCHULMAN, Chairman of the Cereals Working Party at Copa-Cogeca; and LUSYNE KESZISZJAN-HÜLLEN, Director of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers’ Brussels Office.

The discussion was moderated by OSCAR HAMMARSTEDT, EU Policy Officer at the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers.

Read the full press release here