Israel to ease food import rules by recognizing EU food regulations

Good news! What is kosher and what is not kosher? Excessive food import restrictions are not kosher! 😊

Protectionism is expensive for Israeli consumers!

"Israel's Ministerial Committee on the Cost of Living will meet later today to approve the decision to recognize EU regulation to allow the Israeli market to fully open to food and toiletries from Europe. Israel's unique bureaucracy and regulation currently blocks imports of many of these items. ..."

Israel to ease food import rules by recognizing EU regulations - Globes Carrefour can currently only import 500 of its 5,000 private label products because Israeli regulation is different from EU regulation.