The Ministry of Rural Development and Food's Appeals Review Committee has imposed fines exceeding €56,000 on Control and Certification Bodies (CCBs) for organic products, due to serious omissions and non-compliance identified by ELGO-DIMITRA during recent routine and emergency inspections. The inspections were carried out following the order of Minister Kostas Tsiaras, after a meeting with Deputy Minister Giannis Andrianos and General Secretary Spyros Protopsaltis. They are continuing in full and are being intensified under ELGO-DIMITRA's jurisdiction, with further penalties expected for violations, aiming to protect consumers and support compliant producers. Specifically:A certification company was fined a total of €37,692.30 for: Insufficient investigation of detections of unauthorized substances,Inadequate evaluation of information in the EU OFIS system,Deficiencies in mass balance and traceability procedures.Another certification...