The association is Member of Consultative Committees of the European Commission, such as the Advisory Committees on the Common Agricultural Policy and Arable Crops.
The European Flour Millers' association have Observer Status to the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
The association is a founding Member of the Brussels Grain Club and is member of the European Primary Food Processors' association (PFP).
Our objectives are:
- To guarantee the European flour milling sector right to be competitive and innovative, whilst promoting its responsibility in food safety, nutrition and health;
- To improve and strengthen sustainable production of European flour;
- To support these objectives by instigation of scientific research and lobbying, monitoring of its products and best practice dissemination amongst the members.
Whereas our priorities remains the following:
- Promoting food safety throughout the flour supply chain whilst avoiding an excessive regulatory burden
- Securing competitive access to raw materials in the quality and quantity required and maintaining a sufficient level of protection against flour and bran imports
- Facilitating restructuring of the flour milling industry at EU level to eliminate substantial over-capacity
- Defending and promoting, with the help of national associations, the wholesome and healthy image of flour based-products
- Contribute to maintaining sufficient export activity in support of Euroflour
The association is also committed to the health and safety of the industry's workforce and has commissioned research into the characteristics of flour, providing essential information for flour millers and mill engineers alike to ensure prevention of dust explosions.
