• UK
• FSA
• Recall
• Magnum
• IceCream
• Suspected
• Plastic
• Metal
• Fragments

On April 17, 2024, the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) issued a notice saying that Unilever is recalling an ice cream because it may contain plastic and metal fragments, making it unsafe to eat.

• EU
• Revise
• Lactitol
• Novel
• Food
• Use
• Conditions
• Regulation

On 9 April 2024, the Commission published Regulation (EU) 2024/1023 amending the Annex to the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 on the conditions of use of novel food products lactitol.

• US
• EPA
• Exempt
• Residual
• Limit
• Hexadecyltrimethoxy-
• Hydrolysis
• Products
• With
• Silica
• Food
• Pesticide

According to the Federal Register, on April 11, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued Regulation 2024-07192, exempting the residual limits for Hexadecyltrimethoxy- and Hydrolysis Products With Silica.

• Mexico
• Postpone
• Ban
• US
• GM
• Maize
• Imports

Recently, the Mexican government announced that it has postponed until 2025 the ban on imports ofgenetically modified (GM) maize from the United States, which was originally scheduled to be implemented in March 2024.

• China
• GACC
• Announcement
• Chilean
• Almond
• Products
• Export
• Import

On April 15, 2024, the General Administration of Customs issued Notice No. 42 of 2024, announcing that from now on, Chilean almond products that meet the relevant requirements will be allowed to import.

• HongKong
• CFS
• Suspend
• Import
• Poultry
• Meat
• Products
• Hungary

CFS has instructed the trade to suspend the import of poultry meat and products from the area with immediate effect to protect public health in Hong Kong.

• EU
• Authorize
• Protein
• Concentrate
• LemnaMinor
• LemnaGibba
• Market
• Novel
• Foods

According to the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), on 10 April 2024, the European Commission issued Regulation (EU) No 2024/1048 approving the placing on the market of proteinconcentrates from drummond puffballs and small puffballs as no

• US
• ASPA
• Seek
• Ban
• Indian
• Shrimp
• Imports

The American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA) filed a petition on 15 April with the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requesting a ban on imports ofshrimp products made with "forced labour" from India under Section 307 of the Tariff Act

• Korea
• MFDS
• Add
• New
• Ingredients
• Diphenhydramine
• Pomegranate
• Seeds
• Prohibit
• Imported
• Foods

On April 15, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea issued Notice No. 2024-199, adding 4 kinds of raw material ingredients of overseas food that are prohibited to be imported into Korea.

• EU
• RASFF
• Alert
• Notify
• Beverage
• Bottles
• China
• Unqualified
• BisphenolA
• Migration

According to the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) news, on April 16, 2024, the EU notified that beverage bottles from China were unqualified.