On December 18, 2025, the Department of Food Safety and Quality of the Ministry of Health of Malaysia issued a public consultation on the "Draft Amendments to the Regulations of the Food Act 1983" (Bill 4/2025), with the consultation period ending on January 17, 2026. The draft bill proposes to amend the 1985 Food Regulation, with the main revisions including: 1. adding a definition of "non-retail container"; 2. adding Regulation 16A on labeling requirements for non-retail container; and 3. revising Regulation 17 regarding exemptions for certain labeling requirements.

Recently, the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued a significant consultation proposal, planning to comprehensively ban the use of Bisphenol A (BPA), other bisphenols and derivatives in food contact materials. This initiative aims to further protect public health and reduce potential health risks. The consultation presents eight key questions to the public to fully understand the impact of the ban on the industry. Feedback must be submitted via an online form by 17:00 on December 24, 2025. If online submission is not possible, feedback can be sent via email to FCM-BPA@food.gov.uk. Global Foodmate provides a quick overview of the reasons for implementing this proposed ban and its core requirements.

Survey data shows that the situation of overweight and obesity among Chinese residents is not optimistic. To implement the relevant work requirements of the Healthy China Initiative (2019—2030), in June 2024, 16 departments including the National Health Commission (NHC) jointly formulated the Implementation Plan for the "Weight Management Year" Campaign. At the press conference on people's livelihood topics during the Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress, it was announced that the "Weight Management Year" initiative would be further promoted. Against the backdrop of this initiative, meal replacement foods have been chosen by an increasing number of consumers. Then, what are meal replacement foods? How is the market supervision of meal replacement foods carried out? What are the common non-compliance risks of meal replacement foods? Global Foodmate has sorted out relevant information, and let's learn about it together below.

On March 16, 2025, labeling-related standards including the " Measures for the supervision and administration of food labeling" (Order No. 100 of the State Administration for Market Regulation), the "National Food Safety Standard General Principles for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods" (GB 7718-2025), and the "National Food Safety Standard General Principles of Nutrition Labeling for Prepackaged Foods" (GB 28050-2025) were released, with an implementation date of March 16, 2027. The new labeling regulations and standards introduce updated requirements for the labeling of characteristic ingredients in foods. Foodmate has compiled relevant information for industry reference.