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【Top news】Announcement on the Release of 47 National Food safety standards and 6 amendment orders, including the National Food Safety Standard Standards for Uses of Food Additives (GB 2760-2024) (No. 1 of 2024)

After the review and approval of the National Food Safety Standards Review Committee, 47 food safety national standards and 6 amendments such as the “National Food Safety Standard Standards for Uses of Food Additives” (GB 2760-2024) are issued.

Mar 13, 2024

Hong Kong: Import of poultry meat and products from Essex County of State of Massachusetts in US suspended

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

Mar 13, 2024

Japan released results of food health impact assessment for 1,3-dichloropropene

On March 7, 2024, the Japan Food Safety Commission issued kya20221214226 Assessment Notice: For food health impact assessment when re-evaluating pesticides in accordance with Article 24 (3) of the Basic Law on Food Safety in Japan, the acceptable daily in

Mar 13, 2024

Canada proposed to set limits for chlorides and other substances in drinking water

On March 9, 2024, Health Canada published a Government notice in Volume 158, Issue 10 of the Canada Gazette, proposing to establish a standard limit for substances such as chloride in drinking water, with a comment period ending May 31, 2024.

Mar 13, 2024

Brazil revised food supplement management regulations

On March 8, 2024, the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) issued Directive IN No. 284 in the Official Gazette, amending the regulation on food supplements.

Mar 13, 2024

Australia updated import conditions for bee products

On 7 March 2024, the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) changed the import conditions for bee products.

Mar 12, 2024

Thai-made frozen fish balls recalled in Canada

On 8 March 2024, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued a recall notice that a frozen fish ball is being recalled in Canada because the product contains an undeclared allergen (egg) on the label.

Mar 12, 2024

EU confirmed import duties applicable to certain types of husked rice from March 7

On March 7, 2024, according to the Official Journal of the European Union, the European Commission published Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/840, which establishes the import duties applicable to certain types of husked rice from March 7, 2024.

Mar 12, 2024

Norovirus detected in frozen oysters exported from the Netherlands

According to the European Union's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF), on March 8, 2024, Belgium notified through RASFF that the export of frozen oysters from the Netherlands was not qualified because the product tested positive for nor

Mar 11, 2024

South Korea has detected small amounts of radioactive cesium in candy imported from Japan

On March 8, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea said that a small amount of radioactive cesium was detected in a Japanese confectionery product scheduled to be imported into South Korea, leading the importer to cancel the

Mar 11, 2024