• FAO
• Revise
• General
• Principles
• Food
• Hygiene

On January 16, 2024, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) proposed revisions to the General Principles of Food Hygiene, with a feedback period ending February 17, 2024, for comments.

• UN
• FAO
• Develop
• Revise
• Test
• Methods
• Certain
• Foods

On January 16, 2024, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) proposed to develop and revise some of the methods for the testing of food products, with a comment period ending on March 25, 2024, to provide feedback.

• China
• Food
• Regulation
• Standard
• Review
• Foodmate

★CFE | Release Approval Document (Decision) for Special Food (Update on January 12)★On January 12, 2023, the Center of Food Evaluation of the State Administration for Market Regulation updated the list of approval document (decision) for the registra

• Netherlands
• NVWA
• Publish
• Import
• Inspection
• Workbook

On 16 January 2024, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) published the Import Inspection Workbook.

• EU
• EFSA
• Propose
• Revise
• MRLs
• Clopyralid
• Honey

On 17 January 2024, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) issued a news release stating that it intends to revise the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for clopyralid in honey.

• 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.

• Bangladesh
• BFSA
• Propose
• 2023
• Food
• Recall
• Regulations

On 16 January 2024, the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) issued a consultation paper on the proposed 2023 Food Safety (Food Recall) Regulations with a 60-day comment period.

• Greece
• Propose
• Beer
• Drinks
• Regulations

On 16 January 2024, Greece issued Public Notice 2024/0020/GR proposing a regulation on beer and beer beverages, with a comment period ending on 17 April 2024.

• EU
• Remove
• 2-phenyl-2-pentenal
• 8
• Substances
• Flavour
• List

On 15 January 2024, the European Commission issued Regulation (EU) No. 2024/234 amending the Annex to Regulation (EC) No. 1334/2008 to delete 8 substances from the list of fragrances, including 2-Phenylpent-2-enal.

• Singapore
• MOH
• Implement
• Nutri-Grade
• Grading
• System
• Freshly
• Prepared
• Beverages

Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that from 30 December 2023, Nutri-Grade (Nutritional Grade) labelling requirements and advertising bans will be implemented for freshly prepared beverages sold in selected venues in Singapore.