• EU
• RASFF
• Listeria
• Detect
• French
• Cheese
• Export

According to the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF), on 16 January 2024, France notified through RASFF that its exports of cheese were unsatisfactory.

• UK
• APHA
• Update
• Guidance
• Export
• Pork
• China

On 11 January 2024, the British Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) announced that UK has updated its guidance document for the export of pork from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to China under Part 5, for the export of cold storage-

• HongKong
• CFS
• Suspend
• Import
• Poultry
• Meat
• Products
• Canada
• Korea

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

• Canada
• Approve
• Use
• Green
• Tea
• Extract
• EGCG
• Catechin
• Food
• Supplement
• Ingredient

On January 12, 2024, Health Canada issued Document NOM/ADM SI-007, revising the list of permissible complementary ingredients to approve the use of green tea extract (EGCG/catechin) as a food supplement ingredient.

• Ukraine
• Issue
• Rules
• Jam
• Jelly
• Food
• Regulation

On January 11, 2024, the Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine issued regulations on jams, jellies, jams and sweet chestnut purees, which came into force six months after their publication.

• Russian
• Beer
• Light
• Alcoholic
• Beverages
• Officially
• Labelled
• Honest

Beer and light alcoholic beverages (beer, mead and cider) packaged in barrels, glass and plastic will be officially labelled "Honest" in Russia from 15 January 2024 onwards.

• Thailand
• Revise
• Maximum
• Daily
• Intake
• Standards
• Vitamins
• Dietary
• Supplements

On 4 January 2024, the Ministry of Health of Thailand issued an announcement to revise the maximum daily intake standard for vitamins and minerals in dietary supplements, which will take effect 180 days from the date of issuance.

• Philippines
• FDA
• Propose
• Guidelines
• Classification
• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Dietary
• Supplements

On 9 January 2024, the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a consultation document on the proposed development of guidelines for the classification of vitamins and minerals in dietary supplements, with a 60-day comment period.

• SouthKorea
• MFDS
• Set
• Inspection
• Plan
• Imported
• Food
• 2024

On 11 January, the Ministry of Food and Drug Administration (MFDA) established the 2024 Imported Food Clearance Inspection Plan in order to strengthen food safety and quality management at the import clearance stage, and to rationalise and improve the imp

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

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.