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Hong Kong: Import of poultry meat and products from Gunma Prefecture in Japan 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.

Jan 03, 2024

SAMR Announcement on the Catalogue of Ginseng and Other Health Food Ingredients

On 31 December 2023, the China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), together with the National Health Commission (NHC) and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (NATCM), issued the "Announcement on the Release of

Jan 02, 2024

Hong Kong: Import of poultry meat and products from Legnicki District of Dolnośląskie Region in Poland 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.

Jan 02, 2024

USDA declared a gene-edited corn met exemption criteria

On 31 August 2023, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that a gene-edited corn meets the criteria for exemption.

Jan 02, 2024

Weekly Review of Food Standards & Regulations (December.25,2023-December.31, 2023)

★CFE | Release Approval Document (Decision) for Special Food (Update on December 21)★On December 21, 2023, the Center of Food Evaluation of the State Administration for Market Regulation updated the list of approval document (decision) for the regist

Jan 02, 2024

South Korea proposed to allow the use of raw material names in product names of blended cooking oils

On 28 December, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of Korea issued Announcement No. 2023-614, which proposes to amend some of the contents of the Labeling Standards for Food Products, etc.

Dec 29, 2023

Egypt extended sugar export ban by three months

The Egyptian Official Gazette announced on 14 December that the Ministry of Trade and Industry had extended the ban on the export of all types of sugar by three months until the end of March 2024, with the aim of securing domestic sugar supplies.

Dec 29, 2023

Mexico completely banned trade in Ecuadorian white shrimp imports

Mexican officials said that a large number of Ecuadorian shrimp through the Guatemalan border into Mexico, the local industry has a serious impact on the projected losses in 2023 amounted to more than 5 billion Mexican pesos (236 million U.S. dollars).

Dec 29, 2023

GACC Announcement No. 194 of 2023 (Announcement on Amending the Inspection and Quarantine Requirements for Meat Products Exported from Macao to the Mainland of China)

In accordance with the relevant laws and regulations of the Mainland of China and the provisions of the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) and the Macao Secretariat for Administration and Justice on the inspection and quarantine and veterin

Dec 28, 2023

Hong Kong: Import of poultry meat and products from areas in France, Poland and US suspended

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.

Dec 28, 2023