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Singapore publishes amendments to ood Hygiene Regulations for 2022

On 15 July 2022, the Singapore Food Agency issued amendments to the Food Hygiene Regulations 2022 with effective date of 31 July 2022. The main contents include:(1) To add provisions in the Food Hygiene Regulations allowing the use of Pathogen Reduction T

Jul 20, 2022

Chile establishes sanitary requirements for imported meat and meat products

On 11 June 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture of Chile issued resolution 3212 on the sanitary requirements for imported meat and meat products. Main Contents are as follows: (1) Divide meat into four categories. Fresh raw processed meat products, curing pr

Jun 22, 2022

Brazilian poultry and pork exports to China both falls in May

Brazilian poultry exports totaled 429,600 tons in May 2022, according to Brazilian animal protein association ABPA. That was 3.7% up year on year. Export amount rose 37.8 %. Total exports for January-May 2022 totaled 1.99 million tons, 7.8% up year on yea

Jun 20, 2022

Thailand enacted regulations on the classification of meat slaughterhouses

On June 8, 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture of Thailand issued a ministerial regulation through the official gazette to optimize the supervision of slaughterhouses and classify meat slaughterhouses in Thailand, effective from issued date. The main conten

Jun 15, 2022

Belarus finds new logistics route to boost food exports to China

Belarus has found a new transport route through Russian territory and ports instead of Ukraine, thus Belarus maintains a smooth logistics chain to China, Belarusian officials revealed at a China-Belarus agricultural Cooperation webinar on Wednesday. Accor

Jun 15, 2022

Ireland publishes audit report on compliance of meat labelling and traceability requirements in the food industry

On 31 May 2022, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) published an Audit Report on the compliance of meat labelling and traceability requirements in the food industry. 'Overall, the level of meat label compliance in prepackaged food varies,

Jun 10, 2022

The European Union plans to amend the official control regulation of trichinella in meat

On 16 May 2022, the European Commission published on its website consultation paper Ref.ares (2022) 3693645, proposing to amend regulation (EU) 2015/1375 (the Official Control Regulation on Trichinella in meat).The main contents of the amendments are as f

May 23, 2022

New Zealand Meat Industry Association: New Zealand red meat exports to China slowed in the first quarter

New Zealand red meat exports totaled $3.1 billion in the first quarter of this year, up 17 % year-over-year, the New Zealand Meat Industry Association reported On May 12.Red meat exports in March got $1.15 billion, up 11% year over year.New Zealand red me

May 20, 2022

Hong Kong:Fresh beef sample found to contain sulphur dioxide

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (May 10) that a fresh beef sample was found to contain sulphur dioxide, a preservative which is not permitted to be used in fresh meat. The CFS is following

May 11, 2022

Finland revises meat freezing guidelines

6 May 2022 the Finnish Food Administration revised the guidelines for meat freezing (third edition).The main contents are as follows :(1) Definitions of meat processing related terms;(2) Meat freezing processing enterprises shall be approved by competent

May 10, 2022