On February 19, 2022, the General Administration of Customs took emergency preventive measures against an Indonesian company, due to the positive nucleic acid test of SARS-Cov-2 in a sample of 1 batch of Chilled Grouper from Indonesia. The national custom
Feb 21, 2022On February 13, 2022, the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment announced changes to the import requirements for ripe seeds for human consumption, which will take effect on February 14, 2022. The main content is as follows: The n
Feb 21, 2022On February 16, 2022, the Brazilian Government Gazette published RDC Resolution No. 604 to formulate two provisions for nutritional fortification in food. The specific contents include: (1) Iodine-fortified salt (iodine-enriched salt): the iodine source s
Feb 21, 2022Food processing aids are used as various substances to assist the smooth production and processing of food, so what are food processing aids specifically, what are they included, and what are the common problems when using them? Foodmate has summarized re
Feb 18, 2022On February 11, 2022, the European Union published Regulation (EU) 2022/196, authorising an extension of use and the change of the specifications of UV-treated bakers yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as a novel food under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of
Feb 18, 2022In order to promote food safety risk classification and credit risk classification management of food production enterprises, optimize the allocation of supervision resources, and improve supervision efficiency, the State Administration for Market Regulat
Feb 18, 2022On January 26, 2022, the US FDA proposed an update to the Food Contact Notification (FCN) system. The proposed rule will change how the agency determines when the FCN is no longer valid. This revision is intended to allow FDA to better ensure the safety a
Feb 18, 2022On February 17, 2022, the General Administration of Customs took emergency preventive measures against a Vietnamese company, due to the positive nucleic acid test of SARS-Cov-2 in 11 samples of 3 batches of frozen Basa catfish and a sample of a batch of f
Feb 17, 2022On February 8, 2022, the consulting firm McKinseyCompany published an article reviewing the packaging regulations in 30 countries across the globe. Of the countries included, 29 had begun or already enacted packaging regulations with the principal aim of
Feb 17, 2022The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced on February 16 that in view of notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Sevil
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