• China
• GACC
• Announcement
• Cancellation
• Entry
• Quarantine
• Approval
• Animal
• Plant
• Products
• Customs
• Policy

On June 28, 2024, the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) issued Announcement No. 77 of 2024, announcing the cancellation of approval for entry quarantine of some animal and plant products.

• Forsea
• Foods
• Launch
• Cell-Based
• Eel
• Product
• 2026

Israeli food tech startup Forsea Foods is building ties with Japan, the largest consumer of eel, in hopes of launching its first commercial product by 2026.

• Japan
• Morinaga
• Food
• Recall
• Snacks
• Contaminate
• Animal
• Feces
• Food
• Contamination

Japan's Morinaga Co. is urgently recalling about 190,000 packages of small round biscuits due to foreign matter that may have been mixed with the product, according to Japanese media sources in a product recall announcement posted on its official web

• Canada
• Approve
• 1
• Genetically
• Modified
• GM
• Corn
• EH913
• Food
• Feed
• Cultivation

On June 11, 2024, Health Canada and the Food Inspection Agency approved EH913, a genetically modified (GM) corn developed by Helix Seeds and Seedlings of the United Kingdom, for use in food, feed and farming.

• EAEU
• Zero
• Import
• Duty
• Coconut
• Shred
• Food
• Trade
• Tariff

On June 25, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Eurasian Economic Commission decided to zero import duties on coconut shred (CN FEA code 0801110000) for a period of time (inclusive) until July 31, 2027.

• Taiwan
• FDA
• Revise
• Food
• Name
• Labeling
• Requirements
• Dairy
• Products
• Milk-Based
• Drinks

On June 5, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Taiwan, China issued Circular No. 1131301408, revising the product names and labeling requirements for fresh milk, sterilized milk, prepared milk, milk bevera

• Singapore
• SFA
• Detect
• Sibutramine
• Imported
• Coffee

On 28 June 2024, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) issued a notice that the banned substance Sibutramine was detected in an imported coffee.

• Indonesia
• Shift
• Seafood
• Focus
• Squid
• Actively
• Exports
• China

In recent years, Indonesia's seafood exports have increased significantly, from 1.125 million tons in 2018 to 1.221 million tons in 2023, demonstrating the year-on-year rise in demand for Indonesian seafood in the international market.

• China
• GACC
• Announcement
• Import
• Polish
• French
• Beans
• GACC
• Registration

On June 26, 2024, the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) issued Announcement No. 75 of 2024, announcing that with immediate effect, the import of Polish French beans meeting the relevant requirements is permitted.

• KOBAYASHI
• PHARMACEUTICAL
• Health
• Care
• Products
• Containing
• Monascus
• Ingredients
• 76
• Deaths
• Food
• Acciden

June 28, 2024, according to Japanese media news, Japan's Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Keizo Takemi said at a press conference that the number of consumers suspected of dying because of taking Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Company health products