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On September 4, 2015, China notified the WTO of the National Food Safety Standard on Preserved Fruits (an update to GB8956).

On August 17, 2015, China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine(AQSIQ) announced upgrades to its registration filing management system.

Cross-border e-commerce is a direct business to consumer sale from overseas at reduced duties, without Chinese-language labels, and with reduced inspection requirements.

On October 22, Taiwan completed a normal tender GF4-104-105 for 4,000 MT of U.S. medium or short grain rice and scheduled another normal tender for October 29.

The Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published Draft Guidelines for Making Available Wholesome,Nutritious, Safe and Hygienic Food to School Children.

The Government of India published a veterinary health certificate for the import of bovine frozen semen.

The Government of India published a veterinary health certificate for the import of live bovines.

The Government of India published a veterinary health certificate for the import of in vivo bovine embryos.

The Government of India increased the ghee (clarified butter), butter, and butter oil applied import tariff from 30 to 40 percent until March 31, 2016.

With MAFF’s strong push to use rice for feed, rice used in compound feed exceeded one million metric tons in MY2014/15 for the first time on record, at the expense of wheat and corn.

The outlook for winter grains production in Australia has deteriorated due to particularly adverse seasonal conditions, including lower than expected spring rainfall and record temperatures.

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