Until September 30, 2018, the Government of India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) will allow imported organic products to enter India with a non-detachable sticker....
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Macau: Retail Foods - Macau Food Retail Industry

In 2017, Macau’s retail food sector sales rose 4.4 percent to US$553 million, a positive growth trend forecast to continue, especially in segments where U.S. products have strong prospects....
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Netherlands: Retail Foods

The Dutch retail sector is fairly consolidated, with the two largest food retailers controlling 54 percent of the market.
In the absence of a legally binding maximum level for cadmium in sunflower kernels, Germany applies a non-binding “guideline value” published by the former Federal Institute for Health Related....
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has issued a proposed revision of tofu specifications and standards, which would allow the packaging of tofu for storage at room temperature.
The Egyptian Chamber of Food Industries (CFI) indicates that there are over 7,000 food manufacturing companies operating in the country.
Egypt imported some $4 billion worth of food ingredients in 2017.
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Netherlands: The Organic Market in the Netherlands

The Netherlands has increasingly become a trading hub for organic products.
Japan’s free trade agreement with the European Union (EU) and the soon-to-be-signed Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will reduce tariffs....
On December 11, 2017, Chilean Ministry of Health (MOH) published in the Official Gazette, Decree Nº1, which outlines the implementing regulation for labeling and advertising of packaged foods....
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Singapore: FAIRS Export Certificate Report

This report discusses export certificates that the Singapore Government require.
As a result of the EU’s new rules on dietetic foods, applicable since July 2016, a whole range of products carrying dietetic suitability statements needed to be re-labeled and/or reformulated.