The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) published Circular 50/2014/TTBNNPTNT on December 24, 2014, revising some articles of MARD’s Circular 66/2011/TTBNNPTTNT...
On June 29, 2015, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development released Decision 2515/QD-BNN-BVTV promulgating the List of Harmonized System codes for regulated articles subject to plant quarantine.
This report supplements the EU-28 Agricultural Biotechnology Annual 2014 report with information about the new regulation that allows each EU Member State to “opt-out” of GE crop cultivation...
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Jamaica: FAIRS Country Report

This report outlines food and agricultural import requirements for Jamaica.
On May, 20, 2015, the South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) published a government notice (No. 38808) inviting the public to comment on the National Liquor Policy.
The Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published new draft regulations for food or health supplements, nutraceuticals, foods for special dietary uses...
Attaché Report (GAIN)

India: Draft Regulations Relating to Food Additives

The Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2015...
The Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published updated draft regulations regarding labeling requirements for the contents of trans-fat in packaged food.
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India amended the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011 to set maximum levels for melamine in infant and other food.
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) amended the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011, and has set biotoxin limits in fish and fish products.
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India amended the Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2011, to update its standards for dried/salted and dried fishery products.
On July 16, 2015, the Official Gazette published the Biosafety Board Decisions on genetically engineered feed imports.