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Malaysia: FAIRS Export Certificate Report

This report is to update readers on the new JAKIM halal requirements for processing plants of “Animal based further products, milk and egg products.”
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Malaysia: FAIRS Country Report 2017

This is an update to Post’s standing FAIRS report, with an update on JAKIM halal requirements for “animal based further products, milk and eggs products”; and guidelines on implementation....
The Government of India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) postponed the compliance date for the declaration of class title, trans-fat content and saturated fat content....
The Government of India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority of India published an order to revise inspection and sampling fees for imported food products.
India notified its draft amendments to the World Trade Organization (WTO) relating to standards for rice, basmati rice, chia seeds, gari (cassava product), edible cassava flour, roasted Bengal gram...
On November 24, 2017, India notified to the World Trade Organization a draft regulation on advertisements and claims and invited comments from its member countries.
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India: GOI amends Standards for Milk and Dairy Products

On October 13, 2017, Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) amended the standards of milk and dairy products.
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India: Draft Packaging Regulations Invite Comments

India notified its 2017 draft packaging Regulations to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and invited comments from trading partners.
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Russia: Eurasian Economic Union Ag Times No. 5 of 2017

This report contains summaries of relevant decisions and documents from the Armenia-Belarus-Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan-Russia Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) meetings, published between August 9....
On September 20, 2017, the Russian Government issued Decree No. 1130 imposing a temporary export ban on hides and skins which fall under EAEU HS codes 4104 11 and 4104 19 from October 5, 2017....
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Canada: Canada Moving Forward on Front of Package Labeling

On August 31, 2017, Health Canada initiated the bidding process for a graphic design contract for front of package (FOP) labels.
On November 14, 2017, Egypt’s Administrative Court took the lawsuit filed against Prime Minister Sherif Ismail’s Prime Ministerial Decree No. 2992 (2016); the plaintiff seeks to revert the decree....