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On May 24, 2013, China released the National Food Safety Standard of General Hygiene Regulations for Food Production (GB14881-2013), which became effective on June 1, 2014.

India’s food processing sector continues to expand in response to changing demographics, strong local and international brands, emerging modern retail and growing consumer acceptance of processed food

Although small, traditional outlets dominate the Indian food retail sector and account for 98 percent of sales...

India’s food service sector continues expanding as the number of travelers increase and more consumers dine at restaurants.

India is a small and growing market for imported consumer food products.

The Government of India (GOI) announced a price fixing scheme for fuel ethanol procurement for parastatal oil marketing companies (OMCs).

Pakistan is a small but growing market for imported consumer food products and the small modern retail sector is growing slowly.

This report outlines regulatory requirements and import procedures for food and agricultural imports into Pakistan.

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India provided a six-month extension for compliance with its labeling requirements for printed logos and license numbers on packaged foodstuffs.

In Bangladesh, most research and development (R&D) for seeds occurs in the public sector.

China’s market year 2014/15 kidney bean production is forecast to increase by 20 percent to 950,000 tons based on increased acreage and higher yield.

Uzbekistan relies on imports of certain food products which are not locally produced in sufficient volumes, in order to meet the country’s growing demand.