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The Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) postponed additional labeling requirements for pre-packaged foods, edible oils, and fats, until December 31, 2015.

The following is a list of documents required for seafood exports to China.

India requires a variety of export certifications for imported food and agricultural products.

On August 4, 2014, China notified to the WTO G/SPS/N/CHN/686 Notice on Adjusting Requirements of Wood Packaging Materials of Imported and Exported Goods.

The State Council Duty Committee (SCDC) released its 2015 tariff implementation plan which takes effect on January 1, 2015.

On January 9, 2015, the Kyrgyz Republic notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a draft Law on Plant Quarantine (G/SPS/N/KGZ/1).

FSSAI published a draft Order for domestically produced and imported meat and poultry products that notes a procedure will be developed to inspect and monitor slaughtering and processing plants.

On November 25, 2014, India reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), and sent notifications through December 2014.

U.S. exports of corn-based products have experienced rapid growth in the past decade, reaching a value of $7.6 billion in fiscal year 2014, up 16 percent from the previous year.

As Guangdong is entering into winter and spring, a new series of outbreak of avian influenza is looming in the province with one death case reported.

The report includes information that has been garnered during travel within Kazakhstan, reported in the local media, or offered by host country officials and agricultural analysts.

India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority of India published its Strategic Plan of the National Codex Committee (NCC), per the Codex Alimentarius Commission’s mandate (CAC) for the period 2015-19.