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During 2015, on the backdrop of continuous food scandals and rising consumer concerns, Chinese food regulators continued the onerous task of regaining consumer’s trust by revamping China’s Food Safety

J-Milk announced a three-year, $1.4 million program to reduce the cost of imported replacement dairy cattle.

This report is an overview of Japan’s general legal and technical requirements for food and agricultural imports.

Russia continues registration of Genetically Engineered (GE) crops for imports of food and feed in accordance with existing Russian legislation.

Working with Ecuador’s National Association of Manufacturers of Food and Beverage (ANFAB), FAS Quito organized three back-to-back workshops in the cities of Guayaquil, Cuenca, and Quito.

There are no changes since the last report. There is no mandatory labeling regulation for Genetically Engineered (GE) products.

Portugal is the European Union’s (EU’s) second largest GE corn grower, after Spain, and has fully implemented EU regulations in its territory, including strict coexistence rules.

In April 2015, the GON passed the lingered biosafety bill into law and created the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA).

A European Union (EU) directive that allows EU Member States (MS) to ban the cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) plants in their respective territories for non-scientific reasons was adopted...

The biotechnology sector is in a nascent stage of development, but the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) seeks to move forward in developing and commercializing agricultural biotechnology.

On August 14, 2015, the President of Ethiopia signed into law the necessary regulatory framework that will allow the cultivation of genetically-engineered Bt cotton.

Caribbean nations are very heterogeneous in terms of history, culture, and GDP.