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On December 23, 2024, the European Union published Regulation 2024/3234, which officially delayed the entry into application of the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) until December 30, 2025.

Bisphenol A in food contact materials is banned in the European Unions as of January 20, 2025, with a phase-in period of one to three years depending on the product.

After taking a dip in 2022, the EU organic market began to recover in 2023 as consumers’ financial situations improved. France and Germany still have the largest organic markets in the EU and growth is expected in almost every Member State until 2025.

New EU rules for "total diet replacement for weight control" will become applicable on October 27, 2022.

On October 19, 2017, the European Commission published Commission Implementing Regulation 2017/1901 on the registration of “Danbo” cheese as an EU protected geographical indication....

Due to late frost throughout the EU and hot spells in Southern and Eastern EU, commercial apple production in MY 2017/18 is estimated to be 18 percent down compared to the previous season.

The EU has started to discuss the expansion of the group of products subject to a maximum level for Ochratoxin A (OTA) to include dried figs and dried apricots or all dried fruit....

The current EU restrictions on neonicotinoids have been in place since 2013 as the substances were considered toxic to bees and other pollinators.

European Union (EU) milk deliveries in 2017 are expected to remain consistent with 2016 levels.

The first EU sugar production after the termination of the quota regime, MY 2017/18, is set to reach 20.1 million MT, with an additional 1.8 million MT for industrial use.

The European Union (EU) has implemented a new system of electronic Certificates of Inspection for imports of organic products in the EU.