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EU-28: The Skinny on New EU Rules for Weight Loss Products

New EU rules for "total diet replacement for weight control" will become applicable on October 27, 2022.
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EU-28: EU Registers Cheese with a Codex Standard as a PGI

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....
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EU-28: Fresh Deciduous Fruit Annual

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....
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EU-28: Further Restrictions to Neonicotinoids

The current EU restrictions on neonicotinoids have been in place since 2013 as the substances were considered toxic to bees and other pollinators.
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EU-28: Dairy and Products Semi-annual

European Union (EU) milk deliveries in 2017 are expected to remain consistent with 2016 levels.
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EU-28: Sugar Semi-annual

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.