Attaché Report (GAIN)

EU-28: New Rules on BPA More Restrictive

Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/213 significantly tightens the rules on the use of Bisphenol A (BPA) in food contact materials and was published in the Official Journal on February 14, 2018.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

EU-28: Livestock and Products Semi-annual

EU cattle slaughter and beef production are forecast to fall in 2018.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Indonesia: Oilseeds and Products Update

With new mature area entering full production and expectations for above trend yields, the 2017/18 palm oil production forecast is maintained at 38.5 million tons, a 5.5 percent increase from 2016/17.
The European Commission (EC) has an active policy of exporting its standards on animal welfare, which are anchored in the European Treaties.
In December 2017, the European Commission published a "roadmap" outlining its intention to prepare legal acts needed for EU accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement....
As a result of the EU’s new rules on dietetic foods, applicable since July 2016, a whole range of products carrying dietetic suitability statements needed to be re-labeled and/or reformulated.
The organic food market in the European Union (EU) is booming.