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.
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EU-28: Livestock and Products Semi-annual

EU cattle slaughter and beef production are forecast to fall in 2018.
On December 11, 2017, Chilean Ministry of Health (MOH) published in the Official Gazette, Decree Nº1, which outlines the implementing regulation for labeling and advertising of packaged foods....
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.
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Chile: FAIRS Country Report

This report provides an overview of the Chilean Food Law currently in force.