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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.
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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Brazil: Oilseeds and Products Update

Post forecasts 2017/18 production at 112.5 million metric tons (mmt), Brazil’s second largest crop after the record set on the previous season.
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Brazil: Grain and Feed Update

2017/2018 corn production is forecast lower at 92 million metric tons (MMT), mainly due to reduced area for first- and second-crop corn and an expected return to normal yields.