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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.

Strong growth is expected in the poultry and egg sectors for 2018, building on recent expansion and vertical integration.

EU cattle slaughter and beef production are forecast to fall in 2018.

Canada published proposed front-of-package labeling regulations on February 10, 2018. A 75-day public comment period will remain open until April 26, 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....

Central America’s Northern Triangle – which includes El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras – offers significant market opportunities for exporters of U.S. farm and food products.

This report provides information to U.S. exporters of agricultural and related products on how to do business in Panama.

Canadian exports of prepared or preserved cranberries have increased by 132 percent since 2012 and Canadian exports of cranberry juice have increased 67 percent.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is expected to publish the final version of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations in the Canada Gazette in early 2018.

On January 1, 2017, Ecuador’s entry into the European Union’s Andean Multiparty Trade Agreement took effect.

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....