The Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published directives to allow food business operators (FBOs) to use pre-printed packaging materials....
Post forecasts that a record area of 1.6 million hectares will be planted with oilseeds in South Africa later in 2018, for the 2018/19 MY, which is predominantly driven by increased soybean plantings.
On March 12, 2018, the EU alcoholic beverages industry presented a “joint’ self-regulatory proposal on nutrition labeling and ingredients listing to the European Commission.
Italy’s marketing year (MY) 2017/18 orange and tangerine productions are preliminarily forecast to drop by 10 and 5 percent, respectively, compared to MY 2015/16 due to the summer drought....
According to the latest data from the Italian Enologists Association (Assoenologi), Italy produced 3.9 billion liters of wine in 2017, the lowest campaign since 1947....
On March 5, 2018, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published an updated version of its MRL review progress under Article 12 of Regulation 396/2005 on its website....
On April 2, 2018, China’s State Council Tariff Committee (SCTC) announced that additional tariffs on 128 U.S.-origin products would be implemented, effective immediately.
Pakistan’s imports of oilseeds are expected to exceed edible oil imports for the first time ever in marketing year 2017/18, reflecting the growing importance of oilseed meals....
The Dutch food processing sector generated a turnover of USD 82.5 billion last year and demonstrated the highest production growth in five years, supported by growing demand....
Post forecasts that South Africa’s wheat imports for the 2018/19 MY will decline marginally to 1.8 million tons, on an expected increase in local production.
Turkish cotton area and production are forecast to increase about ten percent in Marketing Year (MY) 2018/19, reaching 520,000 hectares and 950,000 MT (4.36 million bales) as a result....
Germany confirmed the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) of the subtype H5N6 in a poultry holding in Northern Germany on March 21, 2018.
