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France announced a ban the sale of food products containing titanium dioxide (TiO2) starting January 1, 2020 based on an opinion published by the French food safety agency (ANSES) recommending....

On April 18, France published its fourth emergency decree banning fresh cherry imports from countries where the use of the chemical dimethoate is permitted in cherry production.

EU sugar production in MY 2019/20 is forecast at 19.4 million MT, up from 18.2 million MT in MY 2018/19 in which an enduring summer drought took a significant toll on beet growth....

France as a member of the European Community has implemented EU regulations for the import of animal and plant products.

France, as a European Union (EU) Member State, applies EU directives and regulations to its food and agricultural import regulatory regime, with only few exceptions.

France is the third largest European economy and according to French customs imported $1.28 billion of food and agricultural products from the United States in 2017.

The French food processing sector is valued at $203 billion and has over 18,000 food processors from small-scale to some of the largest food companies in the world.

France’s Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional (HRI) sector had $102.3 billion in sales revenue in 2017, a 1.8 percent increase from the previous year. Hotels and restaurants accounted....

EU-28 chicken meat production is expected to increase slightly again in 2019 driven by both domestic and export demand.

On October 16, 2018, French President Emmanuel Macron named Senator Didier Guillaume as the new French Minister for Agriculture and Food.

FAS Paris obtained a waiver from the French Ministry of Agriculture that allowed the U.S. foundation Wreath Across America to import into France 10,000 U.S. sourced balsam pine wreaths....

France’s recently passed farm and food bill contains a provision that prohibits the imports of agricultural and food products produced with pesticides, herbicides, veterinary medicines....