Travel restrictions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic have precluded required on-site inspections of seven U.S. plant exports by Japanese authorities.
On June 5, 2020, India’s Ministry of Law and Justice issued three ordinances that will liberate existing market restrictions, eliminate free trade barriers in agricultural production...
A more flexible certification of origin process under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement will take effect when the agreement enters into force on July 1, 2020.
On May 29, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) confirmed that the U.S. Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system for meat and poultry is sufficient...
In response to industry challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced temporary flexibility, until September 15, 2020, in enforcing some...
EEC authorities plan to extend the current restriction on exports of sunflower seeds outside EAEU countries through August 31, 2020 in order to “stabilize prices for sunflower oilseeds...
On June 1, 2020, Japan implemented the positive list system for food container and packaging materials with a five-year transition period.
On June 11, 2020, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) officially announced in Resolution 91 the suspension of the Certificate Free Sale (CFS) requirement for imported feed and feed ingredients...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry announced that production and import of 16 active substances which are used in production of plant protection products...
To reduce confusion at Malaysian ports and to streamline trade in lamb, beef, poultry and pork, all FSIS export certificates must now include in the remarks section...
On April 22, 2020, the Food and Surveillance Institute, INVIMA, issued communication IVC-INS-LI15 which establishes the frequency that importers must present laboratory results...
On June 8, 2020, the Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued a notification to operationalize the draft Food Safety and Standards...