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Prime Minister Medvedev Interview on Food Embargo…. Duma Considers Draft Law Tightening Labeling Control of Genetically Engineered Products….

MY 2014/15 (Aug/July) rainy season started normally in May for most selected countries but a long pause during June and July could reduce countries’ initial targets.

The Russian State Duma Committee announced the start of public comments and expert evaluations of a draft version of National Standard (GOST) “Regulation of Organic Production.”

Since January 2014, the Burkinabe National Biosafety Agency (NBA) has been converting the status of the organization to a technical and scientific public institution (EPSET) for greater autonomy.

On August 25th, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Yuryev held a regular meeting with industry unions…

The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), published an amendment of the draft sanitary requirements to clarify that ascorbic acid in the section on food additives is a substance for treatment of flour.

FAS/Moscow increased the previous Russia total grain crop forecast for MY 2014/15 by 5 million metric tons (MMT) to 99 MMT.

This report contains summaries of relevant decisions and documents from the Russia-Kazakhstan- Belarus Customs Union (CU) meetings, published between July 12 and August 28, 2014 that impact CU policy.

The Russian Government Commission on Legislation approved draft amendments to the federal law “Russian Codex of Administrative Violations” that will tighten control over labeling of GE food.