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The Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published 15 draft manuals on requirements for sampling and analyzing food and water.

As of April 22, 2015 the container size requirements in the Dairy Products Regulations (DPR), the Maple Products Regulations (MPR) and the Fish Inspection Regulations (FIR) are repealed.

MOF issued a Notification in the Royal Gazette detailing the preferential duty reduction schedules under Section 12 of the Customs Tariff Decree B.E. 2530 for imported wood products.

Province of Ontario on March 23, 2015, opened a public consultation period on a proposed regulatory change aimed at reducing the use of neonicotinoids (NNI) as seed treatments for corn and soybeans...

FSSAI amended the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, to allow the use of lecithin as a food additive.

On April 16, 2015, the World Trade Organization (WTO) published on its website draft regulations related to naturally occurring toxic substances (NOTS) in some food and beverage products.

Russian Government Approved Subsidies to Support Agricultural Machinery Producers . . . Ministry of Agriculture Reports on Feed Stocks . . . Increased Marketing of Locally Produced Fish . . .

Chile recognizes the United States as a country of negligible risk for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and by doing it, lining up with the World Organization of Animal Health (OIE).

The Chilean Congress adopted Law No. 20,606 on nutrition and composition of food and its advertising on July 2012.

FSSAI amended the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, pertaining to artificial sweeteners.

On March 18, 2015, the Dutch energy sector and NGOs agreed upon the sustainability criteria for biomass. On March 30, these requirements were laid down in official Dutch legislation.

This report should be read in conjunction with the Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) – Country Report written by the U.S. Mission to the EU, GAIN E14065.