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On September, 4, 2014, the Minister of Health, proposed two amendments to the regulations relating to health messages on container labels of alcohol beverages.

South Africa, the largest food service market in Sub-Saharan Africa, has a large and highly competitive hospitality industry.

On January 13, 2015, the South African Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) held a media conference to update relevant stakeholders on the current status of Foot and Mouth Disease.

In 2013, French consumers spent approximately 10 percent of their budgets on food and beverage purchases, including alcohol.

In December 2014, the French Minister of Agriculture Stéphane Le Foll released a plan to increase the production of protein crops in France between 2014 and 2020.

Socio-economic and demographic changes continued to alter food trends in France.

All the sections of the Report have been updated to comply with the current 2014 reporting instructions as the last FAIRS report for South Africa was done in 2011.