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For marketing year (MY) 2015/16 (May to April), Post’s estimate for total rice area and production is unchanged at 11.8 million hectares and 34.8 million tons.

Timely and adequate 2015 monsoon rainfall through early July has supported planting of grains, including rice and corn, in the ongoing MY 2015/16 kharif season (fall/early winter harvest).

FAS/Astana forecasts Kazakhstan’s wheat production in 2015/16 at 12.8 MMT only slightly less than the levels estimated for 2014/15 on the background of heavy rains in May...

The Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published new draft regulations for food or health supplements, nutraceuticals, foods for special dietary uses...

The Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2015...

The Government of India’s (GOI) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published updated draft regulations regarding labeling requirements for the contents of trans-fat in packaged food.

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India amended the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011 to set maximum levels for melamine in infant and other food.

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) amended the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011, and has set biotoxin limits in fish and fish products.

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India amended the Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2011, to update its standards for dried/salted and dried fishery products.

On July 15, 2015, Peru’s Chief Veterinary Officer in SENASA approved the Health Certificate for the import of U.S. live cattle into Peru.

According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), cumulative levels of rainfall from June 1 to July 13 were three percent below IMD’s long-term average (LTA) of 280 millimeter (mm).

Ethanol production for calendar year (CY) 2016 is forecast at 160 million liters, a 33 percent reduction from our CY 2015 estimate.