Opportunities to give feedback on the EU’s review of fisheries policy; definition of high-risk organic products; and amended specifications for infant formula. Plus news on increased official controls on certain high-risk foods, raised acetamiprid MRLs, changes to the CATCH system for EU fish impor…

In this issue – the latest increased pesticide MRLs impacting imports of certain fruits and salad vegetables, roots and tubers; plus new EU pesticide approvals, renewals, and extensions. Feedback is invited on the proposed EU methodology to calculate recycled plastic content in single-use plastic b…

Includes new and proposed EU changes to rules on farm animal welfare; synergists and safeners in pesticides; the EU–Mauritania Fisheries Partnership Agreement; sodium ascorbate (E 301) in infant formula; and MRLs for ethephon and chlorpropham. Also – new AGRINFO Guides on temporary increased contro…

Includes the latest EU authorisations for veterinary medicine residues and food additives; new proposals to reduce pesticide MRL for carbendazim and thiophanate-methyl on certain citrus fruits, mangoes, and papayas; overview of the latest report on imported agri-food consignments that do not comply…

Covers recent updates on the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), including country risk classifications; revisions to animal product health certificates for EU exports; approval of three new organic control bodies; proposed changes to import value and duty procedures for fruit and vegetables; updat…

This issue reports on clarifications and a delay to two important items of EU legislation: the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D). Also: new legislation feed additives, a proposal on low-alcohol wines and a draft on ve…

This issue covers proposed changes to clarify and simplify the EU Deforestation Regulation – there is an opportunity for EU and non-EU stakeholders to provide feedback, and updated information resources are available. There is new legislation updating animal health certificates, pesticide MRLs, nov…

The EU has proposed changes to tuna hygiene rules, open for public feedback. Comments on these and on MRL changes for benthiavalicarb and benfluralin can also be made to the World Trade Organization. New Regulations lift poultry import restrictions from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and impose restrictio…

This issue covers the EU’s proposal to set inorganic arsenic limits in seafood, to approve a new folic acid source, and the publication of health claim decisions. New Regulations include extended citrus import measures, and clarified Trichinella detection methods in pork. There are also updates on …