This issue covers new EU consultations on rules of origin and poultry imports, recent food import non-compliance, and avian influenza measures. It also highlights the release of the MOH guide in Portuguese and announces the autumn webinar series on the TRACES system.

In this issue: new ELAN updates, updated 2025 food audit programme, and new authorisation for novel foods, health claims, food additives, and substances for organic production. AGRINFO published a new guidance document on the EU Deforestation Regulation. Register for our webinars on using the EU’s …

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…