Welcome to Issue 44 of AGRINFO UPDATE. The European Union has published the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, which replaces the current EU Packaging Directive. The first of the new requirements will come into force in August 2026, and could require significant adjustments for operators…

This issue highlights opportunities for feedback on prolongation of temporary measures for citrus black spot, and on the non-renewal of flufenacet. New regulations cover pesticide MRL changes, feed additives, the EU register of protected geographical indications (PGI), the list of countries that ca…

This issue includes new items of legislation covering forced labour, food contact materials, deforestation, pesticides, tariffs and quotas, plant health, and fruit and vegetable marketing standards. It also includes open public consultations for proposed changes to animal health controls and pestic…

This final issue of 2024 reports on recent EU-Mercosur technical negotiations on a new Partnership Agreement; proposals to clarify testing methods for Trichinella in pork; proposed pesticide MRL changes notified to the WTO SPS Committee; and the latest monthly report on non-compliant food imports i…

Highlights include upcoming increased import controls on certain products from Bangladesh, India, Madagascar, Rwanda, and Vietnam, as well as changes to the list of countries permitted to export animal products to the EU. We also report on latest developments concerning the EU Deforestation Regula…

This issue includes new regulations on food additives and food safety controls, and reports on the latest developments regarding implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation. We provide summaries of the October TRACES and RASSF reports, and information on the important final public consultatio…

This issue highlights the latest EU approvals of organic control authorities/bodies, and findings of non-compliant food imports. It also includes decisions not to renew approval of tritosulfuron and metribuzin, and the latest novel food and geographical indication approvals PDO and PGI. The EU prop…

This issue reports on recently published changes to MRLs including for thiacloprid; and authorisations of GMOs, a novel food, and a protein hydrolysate for infant formula. New methods of sampling and analysis for checking the characteristics of olive oil, and the management of rice tariff quotas, a…

This issue reports on the EU's proposed delayed Deforestation Regulation, country risk "benchmarking", fish tariff quotas tied to sustainability, and the EU-Guinea-Bissau Fisheries Partnership Agreement. It also covers the fourth list of recognised organic control bodies, antimicrobial compliant co…