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Hong Kong: Facilitating US Shipments over AI Ban

Based on ATO Hong Kong advocacy, the Hong Kong Government agreed to definitively establish the effective ban date for U.S. poultry product imports subject to an avian influenza ban....
Hong Kong recently implemented a voluntary Code of Marketing of Formula Milk and Related Products and Food Products for Infants and Young Children (HK Code) aimed at promoting breastfeeding....
Hong Kong intends to strengthen its metallic contamination control in food by amending its obsolete Food Adulteration (Metallic Contamination) Regulations which was last updated in 1983.
The Russian Ministry of Agriculture drafted nine regulatory documents for safety assessment and testing of GE ingredients for feeds, feed additives, veterinary pharmaceuticals, GE animals....
Russian Ministry of Agriculture Calls for Refocus from Import Substitution to Export Development…Ministry of Agriculture Supports Construction of Export/Import Agrologistic Hub....
Turkey has delayed the implementation of a Product Verification Monitoring System (PVMS) for another three months.
On June 29, The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) launched a new on-line consultation tool to seek input from stakeholders for the development of new cooperation opportunities....
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Morocco: Grain and Feed Update

The Government of Morocco released its initial wheat and barley production forecast for the 2017 crop (4.94 MMT of common wheat, 2.33 MMT of durum wheat, and 2.89 MMT of barley)....
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is opening a 60-day comment period on proposed changes to beer compositional standards in the Food and Drug Regulations....
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Portugal: Portugal Biofuel Market Outlook 2017

Since 2015, when the government set the overall biofuel mandate at 7.5 percent for transportation, the market has been adjusting to avoid exceeding the volumetric blending limit for biodiesel.
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India: Amendments in Food Import Regulations

The Government of India (GOI) recently notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO) changes in India’s Food Import Regulations.
This is an update to Section IV of KS1711, GAIN Report on Korea’s New Biotech Labeling Requirements. A sub-heading “C” has been added under Section IV.