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949[USA] Ban on meat imports from Brazil ; consumers warned not to buy (2017-03-21)Barbados has implemented a temporary ban on the importation of all meat and meat products from Brazil. This disclosure came this evening via the Barbados Government Information Service from Senior Veterinary Officer, Dr. Mark Trotman, who said that due to concerns about the possibilit...2017-03-22
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948[USA] FDA Considering Simplifying Agricultural Water Standards (2017-03-20)The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is exploring ways to simplify the microbial quality and testing requirements for agricultural water established by the Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA’s) produce safety rule while still protecting public health. Agricultural water ...2017-03-22
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947[USA] Constituent Update - March 17, 2017 (2017-03-17)FSIS to Hold a PHIS Export Technical Meeting for Industry Stakeholders FSIS will be conducting its second webinar on the Public Health Information System (PHIS) electronic export application and approval process. The event will be held on Monday, March 27, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at ...2017-03-21
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946[USA] Compliance Guide for the : U.S. Seafood Import Monitoring Program (2017-03-17)What is the Seafood Import Monitoring Program? The Seafood Import Monitoring Program establishes, for imports of certain seafood products, the reporting and recordkeeping requirements needed to prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and/or misrepresented seafood from entering U...2017-03-21
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945[Canada] Fishy labels? : Ottawa considering steps to provide more detail on seafood labels (2017-03-18)Environmentalists give seafood-labelling rules in Canada an F due to lack of consumer information The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it is looking at ways to improve labelling for seafood after a report by environmentalists gave current rules a grade of F due to a lack of consumer infor...2017-03-21
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944[Australia] Changes to fluoride nutrient reference values (2017-03-20)The Australian Government Department of Health has revised the fluoride nutrient reference values for infants and young children in Australia and New Zealand. It is now recommended that the upper level intake of fluoride for infants and children up to 8 years is 0.20 milligrams per kilogram o...2017-03-21
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943[Australia] Hemp food could soon be part of your weekly shop(2017-03-16)The Australian government is tipped to approve hemp as a legal food source in April. Hemp food products could start showing up on our supermarket shelves and restaurant menus this year, with the hemp industry hopeful that regulators will approve the plant for safe human consumption next month...2017-03-21
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942[USA] Brazil's President Temer calls emergency meeting over rotten meat scandal (2017-03-19)razilian President Michel Temer called an emergency ministerial meeting for Sunday to deal with a growing scandal over the safety of meat and poultry sold at home and abroad by the world's leading supplier. A two-year police investigation revealed Friday the existence of a corrupt scheme ...2017-03-20
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941[EU] Scientific motivations and riteria to consider updating EFSA scientific assessments (2017-03-17)Abstract EFSA is committed to assess and communicate the risks occurring in the food and feed chain from farm to fork and to provide other forms of scientific advice. This work, carried out by EFSA since its inception, has resulted in the adoption of thousands of scientific assessments. ...2017-03-20
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940[EU] Workshop Report on integrated approach for testin and assessment of developmental neurotoxicity (2017-03-17)The views or positions expressed in this publication do not necessarily represent in legal terms the official position of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). EFSA assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear. In November 2015, the European Food ...2017-03-20