Articles Tagged with ''imports''

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has reviewed Regulation 2019/1793: Controls Applied to Imported Food and Food Safety, and has proposed amendments to the legislation for the first time since the UK’s exit from the EU.

The EU is conducting a report to analyze the legality and rationale of subjecting all imported agricultural and agri-food products to EU health and environmental standards, to which the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) has submitted its concerns.

Spain has relaxed its regulations of chlorpyrifos and dichlorvos in imported maize, despite recommendations by the European Food Safety Authority, to fill the livestock feed gap created by the Ukraine crisis.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated its import alerts due to the presence of Listeria Monocytogenes and Salmonella in seafood.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is proposing to revise existing conditions for importations of melons from Japan based on a pest risk analysis that it has prepared.

This episode features our discussion with Phil Kafarakis, president of the Specialty Food Association, about how politics, public health, and regulatory stringency can all impact food safety as well as a Food Safety Insights column update from Bob Ferguson of Strategic Consulting.

The United States Department of Agriculture has announced the suspension of imports of fresh beef from Brazil.