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On March 11, 2019, Taiwan Region’s Ministry of Health and Welfare opened a draft revision of Maximum levels of metals and other contaminants in …
Background In March 2013, China realized largescale institutional reform, forming China’s first centralized and Ministerial level Food Safety Authorit…
Takehome: China’s new retail systems and prioritization of domestic consumption as a key driver of the economy combined with its growing fascination w…
According to the WTO TBT agreement, WTO members are obliged to notify other members of any new/updated domestic regulations. Other WTO members and rel…
Takehome: China has maintained a stable increase in food imports over the past five years. The top 4 categories of foods (by trade value) were dairy p…
Takehome: China plans to reform flavor and fragrance regulations which will include compilation of a negative list of banned ingredients and implement…
Nutritional labeling is a fundamental section of the label of a food product. It shows the nutritional characteristics and related nutritional informa…
Takehome: China is facing a number of challenges to its food security including population growth, environmental issues, urbanization and significant …
According to FDA official website, 3 food contact notifications (FCN) have been approved by FDA in May, and their information is shown in the table be…
There are 12 RASFF notifications on food contact materials in June 2018,in which there are 7 food contact material products from China (including Hong…