• USDA
• Issue
• Public
• Warning
• Catfish
• Imported
• Illegally
• China

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for imported frozen catfish products that were illegally imported from the People’s Republic of China and are ineligible for entry into the Uni

• Japan
• MHLW
• Issue
• Guidelines
• Verification
• Analytical
• Methods
• Food
• Additives
• Revise
• Testing
• Methods

On March 8, 2024, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (MHLW) issued Circular 0308 Basic Food No. 2 and 0308 Food Monitoring Circular No. 2, issuing the "Guidelines for Verification of Analytical Methods for Food Additives in Food"

• Poland
• Ban
• Transit
• Ukrainian
• Grain
• Ukraine
• Food
• Export

Polish media reported on March 20 that the Polish government and protesting farmers reached an agreement, including the temporary closure of the border with Ukraine to prohibit the transit of Ukrainian grain.

• US
• FSIS
• Issue
• Origin
• Labeling
• Requirements
• Meat
• Poultry
• Egg
• Products

On March 18, 2024, the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a notice revising the requirements for meat, poultry and egg product labeling and voluntary labeling declarations of origin, which companies can voluntarily include on the labels

• FSA
• FSS
• Reveal
• Changes
• Checks
• Food
• Imports
• Regulation
• Food
• Export

Proposed changes to the levels of checks on a range of products, including sesame seeds from India and Turkey for Salmonella, have been put forward by UK food agencies.

• UK
• DEFRA
• Update
• Fish
• Import
• Procedures

On 18 March 2024, the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) updated its fish import procedures: From 30 April, the following steps will need to be implemented in order to import fish into the UK:

• Thailand
• Propose
• Regulation
• Extraction
• Solvents
• Use
• Food

On March 15, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Health of Thailand issued a notice to formulate regulations on the use of extraction solvents in food production, and the specific contents are shown in the following table.

• Singapore
• SFA
• Propose
• Regulations
• Specified
• Foods
• Pre-market
• Clearance

On 15 March 2024, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) issued a consultation paper to seek views on draft regulations for specified foods and their pre-market approval.

• Chilean
• Lentil
• Kernels
• Allow
• Export
• China

Recently, Chilean Minister of Agriculture Esteban Valenzuela and officials from the Chilean lentil kernels allowed to be exported to China (GACC) signed an agreement in the Chilean capital Santiago, allowing Chile to export lentil kernels to China.

• HongKong
• CFS
• Suspend
• Import
• Poultry
• Meat
• Sweden
• US

CFS has instructed the trade to suspend the import of poultry meat and products (including poultry eggs) from the above-mentioned areas, as well as the Municipalities of Staffanstorp and Lund of Skåne County in Sweden near the affected area, with immediat