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762[Australia] IFN 23-16 - Changes to the profile questions for cooked crustaceansPurpose The purpose of this notice is to advise brokers and importers about upcoming changes to the profile questions that apply to cooked crustaceans. These changes are being made to improve the referral of cooked crustaceans for inspection and analysis. What has changed? From 1...2016-12-22
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761[Australia] IFN 21-16 - Histamine susceptible fish (2016-12-21)Who does this affect This notice is for brokers and importers importing fish to advise of changes to the inspection and analysis of fish and fish products for histamine. These changes are described on the Tests applied to risk food webpage. These changes are being made in response to the ...2016-12-22
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760[Australia] IFN 22-16 - Changes to the analysis of uncooked slow dry cured ready-to-eat ham (2016-12-21)Purpose The purpose of this notice is to advise brokers and importers about upcoming changes to the analysis of uncooked slow dry cured ready-to-eat ham. Uncooked slow dry cured ready-to-eat ham includes products such as Parma ham and Serrano ham. These changes are being made because unco...2016-12-22
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759[UK] Government sets out next steps to ban microbeads (2016-12-20)Government announces consultation to ban microbeads in cosmetics and personal care products. A consultation to ban microbeads in cosmetics and personal care products has launched today, aiming to change legislation by October 2017 and stop billions of tiny pieces of plastic ending up in ou...2016-12-22
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758[USA] 26 states, DC get poor grades on health emergency readiness (2016-12-20)On average, one new contagious disease has emerged each year for the past 30 years. Yet most states are easily caught off guard, according to a new report from Trust for America's Health, issued Tuesday. Twenty-six states and the District of Columbia scored a six or lower on 10 key indicators...2016-12-22
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757[USA] EPA Prohibits 72 Inert Ingredients from Use in Pesticides (2016-12-20)WASHINGTON--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking action to remove 72 ingredients from its list of ingredients approved for use in pesticide products. Manufacturers wishing to use these ingredients in the future will have to provide EPA with studies or information to demons...2016-12-22
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756[Australia] 2016-19 - Change to audit regime of registered establishments preparing fish and fish products (2016-12-20)Purpose To advise registered establishments preparing fish and fish products for export as food: •A new audit regime will apply to the audit of medium risk establishments from 1 January 2017. •Audits may be conducted more frequently than 6 or 12 months if deemed necessary: ...2016-12-21
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755[Canada] Canadian Agriculture Committee rejects mandatory GMO labels (2016-12-19)The House of Commons Agriculture Committee has recommended Ottawa pursue mandatory warning labels on food for health and safety reasons only — and not to tell consumers a product has been genetically modified. “Given that no risks to health have been identified for GM [genetically...2016-12-21
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754[EU] Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance benzoic acid (2016-12-19)Abstract The conclusions of EFSA following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authorities of the rapporteur Member State, Hungary, and co-rapporteur Member State, the Netherlands, for the pesticide active substance benzoic acid are reported. The ...2016-12-21
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753[EU] Outcome of a public consultation on the draft scientific opinion of the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) on dietary reference values for thiamin (2016-12-19)Abstract The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a public consultation to receive input from the scientific community and all interested parties on the draft Scientific Opinion on dietary reference values (DRVs) for thiamin, prepared by the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, ...2016-12-21