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552[Australia] Australian therapeutic reforms announced by minister (2016-09-21)A raft of recommendations to reform Australia’s regulation of medicine and ingredients used in medicinal products has been accepted by the Australian Federal Government. Minister for Health and Aged Care, Sussan Ley, announced on 15 September 2016 that the government had accepted 56 of ...2016-09-26
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551[Canada] Canada Finalizes Certification Program for Export of Wild Rice to China (2016-09-22)September 22, 2016 – Ottawa, ON – Government of Canada – Canada's wild rice producers will now have access to another export market, as today the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) released details of a certification program for producers, warehousers and processing faci...2016-09-26
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550[Canada] New Online Tool to Help Certify Next Generation of Organic Farmers (2016-09-21)September 21, 2016 – Victoria, British Columbia – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada A new online system will help new entrants achieve certified organic status, as British Columbia (B.C.) farmers continue to meet the consumer demand for certified organic B.C. foods. The Certifi...2016-09-26
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549[Canada] Food Directorate Updatd : Path Forward for Contaminants and Other Adulterating Substances in Foods (2016-09-22)To provide greater transparency and openness to further strengthen trust in the Health Canada's regulatory decisions, the department launched the Regulatory Transparency and Openness Framework to support Canada's Action Plan on Open Government 2012-2014. In line with the Regulatory Roadma...2016-09-26
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548[USA] China Moves Peopen Market to U.S. Beef (2016-09-22)WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today issued the following statement: "I welcome the announcement from China's Ministry of Agriculture that it has lifted its ban on U.S. beef following a recently concluded review of the U.S. supply system. This an...2016-09-26
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547[USA] Petition to Extend Determination of Nonregulated Status to Two GE Potato Lines (2016-09-23)The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has preliminarily determined that it will extend deregulation to two lines of genetically engineered (GE) potatoes developed by J.R. Simplot Company for late blight resistance, low acrylamide pote...2016-09-26
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546[USA] Food Safety and Inspection Service Issues New Directive Addressing HPAI and Argo-Terrorism (2016-09-22)FSIS has issued a new Directive addressing steps it would take in the event of an HPAI or agro-terrorism incident. •As our readership is well aware, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the federal agency charged with protecting the nation’s poultry and meat su...2016-09-26
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545[EU] World leaders gather at UN to address antimicrobial resistance (2016-09-21)Global leaders aim to agree on comprehensive, multi-sectorial approaches to the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance when they meet at the United Nations General Assembly in New York today (21 September). EFSA contributes to the fight against antimicrobial resistance by providing scien...2016-09-23
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544[USA] Thiabendazole; Pesticide Tolerances - A Rule by the Environmental Protection Agency on 09/22/2016 (2016-09-22)AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of thiabendazole in or on the legume vegetable group 6 and foliage of legume vegetable group 7. Syngenta Crop Protection requested these tolerances u...2016-09-23
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543[USA] USDA Issues Policy Memo to Ensure Consistency between Labeling Programs (2016-09-19)The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has posted a Policy Memorandum stating how AMS will establish consistency between the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (Pub. L. 114-216) and regulations to implement the standard with the Organic...2016-09-23