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Pak govt considers setting up national food authority to monitor inflation ANI | Updated: May 20, 2021 13:09 IST Islamabad [Pakistan], May 20 (ANI): In order to monitor inflation, the Imran Khan government is considering setting up a national food authority as Pakistan has been under lot of stress due to rising food prices. Replicating the models of the USA, UK, Australia, and India, the government is thinking of different options, including the establishme...

Why Kenya could lose its top food export market Tuesday May 18 2021 By ERIC KIMUNGUYI Summary In trade, the EU is, instead, moving many pesticides off the MRLs that ensure human health and putting them onto limits of determination, meaning if any part per million of a pesticide can be found, the food is turned away. It has also stopped registering or reregistering pest control products, despite their approvals everywhere else in the world and the health findings of the WHO, under a new European...

Taiwan Business TOPICS A growing emphasis on social and environmental responsibility among major U.S. corporations has begun influencing the practices and operations of their Taiwanese supply chain partners as well. Last summer, President Tsai Ing-wen announced that starting from the first day of 2021, Taiwan would allow the importation of U.S. pork containing trace amounts of ractopamine. Some Taiwanese have decried the decision as submission to pressure from Washington. That the debate over r...

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Setting national standards April 27, 2021 After a long haul, this month’s (April 7) decision by the Council of Common Interest (CCI) to have uniform food standards in the whole country might be a step in the right direction to evolve internationally competitive regulations. But for developing a vertical consumer-friendly safe food regulatory regime, the provincial governments have to surrender the power of making standards back to the federal government by amending their food laws, and the ...

Japan nuclear monitoring: Tests show radioactivity concentration decreased in most foods products within five years Monitoring tests of Japan’s food products after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident showed that drinking water, milk and infant food were within the radioactivity concentration limits after five years, but some samples from the wild animal meat and agricultural categories still showed high radioactivity. The Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant acci...

Mar 12, 2021 “Fukushima is famous for agriculture, and its coastal region was once one of the richest rice-growing areas (in Japan),” Ryoichi Sato says, highlighting one of the prefecture’s prized assets. “Here, you can enjoy fresh green paddies in spring and beautiful golden rice fields in autumn.” Sato was forced to abandon his hometown of Odaka, part of Minamisoma in Fukushima Prefecture, for six years following the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated...

Ottawa – The Dispute Resolution Corporation (DRC), BB #:163706 a recognized international trading standards body for the fresh fruit and vegetable sector and service provider to the Government of Canada, is very pleased to announce that Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) veteran, Kevin Smith, joins our team as DRC’s Vice-President, Operations. Kevin’s responsibilities will encompass team leadership, development of new opportunities in standards development/delivery, and contributing t...

US report has concerns about agriculture rules Staff writer, with CNA, WASHINGTON The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has expressed “serious concerns” about Taiwan’s agricultural policies that “are not based on science,” and said that removing barriers to US pork and beef products was high on its agenda. “Priorities for the United States included removing Taiwan’s various barriers to market access for US pork and beef products,” the USTR said in its 2021 Trade Poli...