India introduced more than half of the new trade concerns debated at a recent World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting.
Attendees at the November meeting of the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures addressed trade concerns related to food safety and animal and plant health.
Members raised 64 specific
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Listeria contamination is causing meats and produce to be pulled off store shelves nationwide, with hospitalizations and deaths continuing to mount and new recalls being issued. Now the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are investigating a new listeria outbreak. Some
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The majority of issues discussed at a recent World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting had previously been raised, and only four new topics were discussed.
Delegates at the March meeting of the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures addressed trade concerns related to food safety and animal and plant
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While Poland and Salmonella have met before, in Sweden, eggs and Salmonella were less expected this year. There was a worrying rise in botulism incidents, and Fukushima was back in the news in 2023.
While we heard more about Listeria in Enoki mushrooms this year, Salmonella in
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A record number of trade issues were raised at the latest World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on safe food.
Delegates at the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures meeting in November addressed specific trade concerns relating to food safety and animal and plant health.
Countries raised 55 specific
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The Group of Seven (G7) has urged recent restrictions imposed on Japanese food products from around Fukushima to be removed.
Trade ministers made the comments at a meeting in Sakai, in Osaka Prefecture, with Japan holding the presidency of the G7 in 2023. The G7 includes Germany, France, the United
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The majority of topics highlighted at a recent World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on food safety had already been discussed before.
At the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures meeting in July, members addressed specific trade concerns relating to food safety and animal and plant health.
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The European Commission is to lift import restrictions for food from Japan following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station in 2011.
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the EU Commission, said the European Union had agreed to remove the remaining restrictive import measures linked to the incident.
“We have taken
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is proposing recommending a removal of import checks on products from Fukushima and nearby areas.
The FSA is reviewing the controls on imports of food from Japan, that have been in place since a nuclear accident in March 2011, to provide food safety and public
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The United States and European Union have changed the rules around the import of food from areas near Fukushima in Japan.
While the Food and Drug Administration has removed an import alert, the European Commission has amended regulations to modify checks on food imports.
In March 2011, an accident at
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