Member - Apr 23, 2024
News from AAFC’s Market Access Secretariat The Market Access Secretariat (MAS) at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada would like to inform you of three recent regulatory processes announced by the U.S. through the WTO notification system....
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Member - Apr 16, 2024
Indonesia Acknowledges Two Canadian Halal Certification Bodies
News from AAFC's Market Access Secretariat This is an update to previous messages regarding halal exports to Indonesia. We have been made aware that upon entry into force on October 17, 2024, Indonesia's regulations will require...
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Public - Apr 16, 2024
India’s Requirement of Registration of foreign food manufacturing facilities
News from AAFC’s Market Access Secretariat This is a follow up to our message dated December 21, 2022, regarding India's requirement of registration of foreign food manufacturing facilities. On April 4, 2024, the Food Safety...
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Public - Apr 12, 2024
FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Sampling Recommendations for Seafood Subject to DWPE
April 12, 2024 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will reopen the comment period for 60 days for the draft guidance “Recommendations for Collecting Representative Samples for Food Testing Used as Evidence for...
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Member - Apr 8, 2024
Singapore – Consultation on Food Safety and Security Bill
News from AAFC’s Market Access Secretariat The Singaporean Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) and the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) will be implementing a Food Safety and Security Bill (FSSB) by consolidating all food-related...
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Member - Apr 5, 2024
United Arab Emirates new terms and conditions for halal certification bodies
News from AAFC’s Market Access Secretariat This message is to inform you that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is now enforcing the requirement that halal certification bodies (CBs) should issue halal certificates only for clients...
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