On August 6, Chile's Ministry of Health adopted an amendment to their Food Health Regulation, permitting the use of two new additives.

On August 7, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA published Modification of the existing MRLs for pymetrozine in azaroles, celery and fennel.

On August 7, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA published Modification of the existing MRLs for trifloxystrobin in horseradish, parsley root an

On August 7, Canada’s Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA opened several draft MRL documents for public consultation.

On August 7, the US EPA published final rules in the US Federal Register amending the MRL regulation for the active ingredient topramezone.

On August 6, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW published an amendment (in Japanese to their national MRL standard.

Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA recently published an MRL proposal (link in Portuguese for cyflumetofen on citrus.

EFSA’s nutrition experts have continued their work on Dietary Reference Values (DRVs by publishing their first pieces of advice on micronutrients (vi

BCI is pleased to announce that the food additive use regulations for the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus have been added to the Inte

News sources are widely reporting on a recent study concerning potential conflicts of interest in the U.S. food additive regulatory system.