FOOD & BEVERAGES

On 25 April 2019, Directive 2019/633 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain was published in the Official Journal. The Directive aims to provide protection along the entire agri-food supply chain, to suppliers vis-à-vis their buyers. More

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced on 1 May a revised draft rule that would allow five species of fresh citrus fruit – pomelo, Nanfeng honey mandarin, ponkan, sweet orange and Satsuma mandarin – to enter the continental United States from mainland China. More

The Agricultural Marketing Service is revising the U.S. standards for grades of canned lima beans, canned mushrooms, pickles and green olives by (i) replacing the term “midget” with “petite” in the canned lima bean, canned mushroom and pickle standards, and (ii) removing “midget” from the green olive standards. More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on 17 April that routine inspections to verify compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act’s intentional adulteration rule will begin in March 2020. The FSMA was signed into law on 4 January 2011 and the FDA has been working to develop a final rule on intentional adulteration to address hazards that may be intentionally introduced to foods, including by acts of terrorism, with the intent to cause widespread harm to public health. More