News & Insights

On January 4, the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service published Food and Agricultural Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) reports for the following markets:

Recently, the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service published a Food and Agricultural Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) report for the Republic of Kazakhstan. This report contains information on food additive regulations.

The Eurasian Economic Union's food additive regulations are included in the International Food Additive Database. If you are interested in subscribing, please contact BCI.

This week, the United States Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agriculture Service published Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) Country Reports for the following countries:

• Bulgaria
• Hungary
• Kazakhstan
• Thailand

Information on food additive regulations are included.

BCI's International Food Additive Database includes food additive use regulations for over 800 additives and 60 markets, including Kazakhstan (Eurasian Economic Union) and the European Union. Please contact us for information on subscribing.

The Eurasian Economic Commission recently adopted Decision No. 149 “On Amendments to the Decision of the Customs Union Commission No. 299 of May 28, 2010” (in Russian). The amendments to Decision No. 299 concern the following:

• Requirements for pesticides and agrochemicals
• Pesticide MRLs
• Methodologies for the detection of residues of pesticides in food

Further details on amendments are also available in a GAIN Report published by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. Decision No. 149 is the adopted version of a draft amendment published in 2012 and has an effective date of December 16, 2015. Relevant MRL changes will be added to the Global MRL Database.