News & Insights

Recently, the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service published a Food and Agricultural Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) report for Russia. 

The BCGlobal Food Additive Database includes maximum use level regulations for over 850 additives in more than 70 countries worldwide, including the Eurasian Economic Union. Please contact BCI for more information on subscribing.

The BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database and BCGlobal Vet Drug MRL Database currently display relevant established and proposed MRLs for Russia. 

Recently, Russia opened a public consultation on the EAEU's proposed amendments to TU CU 029/2012 Safety Requirements for Food Additives, Flavorings, and Technological Aids published in December 2018. 

The Eurasian Economic Union’s food additive regulations are included, in English, in the Food Additive Database. If you are interested in subscribing, please contact BCI for more information.

Recently, the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service published Food and Agricultural Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) reports for Brazil, Kazakhstan, Peru, and Russia. 

The BCGlobal Food Additive Database includes maximum use level regulations for over 850 additives in more than 70 countries worldwide, including Brazil and Peru. Please contact BCI for more information on subscribing.

The BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database currently displays relevant established and proposed MRLs for Brazil, Kazakhstan, Peru, and Russia. The BCGlobal Vet Drug MRL Database currently displays relevant established and proposed MRLs for Brazil, Kazakhstan, Peru, and Russia.

On February 14, the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service published Food and Agricultural Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) reports for the Philippines, the Russian Federation, Belgium-Luxembourg, and the EU-28. 

On January 26, the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service published Food and Agricultural Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) reports for the following countries:

On August 31, the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service published a Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) Country Report for the Russian Federation. Information on food additive regulation is included.

Russia’s food additive use regulations are included in the International Food Additive Database as part of the Eurasian Customs Union. Please contact us for information on subscribing.

This week, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Service published a Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) Country Report for Russia. Information on pesticides and other contaminants is included in Section III of the report.

On December 21, the United States Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agriculture Service published a Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) Country Report for the Russian Federation. Information on food additive regulations is included.

BCI's International Food Additive Database includes food additive use regulations for over 800 additives and 60 markets. Please contact us for information on subscribing.

The Russian Federation recently published a new MRL regulation, Hygiene Norms 1.2.3111-13 “Hygiene Norms for Presence of Pesticides in external entities (list)” (link in Russian). An unofficial English translation of this document published by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service can be found here.

As this is a new regulation, changes will be posted to www.mrldatabase.com in the next few weeks. We will post an announcement when these changes can be viewed.

The Eurasian Commission (the governing body of the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia) recently published a draft amendment to the Customs Union Technical Regulation on Food Safety. This draft, published in Russian, includes MRLs for contaminants and heavy metals.