The following GAIN reports were released on June 10, 2022.
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India: India's FSSAI Notifies Final Standards for Ayurveda Foods
On May 9, 2022, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published on its website Notification No. F. No. Stds/SP-05/A-1. Y(01) Food Safety and Standards (Ayurveda Aahara) Regulations (2022). The notification had previously been published in the Gazette of India (official gazette) on May 6, 2022. The implementation date for the regulations is May 5, 2022 (date of upload). The regulations relate to Ayurveda Aahara (meaning food), and covers food prepared in accordance with the recipes or ingredients and/or processes as per methods described in the authoritative books of Ayurveda listed under ‘Schedule A’ of the regulations.
India: India's FSSAI Proposes Amendment for Packaging Regulations
On May 17, 2022, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued Notification F. No. STD/SP-20/T (Recycled Plastics-N) notifying amendments to the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Regulations (2018). The notification was published in the Gazette of India – Extraordinary (official gazette) on May 18, 2022, and uploaded to the FSSAI website on May 24, 2022. The amendment pertains to the use of products manufactured from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in food packaging. World Trade Organization (WTO) members are invited to comment on the proposed draft amendment. The comment period is open for 60 days from the date of the uploading of the draft notification onto the FSSAI website.
Japan: Japan to Require Allergy Labeling for Walnuts
Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) will add walnuts to list of allergens that product manufacturers and importers must include on the label of packaged products containing walnuts. Currently, CAA strongly recommends including walnuts on the label, but does not require their inclusion. CAA will hold a public comment period prior to making this modification to the Food Labeling Standards, but have not yet announced dates for the comment period. Exports of U.S. walnuts to Japan have grown from 10,604 metric tons to 21,944 metric tons over the last decade.
Thailand: Rice Price - Weekly
Rice export prices decreased one percent due to the weakening of the Thai baht.
Vietnam: FTA Competition in Vietnam
The United States is the largest bilateral agricultural trading partner without a free trade agreement with Vietnam. This report summarizes the tariff and non-tariff competition that U.S. agricultural products face in Vietnam, as the result of the numerous bilateral and regional free trade agreements that Vietnam has signed with other trading partners. Post analysis of available trade data and discussions with industry sources indicate that since 2018, U.S. market share has significantly decreased for beef, pork, apples, grapes (and other fruit), frozen potatoes, wine, lobster, seafood, and other processed and consumer-ready products. The loss of market share for these and other high-value products is expected to continue as FTA rates are phased in further.
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The following GAIN reports were released on June 13, 2022.
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Chile: Salmon Overview
Salmon is Chile’s largest food and agricultural export and the second largest total export sector after copper. In 2021, exports totaled 615 thousand metric tons worth $4.8 billion. Production is growing rapidly; Chilean salmon production grew an average of 10.4 percent between 2016 and 2020 and totaled 1.1 million metric tons (MMT) in 2020. Salmon has a feed conversion rate of 1.2 – 1.5 kilograms of feed per kilogram of salmon, which results in a feed demand of approximately 1.32 – 1.65 million metric tons per year. More than 50 percent of salmon production cost is feed; thus, the salmon industry is constantly investing in research and technology to optimize feed and increase productivity. The current trend in salmon feed is to replace animal-based proteins with vegetable-based protein.
Hong Kong: Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Country Report
The following changes have been made to the 2022 FAIRS report: 1) Section II – Labeling. Effective December 1, 2023, food containing hydrogenated oils must be labeled. 2) Section III – Packaging. Glass and plastic bottles will be subject to additional levies. 3) Section VI – Other Requirements, Regulations, and Registration Measures. Hong Kong is introducing plant registration requirements for meat and products and is engaging trading partners individually to start this process. As of this report, the Hong Kong government has not yet approached the Agricultural Trade Office for discussion. In addition, Hong Kong is preparing to amend the existing regulation to provide explicit legislative basis to prohibit the use of Cannabidiol (CBD) in foods.
Tanzania: Coffee Annual
MY 2022/23 coffee production is expected to decrease 4 percent to 1.15 million bags due to high fertilizer prices and dry conditions at the beginning of the marketing year. Post forecasts MY 2022/23 exports will decline 4 percent to 1.05 million bags due to lower exportable supplies. Estimates for area planted and area harvested are included in this report for the first time.
Census BureauThe Week Ahead: Multiracial Heritage Week
Today is Monday, June 13. We are celebrating Multiracial Heritage Week, which runs from June 7-14.
Later this week, we mark National Nursing Assistants Week, starting June 16 through June 23, and National Nursing Assistants Day on June 16.
June is also American Housing Month, Great Outdoors Month, National Ocean Month, National Dairy Month, National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, and the start of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. See our Stats for Stories page for more on upcoming observances.
The 2020 Census shows the largest Multiracial combinations in 2020 were White and Some Other Race (19.3 million), White and American Indian and Alaska Native (4 million), White and Black or African American (3.1 million), White and Asian (2.7 million), and Black or African American and Some Other Race (1 million).
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Census Bureau Accepting Cases to 2020 Post-Census Group Quarters Review Operation
A couple of weeks ago, we began mailing approximately 40,000 eligible governmental units at the tribal, state and local levels about participating in the 2020 Post-Census Group Quarters Review (PCGQR) operation. The 2020 PCGQR is a new, one-time operation that gives governmental units or their representatives the opportunity to ask the Census Bureau to review their 2020 Census group quarters population counts for group quarters facilities in blocks they believe were undercounted.
Group quarters include such places as college/university student housing, residential treatment centers, nursing/skilled-nursing facilities, group homes, correctional facilities, and workers’ group living quarters and job corps centers.
Governments that would like to request a review of group quarters population counts for a group quarter facility within a certain block can submit their cases through June 30, 2023, via the Secure Web Incoming Module (SWIM).
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