The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) notified the Word Trade Organization of the Draft Food Safety and Standards (Advertisements and Claims) Regulations, 2017.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published Guidelines for food recall -available online.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have published the report of Pesticide Residues in Food 2017.

The European Commission notified the World Trade Organization of the Draft Commission Regulation amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for lambda-cyhalothrin in or on certain products.

On December 13, 2017, the European Commission issued the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2298 of 12 December 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the increased level of official controls on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin.

The European Commission has recently published its Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) Annual Report.

The European Commission has published the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2329 of 14 December 2017 amending and correcting Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 as regards the arrangements for imports of organic products from third countries.

On December 15, the European Commission published the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2324 of 12 December 2017 renewing the approval of the active substance glyphosate until 15 December 2022.

On December 12, 2017, the European Commission published the Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2467 of 21 December 2017 amending Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013 suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural and industrial products.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has received applications to register pesticide products containing active ingredients not included in any currently registered pesticide products.