On June 8, 2020, Vietnam approved the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement.

The European Commission launched and initiative to review to what extent the objectives of reducing pesticides have been met and options for further reducing pesticide use to help meet the goals of the Farm to Fork Strategy and the European Green Deal.

On June 25, 2020, the European Commission published the Commission Implementing Regulation 2020/869 of 24 June 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances beflubutamid, benalaxyl, benthiavalicarb, bifenazate, boscalid, bromoxynil, captan, cyazofamid, dimethomorph, ethephon, etoxazole, famoxadone, fenamiphos, flumioxazine, fluoxastrobin, folpet, formetanate, metribuzin, milbemectin, Paecilomyces lilacinus strain 251, phenmedipham, phosmet, pirimiphos-methyl, propamocarb, prothioconazole and S-metolachlor.

The European Commission published the Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/770, the Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/785, and the Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/856, amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels of active substances in or on certain products.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published the reasoned opinions on setting of import tolerances for flonicamid and flupyradifurone.

The INC is pleased to announce the publication of the 2019/2020 Annual Report. The report provides an overview of the past year including information on the INC activities, health and dissemination, marketing and communication plans including the dissemination campaign, and technical projects. 

On May 21, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) implemented the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), which provides assistance to agricultural producers impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak.

The National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China notified the World Trade Organization of two national food safety standards: Pathogenic Microorganism Limits in Pre-packaged Food and Pathogen Limits for Ready-to-eat Food in bulk.

The Ministry of Health of Ukraine notified the World Trade Organization of the Draft Order "On Approval of the Requirements for nutrition and health claims made on food products".