The Technical Information Kit about Pine Nuts provides a basic understanding of using pine nuts to buyers, importers, processors, manufacturers and the food service industry in general. The brochure includes an overview of varieties, applications, food safety and quality standards.

The INC doubles the Annual Call for Promotion and Dissemination Projects from €50,000 to €100,000.
 

On October 26, 2019, the UK and Morocco signed a trade continuity agreement aimed at safeguarding exporters from the impacts of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has published the latest State of Food and Agriculture report which is fully dedicated to food loss and waste.

According to the European Federation of the Trade in Dried Fruit & Edible Nuts, Processed Fruit & Vegetables, Processed Fishery products, Spices, Honey (FRUCOM), the European Commission held a Working Group meeting on increased controls on imported products of non-animal origin on October 18, 2019.

On October 29, 2019, the European Commission published the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 of 22 October 2019 on the temporary increase of official controls and emergency measures governing the entry into the Union of certain goods from certain third countries implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/625 and (EC) 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 669/2009, (EU) No 884/2014, (EU) No 2015/175, (EU) No 2017/186 and (EU) 2018/1660.

The European Union notified the World Trade Organization of the Draft Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for the cases where and the conditions under which identity checks and physical checks on certain goods may be performed at control points, and documentary checks may be performed at distance from border control posts.

During the last Standing Committee of the Section ‘Novel Food and Toxicological Safety of the Food Chain’, held on September 26, 2019, the draft on maximum levels for perchlorate was voted.

According to the European Federation of the Trade in Dried Fruit & Edible Nuts, Processed Fruit & Vegetables, Processed Fishery products, Spices, Honey (FRUCOM), the European Commission is discussing potential changes to the cadmium levels for different food commodities, including tree nuts and peanuts.

The report of the Standing Committee of the Section ‘Phytopharmaceuticals’, held on September 26-27, 2019, has been published.