UNECE Agricultural Quality Standards

INC participated in the 74th Session of the U.N. Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards, on November 12-14, 2018, in Geneva, Switzerland.
 

EFSA: Cyanogenic Glycosides

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched an open consultation on the draft scientific opinion on the health risks related to the presence of cyanogenic glycosides (CNGs) in foods other than raw apricot kernels.
 

UNECE-FAO Food Loss Conference

On November 13, 2018, INC attended the Conference "Redefining the Food Loss – Challenge for Sustainable impact: Prevent / Reuse / Repurpose / Redistribute", organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Geneva, Switzerland.
 

China: General Administration of Customs Reorganization

On September 9, 2018, the State Council published the Regulations on the Allocation of Functions, Internal Bodies and Staffing of the General Administration of Customs, which outlines the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) organization and functions, following the merge of most of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) and all former China Inspection and Quarantine (CIQ) offices into GACC.
 

European Trade Meeting

INC participated in the European Trade Meeting organized by the Waren-Verein der Hamburger Börse e.V., on November 23, 2018, in Hamburg, Germany.