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• High Biotech Council - Defining biotech-free production

  The French High Biotech Council, in charge of advising the French Government on a wide range of biotech issues and composed of a scientific committee and a socio-economic committee, released its first report defining biotech-free production.

  • 16/11/2009

  • USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
  • • Agriculture
    • Food Policy
    • Food Standards
    • GM Crops
    • Food Safety
    • GMOs
    • Biotechnology
    • Legislation
    • France
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  Hong Kong proposed regulatory framework for pesticide residues in food

  The new subsidiary legislation to govern pesticide residues in food proposed by Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department. Will take a positive list approach by primarily adopting the maximum residue limits and extraneous maximum residue limits of pesticides recommended by Codex.

  • 01/04/2008

  • USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
  • • Food Standards
    • Pesticides And Toxins
    • Pesticide Regulation
    • Maximum Residue Level (MRL)
    • Pesticide Residues
    • Food Safety
    • Hong Kong