Taxonomy: Type of Measure - Sanitary and Phytosantiary Measure
Colombia: Import clearing approval (Visto Bueno) for vegetables and molluscs
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On 27 December 2012, Colombia’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism published Circular No.United States of America: New farm bill under development
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The agriculture committees in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate are developing new farm bills to replace the previous (2008) farm bill. Each of them approved their versions in the week of May 13, 2013.United States of America: Repeal of catfish inspection program
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The farm bill under debate in Congress in 2013 could provide for the elimination of a special catfish inspection program that had been created in the previous (2008) farm bill.China: Temporary elimination of special quarantine inspection fee
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On 2 July 2012, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) jointly released the Notice on Suspension of Collecting Doubled Quarantine Inspection Fee on Import and Export of Dangerous, Toxic and HazardouCanada: Enactment of the Safe Food for Canadians Act
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On November 20, 2012, the House of Commons in Canada approved on a unanimous vote Bill S-11, The Safe Food for Canadians Act. The bill will proceed to the Senate for royal assent, but will not come into force until the regulations are completed.Canada: Proposal to allow trace amounts of genetically modified organisms
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Canada is preparing a proposal addressing trade in genetically modified organisms (GMO) in food and feed to present to the World Trade Organization (WTO).Indonesia: New regulation on horticulture imports
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The Trade Minister has issued a new regulation on horticulture imports.India: Measures to reduce transaction costs for exports implemented
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The Task Force on Transactions Cost set up by the Department of Commerce to identify and suggest ways to achieve improvement in efficiency of our export processes, has completed its work.Canada: New health-of-animals regulations for imports of aquatic animals
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On December 22, 2011 the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced that it had amended the
