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Member Alert - March 19, 2021
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert March 19 2021
On February 2, 2021, Indonesia's government passed a new halal implementing regulation, Government Regulation 39 of 2021, which revokes Government Regulation 31 of 2019, an earlier implementing regulation. Government Regulation 39 of 2021 was published in the Official Gazette on February 21 and ente
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Member Alert - December 23, 2021
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert December 23 2021
The General Administration of Customs in China (GACC) will continue to recognize existing plant registrations that export dairy and infant formula products. U.S. firms that have applied in the FDA’s Export Listing Module (ELM) and are currently listed as registered by GACC to export dairy and
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Member Alert - November 4, 2022
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert November 4 2022
USDEC has learned from the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) office in India that the Indian government will no longer allow the import of dairy products for nutraceutical use without a health certificate. Although the Indian government has not yet issued an order in writing that reverses th
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Member Alert - January 6, 2023
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert January 6 2023
In follow up to USDEC's Member Alert on January 4, 2023, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a fourth version of the list of products for which its food safety certificate is required. The list published on the FSSAI website today is also dated December 28, 2022, just
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Member Alert - July 6, 2023
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert July 6 2023
Reports from FAS and exporters indicate that India's government has delayed the implementation date of its new model health certificate until December 31, 2023. The new certificate was scheduled to be enforced on May 30, 2023, which is the date the 60-day grace period established in the Department o
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Member Alert - September 23, 2024
Member Services > Member Alerts > Member Alerts > Member Alert September 23 2024
Saudi Arabia's Saudi Food & Drug Authority's (SFDA) Saudi Halal Center has issued a circular to Halal Certification Bodies (HCBs) announcing that on October 1, 2024, all Halal certificates for shipments to Saudi Arabia must be issued through a new Saudi Halal Center portal. This change was not n
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Member Alert - December 2, 2014
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert December 2 2014
In recent discussions, the Chinese Government informed the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS) of Chinese concerns regarding the heightened safety concerns of fluid milk and dairy products exported to China.
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Member Alert - April 7, 2016
Member Services > Member Alerts > Archived Member Alerts > Member Alert April 7 2016
In follow up to a news release of March 22, 2016, the revised grandfathered South Korea plant list is now available on the USDEC website.
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USDEC Training Program for the Bakery Sector
Export Marketing > Marketing Events > Event Pages > 2024 Event Pages > Usdec Training Program For The Bakery Sector
USDEC will conduct two one-day training programs created especially for the Chinese bakery sector. The programs offer classroom and hands-on instruction for R&D personnel who make formulation decisions, as well as distributors and dry blenders. The first training will be held on Sept. 20 in 
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USDEC Continues to Monitor China's Zika Containment Protocols
Market Access & Regulatory Affairs > Hot Topics Folder > Hot Topics > Hot Topics > Usdec Continues To Monitor Chinas Zika Containment Protocols
USDEC Continues to Monitor China's Zika Containment ProtocolsUSDEC-Arlington is coordinating with USDA-FAS in Washington to try to ascertain Chinese requirements in the current Chinese classification of the United States regarding the Zika Virus. The latest published list, May 19, of countries ident