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Over the past several years, the African Union Commission (AUC) has explored the possibility of setting up a food safety body to help address many of the systemic food safety challenges across Africa.

On January 29, 2015, the government of Angola revoked import licenses for 25 agricultural products including poultry, effectively blocking imports of these products for an unspecified duration.

On January 27, 2015, the government of Nigeria (GON) in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, inaugurated: 1) Inter-Ministerial Committee on Food Safety and 2) National Food Safety Management Committee.

United States exporters of agricultural products to South Africa, especially meat exporters, face both tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade.

Agriculture Minister-Counselor Travels to Kyushu; Japan's Largest Douglas Fir Sawmill Becomes Major Energy Producer

FAS Japan Honors Japanese Supporters of U.S. Agricultural Products; FFA National Officer Team Visits Japan; Seminar Explains a New Opportunity for Japanese Soy Food Promotion;

Post kept its estimate for the area planted with corn in the 2014/15 MY unchanged at 3.1 million hectares (including subsistence farming).

Recovering from the decline in Japanese Fiscal Year 2012 and JFY2013, corn utilization in compound feed gradually increased in the first half of JFY2014, reaching the JFY 2011 level...