Effective May 15, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW amended Japan's MRL regulation (link in Japanese .

On May 17, 2013, the US EPA published a final rule in the US Federal Register amending the MRL regulation for the active ingredient sulfoxaflor.

A new certification body for genetically modified organism free (GMO-free foods has been launched in Australia.

The Food Safety Authority (FSA has started to revise the provisions on water treatment in aquaculture.

May 16, 2013, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA published Modification of the existing MRLs for flumioxazin.

May 17, 2013, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA published Modification of the existing MRLs for asulam.

May 17, 2013, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA published Modification of the existing MRLs for flupyrsulfuron-methyl in various commodities.

On May 17, the Harper Government unveiled its Safe Food for Canadians Action Plan that aims to further improve Canada’s food-safety system.

The European Union should introduce a specific licence for meat traders to prevent frauds such as the one that duped Europeans across the bloc into ea

May 22, 2013, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA published Proposed Maximum Residue Limit PMRL2013-27 announcing draft MRLs for