FOOD SAFETY COMMISSION

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                    [Title] => Mango exporters get reprieve in China
                    [Summary] => Mango exporters are getting a reprieve with China’s decision to continue allowing even after Sept. 1 the shipment of fresh mangoes from the Philippines that have not undergone vapor heat treatment (VHT).


Agriculture Secretary Domingo F. Panganiban said the Chinese government has temporarily suspended the scheduled Sept. 1 implementation of the VHT treatment in its Philippine mango imports.


Panganiban said China has agreed to wait for the release of the  pest risk analysis on  Chinese carrots being eyed for exports to the Philippines.


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-08-30 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => Japan lifts ban on RP mangoes
                    [Summary] => The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) allowed the resumption of fresh mango exports by Marsman Drysdale Food Corp. whose recent shipments were discovered to have exceeded prescribed  maximum residue limits (MRL) for the chemical pesticide The Department of Agriculture (DA) was informed by MHLW that it already lifted its requirement to impose a 100 percent inspection order for all Marsman’s fresh mango exports to Japan.


The order was also applied to other mango exporters from the Philippines.


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                    [Title] => Asean farm ministers expand list of agri products subject to pesticide residue limits
                    [Summary] => Farm ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are pushing for the inclusion of more fresh agricultural produce that will be subjected to higher  maximum residue limits (MRLs) of pesticides. 


In the recent 27th senior officials meeting of the ASEAN Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry, the region’s agricultural leaders endorsed an additional 104 MRLs of pesticides for various fruits, vegetables and cash crops.  This, brings the total number of MRL values endorsed by AMAF to 559. 


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                    [Title] => RP mango exporters must comply with Japan’s new rules on chemical residues
                    [Summary] => Exporters of fresh mangoes should ensure compliance with Japan’s standard maximum residue limit (MRL) for the chemical cypermethrine.


Philippine agriculture attaché to Japan Joseph Sison said that Cypermethrine is among toxic  chemicals that could be banned as the Japanese health authorities are set to impose new and tougher food safety standards by Japan’s Food Safety Commission (FSC) which  sets new MRLs for  imported fresh agricultural produce.


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                    [Title] => Fertilizer body urged to ban use of chlorpyrifos
                    [Summary] => The Philippine Food Processors and Exporters Organization Inc. (Philfoodex), is urging the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) to completely ban the use of chlorpyrifos, a restricted pesticide which is also used as a termicide to protect the country’s mango industry and keep its market in Japan.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-03-19 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => Food firms told to comply with Japan’s new food safety rules
                    [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA) has ordered local food and agriculture producers to ensure their compliance  with Japan’s new food safety standards or face rejection or an outright ban of their products.


A DA official said Japan will shortly be enforcing a so-called "positive list system" that will set maximum residue limits (MRLs) on both fresh and processed foods. 


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Mango exporters get reprieve in China

By Rocel Felix | August 30, 2006 - 12:00am

Mango exporters are getting a reprieve with China’s decision to continue allowing even after Sept. 1 the shipment of fresh mangoes from the Philippines that have not undergone vapor heat treatment (VHT). Agriculture...

Business

Japan lifts ban on RP mangoes

By Rocel Felix | October 10, 2005 - 12:00am

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) allowed the resumption of fresh mango exports by Marsman Drysdale Food Corp. whose recent shipments were discovered to have exceeded prescribed maximum residue...

Business

Asean farm ministers expand list of agri products subject to pesticide residue limits

By Rocel Felix | October 4, 2005 - 12:00am

Farm ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are pushing for the inclusion of more fresh agricultural produce that will be subjected to higher maximum residue limits (MRLs) of pesticides....

Business

RP mango exporters must comply with Japan’s new rules on chemical residues

By Rocel Felix | October 1, 2005 - 12:00am

Exporters of fresh mangoes should ensure compliance with Japan’s standard maximum residue limit (MRL) for the chemical cypermethrine. Philippine agriculture attaché to Japan Joseph Sison said that Cypermethrine...

Business

Fertilizer body urged to ban use of chlorpyrifos

By Rocel Felix | March 19, 2005 - 12:00am

The Philippine Food Processors and Exporters Organization Inc. (Philfoodex), is urging the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) to completely ban the use of chlorpyrifos, a restricted pesticide which is also...

Business

Food firms told to comply with Japan’s new food safety rules

By Rocel Felix | August 29, 2004 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has ordered local food and agriculture producers to ensure their compliance with Japan’s new food safety standards or face rejection or an outright ban of their products. A...

Business