Burma Updating Food Import Regulations, Labeling Requirements
Burma is updating many of its laws concerning import procedures for food, animal feed, veterinary drugs, labeling requirements and more, according to a Feb. 7 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service. Burma’s new food law, which…
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will likely be approved this year, is being expanded to cover more products, the USDA said, and its food labeling update will require all consumer products sold in the country to be labeled with “certain minimal information” in the Burmese language, the report said. The “date of compliance” for the food labeling change is April 26, 2020. The report also covers changes to packaging and container regulations, food additives regulations, and sanitary and phytosanitary measures.