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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has revealed the scientific basis behind how it plans to work with the food industry to develop the regulation system in Australia and New Zealand until 2023. ©Pexels]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[‘Low sugar’ claims are presently not authorized by FDA, and ‘reduced sugar’ claims must meet specific requirements. But what about ‘lightly sweetened,’ ‘sorta sweet,’ and ‘just a tad sweet’?]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Malaysia’s initial plans to implement stricter regulations for all plant commodity export permit applications to Singapore have been put on hold after vehement protests from local fruit and vegetable firms. ©Getty Images]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Japan is looking to strengthen intellectual property (IP) control over its premium fruits and vegetables being sold overseas in an effort to stop its high-end agricultural crops from being grown, and ultimately sold as the produce of other countries. ©Getty Images]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Popular dairy alternatives can be made with soy, rice, almonds or cashew nuts. © GettyImages/GeorgeTsartsianidis]]></image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2019/12/18/Sugar-taxes-The-global-picture-in-2019/</loc>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Sugar taxes prompt heated debate around the globe. Pic:getty/helendavies]]></image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2019/12/18/Anti-social-behavior-Malaysia-vows-to-block-misleading-social-media-promotion-after-banana-milk-row/</loc>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The Malaysian Ministry of Health (MOH) has insisted it will work with social media sites to block all food advertisements that make unvalidated nutritional or health claims, which are in direct violation of the country’s food act.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[In 2016, Chile banished Tony the Tiger from Kellogg's Frosties, known as Zucaritas in Latin America. Photo: Niamh Michail]]></image:caption>
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