| The following GAIN reports were released on August 28, 2024. _______ On August 20, 2024, the Philippines notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of GBT/TBT/N/PHL/336 on the Guidelines on the Adoption of Codex Guidelines for Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) (CXC 95-2022) as Technical Regulation. The regulations apply to RUTF for children aged from 6 to 59 months with severe acute malnutrition. The Circular specifies the raw materials and ingredients suitable in the manufacture of RUTF. The deadline for comments on the draft FDA Circular is September 4, 2024. The Philippines recently notified regulations on follow-up formula or milk supplements and products for young children to the World Trade Organization. The deadline for comments is October 18, 2024. The regulations require food business operators to secure a Certificate of Product Registration before engaging in sale, offer for sale, importation, and distribution of these products. The regulations also include product labeling restrictions. Uruguayan beef exports in 2025 are forecast to remain unchanged at 475,000 tons carcass weight equivalent (cwe). The final volume will depend on how active Chinese buyers are the remainder of the year and FOB prices. Exports to the United States are projected to remain high. Although the number of cattle slaughtered is expected to increase marginally in 2025, beef production is projected to remain flat at 595,000 tons cwe. The 2025 calf crop is forecast at 2.9 million calves born, 9 percent lower than the 2024 calf crop which is expected to be a record with 3.2 million calves born. Ending cattle inventories in 2023-2025 are estimated to fluctuate between 11.4 and 11.85 million head. For more information, or for an archive of all FAS GAIN reports, please visit gain.fas.usda.gov/. | 
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