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Türkiye is tightening oversight of foods marketed as village-style, natural, or organic after inspections found repeated cases of adulteration and misleading claims.

Australia's tea tree oil industry says a proposed EU reclassification of the product as a Category 1B reproductive toxin could wipe out a market that accounts for about 30% of exports.

The UK government launched an eight-week consultation to update fertiliser regulation, support innovation, and strengthen farm-sector resilience to market shocks.

A new law took effect in England and Wales on 18 March 2026, raising the maximum penalty for livestock worrying from £1,000 to an unlimited fine and expanding police powers.

JD Spencer Farm Partnership pleaded guilty to illegal water discharges and failing to plan slurry spreading after two pollution incidents in November 2023 and March 2024; the partnership was fined £18,744.