Search Results for: food

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EU agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler wants non-member Mediterranean countries to develop high quality organic food production to meet growing European demand. He said the EU should offer its know-how on organic farming.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA) and the United States’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have launched their first parallel scientific advice procedure since September’s signing of a confidentiality agreement regarding such cooperation. This first pilot exchange of views follows a request from a (unnamed) pharmaceutical manufacturer for guidance on approving orphan medicinal products.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE PRODUCTION of acacia gum – used by cosmetic industry to make capsules and as an emulsifier – is to be boosted in Burkina Faso, Chad, Kenya, Niger, Senegal and Sudan by a US$3.5 million project coordinated by the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation and funded by Italy.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union ministers have approved the accession of the EU as a full member of the world food standards body Codex Alimentarius.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed a regulation authorising the EU sale of food in ‘active’ or ‘intelligent’ packaging that interacts with a product, transmitting information to consumers about quality, highlighting mould for instance. They are currently banned on health grounds.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FIRST livestock census in Afghanistan has shown that 10 years would be needed to naturally restore national herds to an economically sustainable level, following losses caused by 22 years of war. The UN Food and Agricultural Organisation said there are currently 3.7 million cattle, 8.8 million sheep, 7.3 million goats and 12.2 million poultry in the country.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has struck a food trade deal with Macedonia, which – if confirmed – will see Macedonian import duties on a range of EU meat products annually fall to half their current level by 2010, before being scrapped altogether by 2011.…

BY PHILIP FINE in Montreal

THE CANADIAN government is investigating the production of energy bars, power drinks and weight-loss preparations, inquiring into possible dangers posed by these products pose and the veracity of claims made by manufacturers about them. Many of the products promise to boost energy or shed weight.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
STUDIES into the nutritional impact of zinc in food supplements and its use in anti-ageing drugs are being funded by a new Euro 166 million tranche of the EU’s sixth framework programme for research. The European Commission said no focused research has been conducted in this area before.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A BUDGET of Euro 197 million has been released by the European Commission for studies into food quality and safety, under the umbrella of the European Union sixth framework programme for research. It has published formal calls for proposals from research units, most of which must be answered by next February.…