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ICC FOOD MARKETING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FOOD manufacturers have been asked to follow an ethical practice guide in their advertising by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). *http://www.iccwbo.org/home/statements_rules/rules/2004/FINAL%20Framework%20for%20responsibe%20Food%20and%20Beverage%20Marketing.pdf…
GERMANY -CHEESE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
GERMANY is being taken to the European Court of Justice by the European Commission for failing to protect the name “Parmigiano Reggiano” as a cheese that must come a particularly area of Italy.…
AUSTRIA LABEL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AUSTRIA has been authorised by the European Commission to spend Euro 4.9 million per year on running a quality label and bio-label issued by Agrarmarkt Austria for high quality and organic foodstuffs.…
PROTECTED TERMS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has added six Portuguese sausages (chouriço, paia and morcelo), a French anchovy and melon, plus an Italian salami, to the European Union’s (EU) list of protected geographical designations: Anchois de Collioure Melon Quercy and Salame d’oca di Mortara.…
ZOONOSES RESEARCH
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is spending Euro 15 million on uniting EU experts on food safety, animal and human health. The new EU Network of Excellence MED-VET-NET will fight zoonoses in a virtual institute combining “European veterinary, medical and food science”.…
DOHA DEVELOPMENT ROUND
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WTO member countries were being urged to meet a ‘drop-dead’ deadline of July 30 for agreeing a ‘framework’ for its Doha Development Round, which includes an outline agriculture agreement including a proposal to eliminate all forms of export subsidies by a set date.…
NETHERLANDS PRESIDENCY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SECURING agreement on the proposed EU regulation on nutrition and health claims made about food products is a key priority of the new Dutch presidency of the EU. It also wants a deal on a directive on adding vitamins and minerals to food.…
US-EU REGULATION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU and USA are to intensify cooperation on regulation, with an agreed ‘road map’ highlighting nutritional labelling work involving the US Food & Drug Administration and the European Commission. They will “examine the scope of nutritional labelling, nutrient definitions and energy conversion factors”.…
GM GUIDELINES - EFSA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
GENERAL guidance for GMO risk assessors and commercial product market approval applicants, issued for consultation by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), should help create formal rules on such studies, some delegates told a Brussels meeting. Others wanted more detailed advice.…
CODEX MEETING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WORLD food standards body Codex Alimentarius has postponed approving a comprehensive global regime on rules of origin, after a clash between European countries wanting tough rules and others preferring a looser approach. It expanded its rules to most dairy products beyond their present focus on powdered milk, however.…