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CHEAP CHOCOLATES
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
AN INDIAN confectioner is attempting to appeal to middle-class consumers’ thrift by lowering prices for its products. Mangalore, Karnataka-based Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Co-operative Ltd (Campco) is relaunching lines such as Turbo, but in smaller INDRupees3 packs.…
CASHEW EXPORTS
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
THE CASHEW Export Promotion Council of India has claimed stiff competition from rival producers, such as Vietnam, depressed Indian cashew exports April-December 2003 to 72,042 tonnes, from 77,923 tonnes the previous year (April-December).…
COCONUT PRICES
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
WORLD coconut oil prices have continued to rise due to tight copra supply and bullish trends on the palm oil market, Philippines financial newspapers have reported.…
US-CENTRAL AMERICA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States Trade Representatives Office has been trying to play down the impact a new free trade deal with central American countries will have on US sugar producers. A briefing note however admits widened import quotas will equal 1.2 per cent of US production, rising to 1.7 per cent within 15 years, rising from 99,000 to 140,000 tonnes.…
MOZAMBIQUE - EU
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MOZAMBIQUE will be admitted to the European Union’s special sugar market access agreement with producing countries in the African-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) block of (mostly) former colonies, following a European Commission inquiry into its sugar export industry.…
ITALY ECJ
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has ruled Italy’s labelling and marketing controls on energy bars and rehydrating glucose drinks are too restrictive, breaking EU trade rules. The court said prior authorisation procedures and administrative costs made marketing these foods too difficult and costly.…
USA-AUSTRALIA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A USA-Australia trade deal could be threatened by excluded Australian sugar producers, who have threatened their influence within the Australian senate to stall ratification as their US sugar export quota remains at 87,000 tonnes. Australian Canegrowers president Jim Pedersen said Canberra “has an obligation to let us share in some of the (deal’s) benefits”.…
TOMATO JUICE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union research project has developed ways to exploit tomato waste as a source of sugars. The TOM project says around 4 million tonnes of tomato dregs are disposed of in Europe annually, with especially seeds, containing many nutrients.…
ALLERGY NETWORK
BY KEITH NUTHALL
STUDIES into the environmental conditions sparking asthma and allergies in Europe are to be carried out by an expert network (GA2LEN) funded by Euro 14.4 million in EU research grants. The initiative involves 650 researchers in 16 countries and will investigate national contrasts in allergy rates.…
FOOD WASTE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN EU-supported research scheme has developed practical guidelines on recycling waste from 19 food production processes. AWARENET worked out technical solutions for recycling its oils, sugars, vitamins, colorants and antioxidants. *http://ica.cordis.lu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=proj.simpledocument&PJ_RCN=5059864&CFID=58430&CFTOKEN=21966306…