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MACEDONIA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development is lending Macedonian baked-goods producer Zitoluks AD Euro 8 million to help it expand, refurbish its existing outlets.…
FOIE GRAS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EU trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy has said he regrets a US ban on imports of French meat cuts including foie gras and some sausages on health grounds, after Brussels banned US egg and live poultry exports because of an American outbreak of bird flu.…
SWISS-EU
BY KEITH NUTHALL
IN a move to prevent the spread of farm animal disease, Switzerland and the EU have agreed to inspect each other’s livestock, if they wander over unfenced Alpine borders.…
BIOCONTAMINATION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CONCERNS about biocontamination of food processing and other industries, have sparked the development of an International Organisation for Standardisation (IOS) management blueprint on checks and reforms. *ISO 14698-1:2003 and ISO 14698-2:2003 – contact sales@iso.org…
COURT OF AUDITORS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
TIGHTENING accounting controls on European Union agricultural subsidies will be a key priority for the EU Court of Auditors this year, says its 2004 work programme.…
EU FOOD & FEED LAW
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has approved a proposed regulation tightening and harmonising EU food and animal feed controls. As it informally agreed amendments in advance with EU ministers, the law is now expected to be rubber-stamped. One change insists that national governments erect “effective, proportionate and dissuasive” sanctions to breaches of these controls and another says relevant information held by food authorities must be publicised quickly, except data “covered by professional secrecy”.…
EUROSTAT - ILLNESS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BELGIUM is the EU salmonellosis hotspot says the latest comparative figures from Eurostat. In 2001, 104 cases were recorded in Belgium per 100,000 people, compared with Britain’s 29 cases and an EU average of 40.6. Greece had fewest infections (2.9/100,000).…
FAO - MEAT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AROUND one-third of global meat exports – 6 million tonnes – are currently being restricted by animal disease outbreaks, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has claimed, maybe losing world trade up to US$10 billion if import bans extend throughout 2004.…
COMMISSION - OIE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has been awarded official observer status at the Office International des Épizooties (OIE), the world animal health organisation.…
ORGANICS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU Council of Ministers has approved an organic production regulation insisting that products marketed in related terms, such as ‘bio’ or ‘eco’ are produced according to existing specified environment-friendly processes. It also provides for inspections of imported organic products and non-EU producers.…