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EFTA FISH
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FISH imported into Iceland from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and are subsequently defrosted, headed, filleted, boned, trimmed, salted and packed, cannot be labelled as being made in the Nordic country, the European Free Trade Area Court has ruled.…
BASMATI RICE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN wants the European Commission to reconsider plans to scrap exemptions from EU duties for ‘super’ and ‘pusa’ basmati rice from Euro 250/tonne duties payable on other varieties. “Super” commands 80 per cent of Pakistan’s EU basmati rice imports.…
GERMAN SAUSAGES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THREE German sausages have been added by the European Commission to the EU list of protected traditionally made products, ensuring meat manufacturers cannot sell Thuringer Leberwurst, Thuringer Rotwurst and Thuringer Rostbratwurst in the EU unless they are made in Thuringia, central Germany, by traditional sausage-making traditions.…
IRISH PRESIDENCY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EFFECTIVE incorporation of the 10 eastern and southern European countries joining the European Union (EU) next May in Brussels’ Common Agricultural Policy is a key priority of the Irish government’s new EU presidency. Other priorities include reforming the common market organisation for olive oil and sugar, plus Commission farm animal welfare proposals.…
GENETIC DIVERSITY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed a Euro 10 million programme promoting the number of natural species used in food production. It would fund cooperation between the EU and member countries over the “conservation, characterisation, collection and use of genetic resources in agriculture.”…
SERB EXPANSION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SERBIA & Montenegro’s largest grain trading company Yu-Point is to expand sales into south-east Europe helped by a Euro 12 million European Bank for Reconstruction and Development/Fortis Bank loan.…
MACEDONIA DEAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has struck a food trade deal with Macedonia, halving import duties on a range of EU food products and ingredients by 2010, scrapping them by 2011. Affected products include chocolate, cocoa powder, sugar, poultry meat, bovine offal, sausages and many others.…
OIE BAN OPPOSITION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE OFFICE International des Épizooties (OIE) is concerned about over-reactions from beef importing countries to BSE outbreaks. Looking at the recent USA case, the OIE opposes resulting blanket beef bans, saying only the trade in specified risk materials and animals should be blocked.…
EU FOOD CAMPAIGNS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is to spend Euro 29.25 million on schemes promoting the consumption of fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy products in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Britain.…