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BESTFOODS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the acquisition of VDBO, the oil seeds division of Unilever Bestfoods by Archer Daniels Midland International Ltd (UK).…
WTO SUMMIT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Trade Organisation has failed to move its Doha development round ahead at its summit in Cancun, Mexico, with talks collapsing over proposals on investment rights. The WTO General Council will convene before Christmas to plot a way forward.…
SERBIA AGRIBUSINESS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending Euro 16 million to two Serbian agribusiness companies – Fabrika TE-TO Senta and Star Secer (Nova Crnja) – both owned by Italian sugar producer SFIR Group – to purchase beets from local farmers, boosting their liquidity.…
RUSSIA - VEG
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BONDUELLE is combining Euro 15 million from the EBRD with its own money to build a Euro 41 million plant producing 60,000 tonnes of fresh packaged vegetables a year, in Krasnodar, southwest Russia.…
SARDINES DEAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union has agreed to allow Peruvian ‘sardines’ to be sold in the EU as ‘sardines’ albeit with their scientific name added to labelling. In a WTO dispute lost by Brussels, the EU has claimed only ‘sardina pilchardus’ should be sold in Europe as sardines, not other related species.…
CITRUS FRUIT DUTY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A INVESTIGATION has been launched by the European Commission into an alleged boom in imports of prepared or preserved citrus fruits, following complaints from the government of Spain, especially about sales from China. The inquiry could lead to a temporary safeguard duty being erected by Brussels.…
EXTRACTION SOLVENTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Commission lawyers are codifying and simplifying complex EU legislation on the use of extraction solvents in food production.…
POTATO SORTER
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EU funded project has developed a new potato sorting system which inflicts less damage on the vegetable than traditional systems. The DECOP project meet demand from the potato processing industry and the food retail sector. Sensors recognise individual potato varieties, fixing flow rates and filtering.…
EU EGG LAW
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EU ministers have been asked to widen rules leading to eggs being stamped with their producers’ identity code and farming methods from January 2004. The European Commission wants them expanded to producers selling their eggs in public markets.…
GM WTO CASE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE USA, Canada and Argentina have requested a WTO disputes panel be established to rule on the EU’s de facto five-year freeze on approving the import of new genetically modified foodstuffs. The three countries claim it is illegal under world trade law.…