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VITAMIN REVIEW
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union’s Scientific Committee on Food is to review the recommended upper levels of daily intakes of individual vitamins and minerals that are usually safe. The review will cover vitamin A (retinol and b -carotene), vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, thiamin, riboflavin, and other ingredients.…
CODEX GUIDELINES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WORLD food standards organisation Codex Alimentarius has asked governments to comment on draft health guidelines on additives and contaminants by September 30, including draft maximum levels for lead in fish, tin in canned food, plus cadmium levels in rice, soy beans, mollusks and peanuts.…
SWINE FEVER TESTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU’s Community Reference Laboratory will evaluate a new classical swine fever discriminatory test, enabling pigs with a vaccine to be distinguished from those with the disease. It would also boost trade in pigmeat in affected areas and encourage the use of vaccines to protect pigs.…
NESTLE UZBEKISTAN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development is planning to lend Nestlé Uzbekistan Euro 2.5 million to expand its operations.…
SANDALWOOD - INDIA
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
INDIAN landowners are preparing to exploit the liberalisation of the country’s sandalwood sector, with the Indian government giving up a right to own, cut and sell sandal trees dating back to the British Raj. In future, private sandal tree groves will feed a profitable market.…
EU ANTI-TRUST RAIDS
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE PREMISES of five major European chemical companies have been raided by the European Commission’s antitrust services in a search for evidence of price-fixing in solvents, and a small list of other products. Brussels said the investigation was at a “preliminary stage” and could lead to no evidence of wrong-doing.…
CHINA - US TRADE
BY PHILIP FINE AND KEITH NUTHALL
THE USA government has finalised procedures for framing safeguard protection minimising the impacts on the American textile industry from Chinese imports, with details due to be released soon. US Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Grant Aldonas said requesters of protection would have to provide to CITA (the US Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements) specific information supporting a claim of market disruption.…
MYANMAR BAN CALL
BY PHILIP FINE
THE AMERICAN Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has called for a ban on
US textiles, apparel and footwear imports from Myanmar (Burma), due to the
"repressive nature of the ruling regime."
ENDS
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VIETNAM SCAM
BY PHILIP FINE
THE AMERICAN Textile Manufacturers Institute wants the US government to halt trade negotiations with Vietnam, while it gets an accurate picture of the abuse of its quotas by Chinese exporters illegally trans-shipping goods through their south-east Asian neighbour.…
US CARGO BILL
BY PHILIP FINE
THE UNITED States senate is examining a new air cargo bill that would impact upon British security companies and professionals working in the shipping and airline industries. The senate’s committee on commerce, science, and transportation has approved and moved an Air Cargo Security Act aimed to strengthen security on flights into the US, notably on the busy trans-Atlantic run.…