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INDIA FLAVOURED MILK
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
NESTLE India has entered the Indian flavoured milk market, launching itself its Fruit ‘n Milk line in Delhi, Mumbai (Bombay) and Pune. The product has mango and strawberry flavours, priced at IND Rupees 15 (US$0.31) for a 200 ml pack and is being manufactured for Nestle by Dynamix.…
FULLERS - CANADA
BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal
FAMILY-OWNED British brewery, Fuller Smith and Turner, is launching its traditional English ale varieties across the Canada. It has been testing its London Pride brand in high-end bars in the key Ontario market, whilst ESB, Extra Strong Bitter will be introduced there in the autumn and London Porter in spring 2004.…
KONJAC BAN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a permanent ban on the food additive E425 konjac in jelly confectionery because of the risks of children and old people choking on such sweets. MEP’s amended the proposal, bringing forward the ban to six months after the directive enters into force, probably in a few weeks.…
DAIRY REFORM ROW
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Commission proposals to reform the EU’s dairy common market organisation have been attacked by MEP’s and industry representatives at a European Parliament agriculture committee hearing. Speakers claimed that the proposed additional one per-cent increase in the milk quota and 28 per-cent cut in dairy intervention prices “would undermine the quota system, flood the market and drive many farmers to the wall.”…
INDIA FLAVOURED MILK
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
NESTLE India has entered the Indian flavoured milk market, launching itself its Fruit ‘n Milk line in Delhi, Mumbai (Bombay) and Pune. The product has mango and strawberry flavours, priced at IND Rupees 15 (US$0.31) for a 200 ml pack and is being manufactured for Nestle by Dynamix.…
PREMIUM ICE CREAM
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
INDIA’S Hatsun Agro Product Ltd has announced plans to reposition its Arun ice-creams as a super premium brand, with more cream and smoother texture, to grab more market share this summer. The company plans to invest over IND Rupees 60 million (US$1.26 million) in the new range, which will include new “fun shapes.”…
CZECH SUGAR DUTY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CZECH Republic has announced that it is extending the life of its 80 per cent safeguard duty on sugar imports until December 2004, claiming that its producers would be flooded by imports (mostly from Poland and the EU), if it lifted the protection.…
TUNA - THAILAND
BY MARK ROWE
DEMAND for fresh tuna from Kingfisher Holdings, one of Thailand’s largest canned tuna exporters is set to increase, with the company predicting its revenues will double to US$400m by 2006, following a US$23m investment programme to build a 4,500-tonne cold-storage plant and a frozen food plant.…
CANADA PROFITS
BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN fishing industry is currently enjoying a significant upswing in profits thanks to a surge in fish and seafood consumption and new accessible global fish sources. Three of the country’s main processors in its often hard-pressed Atlantic provinces have reported strong profits despite a decline in traditional fish catches.…
EU ROUND UP ADD
BY KEITH NUTHALL
*The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending Euro 150 million to a special fund to counter the damage caused by the Prestige disaster in Galicia, Asturias and Cantabria. It will be operated by local savings banks and cover recovery project costs.…