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CAMPBELLS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
REGULATORY clearance has been granted by the European Commission for the acquisition of Unilever’s European Culinary Brands Businesses by Campbell Soup Co. of the United States. The sale fulfils commitments given by Unilever last year to obtain European Union clearance for its purchase of Bestfoods.…
BSE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SCIENTIFIC Steering Committee of the EU has reconfirmed that there is no evidence of a possible BSE risk from dairy products, but has nevertheless recommended caution. “Milk, colostrums or milk products from animals with clinical signs of BSE should, for precautionary reasons, not be consumed,” it has said.…
PEPSI-QUAKER
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has granted clearance in the EU to the proposed takeover of the Quaker Oats Company by Pepsico Inc. Both are American owned.…
STORMS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UN Food and Agriculture Organization has proposed a disaster management strategy to reduce the effect of storms on food production, regarding damage to standing crops, livestock, household property, production assets and physical infrastructure, which can result in food supply shortages.…
DENMARK
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is taking Denmark to the European Court of Justice claiming that it is breaking EU freedom of movement of goods laws because of its restrictions on enriched foods. Danish regulations do not allow foodstuffs containing additional vitamins to be sold, unless checks on the nutritional need for the enrichment have been documented in Denmark.…
FOOD WORLD - MAY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission and Morocco have failed to strike an agreement which would allow Spanish and Portuguese fishing boats to take catches in Moroccan waters, bringing to an unsuccessful end six months of detailed discussions. The result is that the previous agreement, which expired in 1999, and which allowed 500 European boats to exploit catches including tuna and shrimp, is not expected to be renewed.…
ICE WINE
BY MONICA DOBIE
THE EUROPEAN Commission has agreed to allow Canadian ice-wine, the specialised dessert wine made from frozen grapes, to be sold within the EU, after a long battle to have the designation of recognised by Brussels was finally won.…
FISHERIES PRODUCERS INTERNATIONAL
BY MONICA DOBIE
A BOARDROOM battle has erupted in the offices of the Fishery Producers International, a Canadian company and currently one of the largest seafood processors in North America, which was established by Canadian federal and Newfoundland governments in the 1987 to help the struggling north-west Atlantic fisheries.…
CENTRAL AMERICA V CHILE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NICARAGUA, Guatemala and Costa Rica have joined formal consultations launched at the World Trade Organisation by Columbia with Chile, over safeguard duties imposed by the government in Santiago on sugar exports. Columbia has questioned whether the duties are justified by economic difficulties being suffered by the Chilean sugar sector.…
NUTTY NESTLE
BY MONICA DOBIE
NESTLE Canada has announced it will no longer manufacture some of its chocolate products in a nut free environment, as of January 1, 2002.
Nestle said that the change is due to increased demand from consumers for peanut and nut chocolate products, forcing it to expand production of these lines, raising the risk of cross-contamination.…