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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THERE can be fewer larger accountancy jobs than a complete overhaul of the accounting systems of all United Nations organisations, but such a project is underway, and – some would say true to form – the UN is now splashing cash on external accounting consultants.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GLOBAL food standards body Codex Alimentarius has drafted global rules setting maximum levels for tin contamination in canned food and drinks beverages. Final consultation is now under way for the guidelines, with concerned governments being asked to make comments to the Rome-based United Nations body by May 30, ahead of them being debated by the organisation’s ruling commission between July 2-7 session.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MEMBER countries of global food standards body Codex Alimentarius are being consulted on new draft guidelines on the use of flavourings, to be approved by the organisation’s ruling commission, in Rome, at a July 2-7 session. Codex is seeking comments on the flavouring rules by May 30.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CHAIRMAN of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round has said the USA will have to reduce its overall food production subsidies to secure agreement in the global commerce talks. In his first formal paper since the round was temporarily suspended last July, chairman Crawford Falconer said, quite bluntly: “It is frankly inconceivable that the US will come out of this negotiation with an entitlement to spend more on overall trade distorting domestic support than it had when it came in.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE OILS and fats sector is becoming increasingly globalised and so as a result, the need for common standards and practices, relevant to the industry, its suppliers and its customers is becoming increasingly important.

The International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) (NOTE: ISO USES AMERICAN SPELLING FOR ITS NAME) is the global body coordinating and publishing this kind of professional advice.…

BY KARRYN CARTELLE
ASIA’S paint and coatings industry may be growing but South Korea’s share of the market is on the decline. Indeed, the South Korea sector’s annual sales of US$3 billion make a small contribution to the global industry, where demand is predicted to reach US$83 billion this year.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IN today’s highly competitive global markets, utilities and their suppliers are always looking for an edge, especially in technology. So it can only be good news that the European Union (EU) will from this year until 2013 be spending Euro 2.3 billion on energy studies, Euro 1.8 billion on environmental research and a whopping Euro 9.1 billion on information and communications technology innovation.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MANY international organisations have an impact on the seafood sector, although they tend to have quite a narrow remit, drawing up specialist health and environmental standards for the industry. However, the UN’s Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has a broader role, with freedom to pursue a wide variety of imaginative schemes promoting the seafood industry.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, in Westminster
A SENIOR American nuclear industry advisor has told a global energy conference of his optimism that a “nuclear renaissance” is now possible in the US after 27 years in which no new reactors have been ordered.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MANY lessons have been learned from the tragic deaths of 2,974 people in the World Trade Centre attacks of September 11, and one of the most important for the construction industry could be that fire insulation of steel structures need better protection against major impacts.…