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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BEST place to break the law is where the closest policeman is 100’s of miles away. And where might that criminal utopia be? Siberia, the Sahara, the Amazon? No, it’s the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, on the developed world’s doorstep, where fishing crime is becoming a real problem.…

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.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) food companies should be inspected at least once a year and those failing to meet health safety standards should be publicly named and shamed, according to the European Parliament’s environment committee. It has proposed this rule should be written into a package of reforms tabled by the European Commission covering food and animal feed, safety, labelling and inspections.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU) regulation has been proposed by the European Commission, setting out common rules for the manufacture and labelling of enriched foodstuffs including additional vitamins, minerals and substances such as herbal extracts. The legislation would harmonise EU national rules, allowing the free circulation of fortified foods.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN sugar industry has promised to abide by high ethical standards in future, including its dealings with developing countries. CEFS (Comité Européen des Fatricants de Sucre) and EFFAT (European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions) have signed a joint code of conduct on corporate social responsibility.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE US Food and Drug Administration is to order by February that all medication sold to hospitals must bear supermarket-style bar codes, in a bid to reduce medical errors. More advanced scanners will also be made available, warning of any patient allergies and other important information guiding doctors when prescribing drugs.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved changes to EU food additive legislation (other than colourings and sweeteners), adopting European Parliament amendments passed in July to extend its market approval controls to food flavourings. Ministers shared MEPs’ concerns that the current directive could allow banned additives to be illicitly incorporated in uncontrolled flavourings.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE UNITED States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a guide for the US pharmaceutical industry, named “Pharmacogenomic Data Submissions.” The document was created to help drug companies comply with a new FDA recommendation that requires firms to submit results of genomic tests when seeking approval for new drugs.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved changes to EU food additive legislation (other than colourings and sweeteners), adopting European Parliament amendments passed in July to extend its controls to flavourings. Ministers also authorised two new sweeteners (sucralose and salts of aspartame and acesulfame).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved changes to EU food additive legislation (other than colourings and sweeteners), adopting European Parliament amendments passed in July to extend its controls to flavourings. Ministers also authorised two new sweeteners (sucralose and salts of aspartame and acesulfame).…