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BY KEITH NUTHALL
*A supermarket boom in sub-Saharan Africa is raising food production and distribution standards, which many small farmers cannot meet, said the UN’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). It called for the funding of cooperatives, micro-loans and training, especially in South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana and Swaziland.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IRAQ is to receive two power plant gas turbines worth US$80 million under a United Nations oil-for-food programme contract, pending for nearly two years, but released under new rules speeding up project approvals. The turbines will produce power for the northern governorates of Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, reconnecting them to the national electricity grid.…

BY PHILIP FINE

THE UNITED States’ Eli Lilly expects to introduce three new experimental drugs next year, despite being investigated by the US Food and Drug Administration. The company, which has been cited for more than 200 manufacturing deficiencies this year and has so far invested more than US$50 million to improve its performance, foresees regulatory approval next year to sell the new drugs.…

BY PHILIP FINE

A CONSULTANT for the California wine industry thinks the US will be prepared to cut a deal at next September’s World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico over European demands for a mandatory wine and spirits register of geographical indications.…

BY PHILIP FINE

US food investors have acquired a taste for Mexican food as small and medium-sized Californian latino-food producers are being increasingly targeted for purchase by mainstream American food firms. According to a specialist report in the Los Angeles Times, burrito-maker Don Miguel Foods, salsa-maker Chilay Foods and taquitos and quesadillas-maker Excelline Foods were all bought or heavily financed recently by bigger firms.…

Keith Nuthall
A CONSULTANT for the California wine industry thinks the US will be prepared to cut a deal at next September’s World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico over European demands for a mandatory wine and spirits register of geographical indications.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EU research Commissioner Philippe Busquin has called for a European organisation spreading expertise on plant science to be created. He has also stressed that the oncoming 2003-2006 EU Sixth Framework Programme for research has earmarked Euro 685 million for food quality and safety studies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States Department of Agriculture has made its National Nutrient Database adaptable to handheld Personal Digital Assistants; the database lists more than 6,000 food items. See http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
COMMON EU technical rules for declaring information and making market approval applications for GM food products have been approved by the Council of Ministers.…

BY MARK ROWE
FAST food outlets in Taipei have started providing information about the nutritional value of the food they serve up as part of the city’s drive to slim down and get healthy. McDonald’s, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Asian chains Mos Burger and Yoshinoya started providing details of the calories, protein, fat and sugar contained in their food as a result of rules introduced by Taipei city health director Chiu Shu-ti.…