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FAO REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation has tried to scotch the claim that eating less meat in rich countries could help to reduce hunger in developing countries. Jelle Bruinsma, an editor of an FAO study looking ahead to 2030, says that the statement is erroneously based on the assumption that cereals used as animal feed would be freed up for human consumption in developing countries.…
DRUG BARR
BY PHILIP FINE
US regulators have delayed the launch of a generic version of breast-cancer drug tamoxifen, just as Barr Laboratories was getting ready to launch its treatment. The Food and Drug Administration extended to February, 2003, the patent held by AstraZeneca PLC.…
BRAZIL POULTRY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union’s EU Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health has recommended that systematic testing for antibiotic residues should be introduced for all imports of Brazilian poultry meat, products and preparations, after checks revealed that cargoes have been contaminated with restricted nitrofurans.…
BEN & JERRY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BEN & Jerry’s has been accused of falsely claiming that some of their ice cream and frozen yoghurt products labelled “All Natural” are not so because they contain hydrogenated oils and alkalised cocoa powder. The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a US health and food safety advocacy group, wants the Food and Drug Administration to take action.…
PHARMED ANIMALS
BY PHILIP FINE, in Montreal
A CALF’S destiny has long been dictated by two agricultural businesses: beef or dairy.
But there’s now a third industry that requires animals for its growing appetite: the pharmaceuticals sector.
As the latest scientific headlines have shown, farmyard animals – cows, goats and pigs – are now being employed for purposes other than providing us with filet mignon, goat cheese and bacon.…
FDA
BY PHILIP FINE
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is updating
inspection rules for pharmaceutical products in an effort to improve the
safety and efficiency of production and restore consumer and manufacturer
confidence in the agency.
The planned revision of the current "good manufacturing practice
Program" comes in the wake of several recent incidents that have shaken
confidence in
drugs manufacture in the US.…
PREDICTING LONG-TERM TRENDS IN AGRICULTURE
By ALAN OSBORN
Farmers can’t complain that they lack information about long-term trends in agriculture. The European Commission, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the various United Nations food agencies, specialised agricultural research institutes and of course national governments all seem driven to make regular projections about crops, prices and markets several years into the future.…
MOLLUSC HEALTH
KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed revised European Union-wide rules for health controls on live bivalve molluscs as part of a new package of hygiene measures that are designed to step up food safety. The proposal identifies steps required by national competent health authorities to ensure the safety of these products.…
ILLEGAL MEAT
BY JONATHAN THOMSON
MORE than 2,000 kilograms of illegally imported food products have been seized at Dublin airport each month this year. The figure has prompted the Irish government to tighten restrictions, including a ban on personal imports of animal-based products from outside the EU and a limit of 10 kg per person on meat and milk-based products from within Europe.…
GM ADVICE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MORE detailed guidelines have been proposed by the European Commission to enable food processors using GM products to improve pre-and post-marketing monitoring of foodstuffs. Research carried out by the University of Newcastle has provided evidence that GM genes can find their way into human gut bacteria.…