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CODEX PASSES NUT CONTAMINATION RULE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GLOBAL code of practice for reducing aflatoxin contamination in Brazil nuts has been approved by world food standards body Codex Alimentarius’ ruling commission.
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CODEX CONTAMINATION STANDARDS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WORLD food standards body Codex Alimentarius’ ruling commission has passed draft standards setting maximum allowable amounts for contaminants. These included maximum limits for lead in fish; cadmium in rice, marine bivalve molluscs and cephalopods (such as squid); and codes of practice for reducing aflatoxin contamination in Brazil nuts; and dioxin and dioxin-like PCB contamination in food and feed.…
CODEX MEMBER STATES TOLD TO IMPLEMENT CONTAMINATION STANDARDS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE 173 country membership of world food standards body Codex Alimentarius is now considering how to implement new approved regulations mandated by the organisation’s ruling commission. National representatives passed a series of draft standards that have been publicised in just-food.com,…
WTO DOHA ROUND TALKS COLLAPSE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD’S trade ministers will this autumn consider whether they want to restart the WTO’s Doha Development Round, which has been suspended amidst disagreement over its final food trade goals. Key players such as the USA, the EU, Australia, India and Brazil were unable in last-ditch talks to meet each other’s demand to cut food production subsidies, food tariffs and industrial duties.…
BRAZIL TO CONTINUE PROTECTING ITS COCONUT PRODUCERS - WTO
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRAZIL has announced plans to extend quota restrictions on imports of peeled desiccated coconuts for another four years – to 2010 – over concerns about import booms damaging local production.
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CODEX GUIDELINES WILL HELP REDUCE CONTAMINATION RISKS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN and the 172 other member countries of world food standards body Codex Alimentarius are now considering how to implement new approved regulations mandated by the organisation’s ruling commission that should reduce risks posed by traded foodstuffs. Standards passed notably set maximum allowable amounts for contaminants in a wide range of products and commodities.…
WTO DOHA ROUND TALKS COLLAPSE - DRINKS INDUSTRY IMPLICATIONS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD’S trade ministers will this August and September be considering whether they want to make further compromises that could restart the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round, which have been suspended amidst disagreement over its final goals.…
WTO DOHA ROUND TALKS COLLAPSE - DRINKS INDUSTRY IMPLICATIONS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD’S trade ministers will this August and September be considering whether they want to make further compromises that could restart the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round, which have been suspended amidst disagreement over its final goals.…
SYRIA AUTO MARKET BOOMS AFTER DUTY CUTS
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Damascus
FOLLOWING a sizeable reduction in import duties last year, Syria’s fledgling car market has grown by up to 60% in under a year.
A mere decade ago Syria’s roads were full of ageing cars, such as 1950s and 1960s Chevrolets, Dodges and Plymouths that were either lovingly maintained or had had one paint job too many.…
BIOFUELS DEMAND ERODES SUGAR PRICE FALL HOPES
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE CONFECTIONARY manufacturing industry in Europe has been banking on a fall in sugar prices from 2008 thanks to the new sugar regime brought in by the European Union (EU) last year, but this now looks a little less certain than it did.…