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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is planning to ban Brazilian beef imports into the EU from cattle-rich Mato Grosso do Sul state, west-central Brazil, following a foot-and-mouth outbreak. The ban will apply to meat from animals slaughtered since September 30, affecting more than half of Brazilian exports to the EU.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is planning to ban Brazilian beef imports into the European Union from the cattle-rich Mato Grosso do Sul state, west-central Brazil, following a foot-and-mouth outbreak. The ban will apply to meat from animals slaughtered since September 30, affecting more than half of Brazilian exports to the EU, said Brussels.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
DETAILS of restrictions imposed on exports to European buyers of leather raw materials have been highlighted in the detailed European Union (EU) market report. It identifies India, China, the US, Pakistan and Russia as “very important markets” for the supply of leather raw materials, whilst Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, South Africa, Malaysia and Brazil are labelled as “important suppliers (mainly by tanners)”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has appealed against a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling that it reverses a change of customs designation for frozen boneless chicken cut imports. The Brazilian government had protested about the reclassification of cuts with 1.2% or more salt content from salted to frozen meat, which attracts higher duty.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) will have to reclassify the customs designation of frozen boneless chicken cut imports, after a World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel concluded that it broke WTO rules. The Brazilian government had requested that a panel arbitrated over a row about the fact that in the past, where they had a salt content over 1.2 per cent, they were classified as salted meat.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU may have to reclassify the customs designation of frozen boneless chicken cut imports, after a WTO disputes panel concluded that it broke world trade rules. The Brazilian government had protested about the reclassification of cuts with 1.2% or more salt content from salted to frozen meat, which attracts higher duty.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SPANISH meat and poultry company Grupo Sada has lost an attempt to secure European Union (EU) trademark rights to its name, with the European Court of Justice (ECJ) fearing possible confusion with Brazilian competitor Sadia SA.

Meanwhile, Sweden should be censured for breaking EU directive 89/662/EEC on health controls for livestock and meat by insisting Swedish veterinary authorities be warned at least 24-hours ahead of impending shipments, an ECJ advocate general has said.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH
RURAL development will be the CAP’s cornerstone for at least the next decade in its twin ambitions of creating regional growth and supporting farmers who need to modernise, promises the recently arrived European Union (EU) agriculture Commissioner, Mrs Mariann Fischer Boel.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH
A CLOSER monitoring of live animal exports within the European Union (EU) is promised by the EU agriculture Commissioner, Mariann Fischer Boel, as the former Danish agriculture minister settles down in her new responsibilities.

She will be working hand-in-glove with colleagues who have a direct responsibility for the issue, the Commissioner told the Meat Trades Journal at her Brussels office.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE OFFICE International des Épizooties (OIE), the world animal health organisation, has confirmed that white spot disease has been detected for the first time in Brazil, infecting Pacific white shrimp. The announcement follows investigations by the Brazilian agriculture ministry’s Department of Animal Protection into three outbreaks amongst fish farms in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil.…