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BY PHILIP FINE

A TORONTO, Canada, company has developed a bolt-on pilot food oil processing plant that can allow food businesses to convert waste oil and grease into sellable bio-diesel. Biox Corp.’s technique uses low-grade food oils to make non-toxic, sulphur-free biodiesel and was developed by University of Toronto Professor David Boocock.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
CANADIAN wine producers have welcomed a draft agreement on a wide-ranging wine and spirits industry deal with the EU, believing that once formally signed, it will put Canadian wines “on the world stage.” EU agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler said earlier this month (April) that for the EU the deal “presented certain advantages, (particularly) the ending by Canada of the use of certain names, the protection of geographical names, a positive list of oenological practices and a list of prohibited practices.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
TOM Vant, former chairman of Syncrude Canada, will become secretary general of the OECD’s business and industry advisory committee, replacing Douglas C Worth, a former IBM executive who has served since 1999.…

BY RICHARD HURST
CANADA’S PMI Ventures has announced that drilling has begun on its Ashanti II deep gold project, in Ghana, West Africa. The initial target being tested is in the Grid B area of the Fromenda concession. The programme consists of 1,050 metres of diamond drilling in eight to ten holes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
PROGRESS has been made in negotiations between the European Union and Canada over a wide-ranging wine and spirits industry deal, according to EU agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler. He told a meeting of the EU Council of Ministers for agriculture and fisheries that a draft agreement was ready for approval.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal
THE SPREAD of the oyster disease, MSX off the Atlantic provinces of Canada is proving to be less virulent and dangerous than originally had been feared. Following tests, Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans said has said MSX had not spread to the Gulf of St Lawrence beds, but that Seaside Organisms (SSO), a relation to MSX, but much less harmful and contagious, was mistaken for the disease.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN fishing industry is currently enjoying a significant upswing in profits thanks to a surge in fish and seafood consumption and new accessible global fish sources. Three of the country’s main processors in its often hard-pressed Atlantic provinces have reported strong profits despite a decline in traditional fish catches.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States has announced its first offer of reductions to food duties in its bid to create a 34-country Free Trade Area of the Americas pact. It plans to slash duties on 56 per cent of agricultural imports from north and south American countries by 2005 (ignoring those from Canada and Mexico) and expects reciprocal offers.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal
FAMILY-OWNED British brewery, Fuller Smith and Turner, is launching its traditional English ale varieties across the Canada. It has been testing its London Pride brand in high-end bars in the key Ontario market, whilst ESB, Extra Strong Bitter will be introduced there in the autumn and London Porter in spring 2004.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A PHD in rocket science is not required to understand that corruption is a problem worldwide. But such a qualification – and more – would be required to devise an effective plan to fight this financial plague. The United Nations’ (UN) is drafting an international convention on corruption and asked a string of experts to write reports to illuminate some issues.…