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BY KEITH NUTHALL

A WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) challenge to new Canadian cheese production rules is likely, with the European Union, the United States and New Zealand expressing dismay at a WTO agriculture committee. New Zealand representatives claimed incoming limits on dairy proteins within cheese sold in Canada would illegally "restrict demand for dairy products"

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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE HOST country of the oncoming Codex Alimentarius committee on food labelling will resist plans to draft global guidelines saying food product labelling should inform consumers of the amounts of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and sugars within processed foods.…

BY RACHEL JONES, in Caracas

OFF the coast of Guyana and Surinam, north of Brazil, lie what may be some of the world’s largest untapped oil reserves. They have remained unexplored for years, thanks to a maritime border dispute between the two South American countries, the former an ex-British colony, and the latter once run by the Dutch.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) challenge to new Canadian cheese production rules is now increasingly likely, with the European Union (EU), the United States and New Zealand formally expressing dismay at a WTO agriculture committee meeting. Speaking today (18-3) in Geneva, New Zealand diplomats claimed Canada’s new "compositional standards" for cheese – which enter into force on December 13 – defy global Codex Alimentarius guidelines.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

MOVE over solar power: make room for the new power generator – the knee brace! Motorised prosthetic joints are great – but shame they need a battery. The same can be said about pacemakers. But American and Canadian researchers now claim we can generate sufficient energy to drive these devices by simply going for a walk.…

By Mark Godfrey in Beijing

No country has added nuclear power like energy-hungry China. Neighbouring North Korea had more nuclear power capacity than China in 2000 (as did Taiwan). But by 2010, according to the US government-affiliated Energy Information Administration, China will have bypassed both countries.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Ottawa

CANADA’S first wine-making cooperative has entered receivership, facing almost CDN$40 million in debts, according to court documents. Southern Ontario’s Niagara Vintners was forced into the hands of receivers Deloitte & Touche Inc by the cooperative’s Bank of Nova Scotia.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Ottawa

CANADIAN book buying culture has changed dramatically over the past 15 years resulting in a discount obsessed, bestseller driven market that has gone flat despite a record number of books being released by Canadian publishers says a recent report conducted for Heritage Canada, a Federal government agency.…

BY KARRYN CARTELLE, in Auckland; LUCY JONES, in Dallas, Texas; MONICA

DOBIE, in Ottawa; and BILL CORCORAN, in Johannesburg

NEW Zealand has long retained a position of prominence in the global butter products

industry, despite the fact that competitors are always looking to seize export markets in

what is an increasingly competitive market.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Ottawa

THE CONTINUING disparity between Canadian and American book sleeve prices, despite the exchange rate rise of the Canadian dollar, may have depressed Christmas book sales in Canada this year. The Canadian Booksellers Association said 49% of Canada booksellers said sales were down on Christmas 2006, while 43% said sales were up and 8% the same.…