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BY KEITH NUTHALL

A SPECIAL Interpol expert group will be gathering contacts from around the word for a database of potential assistance to deal with future outbreaks of bioterrorism. Meeting at Interpol’s Lyons, France, headquarters, the group was tasked with "identifying other leading authorities and entities throughout the world that can provide knowledge and support to Interpol member countries", an inquiry that could involve some British environmental health departments.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) food safety consumer alert service RASFF has warned of aflatoxin contaminations in imported confectionary ingredients: American almonds in Italy; Turkish hazelnuts, kernels and paste in France, Germany and Italy; and Iranian pistachio nuts in Germany, Spain and Poland, among others.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has asked European Union (EU) ministers to authorise until January 2011 the right of the Isle of Man and 13 foreign EU member states to levy low rates of VAT on certain building repair services.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) food safety consumer alert service RASFF has warned of a series of aflatoxin contaminations in a variety of imported and EU-produced foodstuffs. Aflatoxins have been discovered within: Polish roasted and salted peanuts in Slovenia; Ethiopian mixed spices in Italy; Chinese, Ivory Coast and Ghanaian peanut butter in Britain; American almonds in Italy; Turkish hazelnuts, kernels and paste in France, Germany and Italy; Nigerian ogbono groundnuts in Britain; and Iranian pistachio nuts in Germany, Spain and Poland, among others.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved a list of priority projects under its 2007-13 trans European network (TENs) energy programme. Three of the 10 gas pipeline projects link Europe to Algeria, a key alternative source to Russia, and there are also priority gas pipelines to Libya and Turkey listed.…

BY KEITH NUTHAL

AN INTERPOL-coordinated global hit squad has been created to detect and combat the production of high quality counterfeit US dollars, known as ‘supernotes’, believed to be printed in North Korea. The group has been established by a conference meeting at Interpol’s Lyon headquarters, in France, attended by representatives from the US Secret Service, law enforcement experts and security printing industries.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

THE FIRST appearance of counterfeit "supernotes" in America last year has the US Secret Service concerned – not so much because of the volume of these forged US dollar bills as because of the superb skill with which they’re made.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON, in London

AFTER years of tests and international negotiations, Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation network at last has announced the technical details of its signal, crucial information for auto and component suppliers wanting to develop components to exploit the system.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has renewed its European Union (EU) fishing access deal with Mauritania, initialling a new six year deal that involves a two-year protocol, but which should be renewed twice automatically, unless serious political problems emerge.

Brussels is being bullish about the deal, claiming: "It is the most important fisheries agreement concluded by the EU with a third country both in financial terms and as regards fishing opportunities for EU vessels"

And the agreement does will provide fishing rights for about 200 EU vessels on crustaceans (mainly shrimps), hake and other demersal species), cepaholopods, small pelagics and tuna.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut

SAUDI Arabia’s paint sector is expanding vigorously – it is expected to grow by up to 10% this year on the back of high oil prices spurring on consumer spending, and a multi-billion dollar construction boom.…