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OIE WARNS OF ABALONE DISEASE OUTBREAK IN IRELAND
BY KEITH NUTHALL
IRISH food health officials have been fighting the first ever outbreak of Xenohaliotis Californiensis in the Republic of Ireland, which has been detected in four abalone growing sites in the country’s south-west. Tests confirmed the presence of the pathogen from this summer at Bere Island and Cape Clear – County Cork; Claddaghduff – Galway; and Castlegregory – Kerry.…
EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS WATERED DOWN ALCOHOL CLAIMS HEALTH LOBBY
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission has drastically watered down a European Union (EU) alcohol abuse action plan, which health campaigners fear was in response to a powerful lobbying campaign earlier this year by the drinks industry. Earlier drafts from Brussels indicated that producers would have been forced to print health warnings on labels and restrict or censor advertising.…
EC RELEASES ANTI-ALCOHOL ABUSE STRATEGY
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE LONG-AWAITED communication from the European Commission on alcohol has been predictably well received by a drinks industry, which had feared Brussels would burden them with marketing restrictions. At times in recent months producers had frankly feared they would be forced to print health warnings on labels, to restrict or censor advertising and possibly even to accept higher taxes to reduce consumption.…
EC LAUNCHES HARMONISED EU VEAL STANDARDS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed a common European Union (EU) labelling system for veal, albeit with enough flexibility to accommodate national traditions. Brussels wants a cap of 12 months for the age of calves whose meat is sold as ‘veal’ in a local language.…
EC APPROVES IRELAND REGIONAL AIRPORT AID
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved Irish government plans to spend Euro 65.5 million on capital investments in six small regional airports in Ireland. The money will be spent 2006-10 on expanding facilities and improving safety standards at Donegal, Sligo, Knock, Galway, Kerry and Waterford.…
ECJ RULES ON MEAT AND BONE MEAL POWER INCINERATION EXPORTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed a common European Union (EU) labelling system for veal, albeit with enough flexibility to accommodate national traditions. Brussels wants a cap of 12 months for the age of calves whose meat is sold as ‘veal’ in a local language.…
IEA SAYS WIND POWER ON THE INCREASE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Energy Agency (IEA) has said in its latest annual report that wind energy still only satisfies 1.2% of power demand in its 20 rich country members, although that proportion is increasing fast in some cases. It said that from 1995 to 2005, the contribution of wind power to national electricity demand rose from 0.2%, with 12 IEA members being in the European Union (EU).…
BRITISH FARMER IN CANADA FEATURE
BY MONICA DOBIE, in Balderson, Ontario
STRONG family links and a dislike of European Union bureaucracy was what brought David James, 62, to Canada to start over again. In 1998, the James family, including wife Ann, 61, daughter Debra, 39, and son-in law Rob, 39, packed up their belongings and moved to a small farming community called Balderson, roughly 50 miles from Canada’s capital, Ottawa.…
GLENCORE ALUMINIUM SUBSIDIARY REFUSED PROTECTION FROM EU AID ORDER
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A BID by a Glencore aluminium subsidiary to shelve a European Commission order it repay an Irish government excise duty exemption on heavy fuel oils has been rejected by the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) Court of First Instance.…
EU BEEF CATTLE PRODUCTION INCREASE PREDICTED
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN is expected to help lead an increase in gross production of cattle in the European Union (EU), reversing a decline in slaughtered stock and live exports that has continued since 2003, says European Union (EU) statistical agency Eurostat.…