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FOOD NEEDS CONFERENCE



BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL symposium is being staged at the University of London next month to debate ongoing efforts to reach a sophisticated and global definition of the amount and type of food required to be healthy. New ‘human energy expenditure’ guidelines have been developed over the past two years by the UN’s World Health Organisation (WHO) and Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO).…

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SPAIN MONEY LAUNDERING POLICY FEATURE



BY LIZ HALL, in Alicante

SINCE March 2005, Operation White Whale, an extensive international anti-money-laundering operation spearheaded by the Spain’s National Police (the Policia Nacional), has produced the arrest of 57 people and the laundering of at least Euro 250 million euros obtained through illegal drug trafficking, according to Spain’s Interior Ministry (Ministerio del Interior).…

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UNODC - CORRUPTION



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is sending legal and accounting specialists to Nigeria and Kenya, to help them trace and recover money stolen by previous corrupt governments. The agency will “conduct in-depth assessments of (their) institutional and legal frameworks”, making detailed proposals to “overcome obstacles to asset recovery”.…

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FOOD WORLD - FEBRUARY



BY KEITH NUTHALL

NON-DIOXIN LIKE PCB CONTAMINATION WARNING – EFSA

THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has called on the food industry to further minimise non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (NDL-PCBs) in food, because of health concerns about excess contamination. * http://www.efsa.eu.int/science/contam/contam_opinions/1229/contam_op_ej284_ndl-pcb_en1.pdf

ECJ SMOKED FLAVOURINGS CRISPS – BRITAIN APPEAL

A EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected a British government attempt to strike down a EU regulation controlling smoke flavourings in foods.…

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ECJ SMOKED FLAVOURINGS CRISPS - BRITAIN APPEAL



BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected a British government attempt to strike down a European Union (EU) regulation controlling smoke flavourings in foods. London claimed that that rather than using legitimate EU treaty powers harmonising national laws, the regulation creates "a centralised procedure at EU level for the authorisation of smoke flavourings for foods".…

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IRELAND PAINT INDUSTRY FEATURE



IRELAND’S Celtic Tiger economy may have lost a little of its bounce recently, with double-digit annual growth figures no longer predicted. However, the beast is still in fine fettle, as a recent Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) observer report notes: "The economy has bounced back.…

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IFC BULGARIA/EGYPT



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC), of the World Bank, is investing US$25 million into London-based Melrose Resources plc to support its oil and gas operations in Galata, Bulgaria, and El Mansoura, Egypt. Galata is Bulgaria’s first private upstream oil and gas project.…

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HEALTH CLOTHES FEATURE



BY MARK ROWE
AT the start of the 21st century, technology appears set to revolutionise health care in the same way as the discovery of anaesthesia, antiseptics and penicillin. And this is about far more than computer systems that make waiting lists more efficient or advances in keyhole surgery.…

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ILO DIGITAL LIBRARY



Keith Nuthall
THE INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation (ILO) has created a new electronic library simplifying access to more than 1,000 of the UN agency’s publications on work place issues. This ILO Insight archive covers issues including labour, employment, social protection, women at work, occupational safety and health, child labour, management, training, labour statistics and more.…

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EU HEALTH POLICY REVIEW



BY KEITH NUTHALL
NATIONAL governments are often jealous of attempts by the European Union (EU) to increase its power into policy areas that they consider none of its business. Defence and foreign affairs are obvious examples, but health is another. EU member states have long resisted Brussels’ calls for influence over their health policies, but their resolve has weakened of late.…

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