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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU rapid consumer food alert system RASFF has warned of the discovery in Britain in paprika, chilli and cayenne pepper powders from Spain of the mycotoxin Ochratoxin A.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE
THE INCREASING global demand for mineral resources – especially from Asia – has breathed new life into a remote yet highly and diversely mineralised part of Australia. The island of Tasmania, off the south east coast of the continent, is revelling in a mining boom, the like of which it has not seen for more than a century.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A RESEARCHER from Spain’s Public University of Navarra has identified ways of determining the fat content and quality of veal carcasses by measuring the thickness of the dorsal fat mass and its veining using ultrasonic technology. The study recommends using these methods to classify carcasses to assess quality more exactly.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is staging a European Union investigation into the toxicity of the food dye ‘para Red’ (p-Red), supported by the development of analytical methods by laboratories from Britain, the Netherlands, France and Spain.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
DIVISIONS over the EU sugar regime reforms have been clarified at a European Union (EU) Council of Ministers (agriculture) meeting. British, Danish, German, Swedish, Latvian and Maltese delegations wanted “rapid reform, to make the sector more competitive”, though concerns of ex-European colonies in the African Pacific Caribbean (ACP) bloc “should be taken into account”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved in principle a directive imposing duties on mine operators to manage their waste effectively, preventing in Europe disasters such as the 2000 Baia Mare tailings pond breach, in Romania.…

BY RICHARD HURST
THE SOUTH African paint and coatings industry is in a state of change as a shift in focus towards overseas markets coupled with a need to protect local markets is pushing manufacturers to reassess their quality and production volume capabilities.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission’s rapid consumer alert system for food has warned of 55 cases involving the discovery in Italy, Spain and Germany of aflatoxins within pistachio nuts from Iran during March and April.…

BY LIZ HALL
A PROFUSION of family-run businesses, corrupt and under-resourced authorities and low wages has traditionally meant much commercial crime goes undetected in Latin America. But the tide is turning, with more and more companies unwilling to turn a blind eye to fraud, bribery and counterfeit goods production.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) governments could be given the power to demand waste metal and scrap buyers hand over VAT rather than their suppliers, under proposed reforms tabled by the European Commission. It wants changes to the EU sixth VAT directive making this system available on demand to member states for the industry, even though it conflicts with the standard EU rule that suppliers pay VAT.…