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BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ADDITIONAL Protocol to the Council of Europe’s Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, concerning Biomedical Research, has been opened for signature by the organisation’s 46 member states. It defines and protects fundamental rights of human biomedical research subjects, saying who can consent to taking part in experiments, and under what circumstances.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development is lending US$8.9 million to Eurex Alimentare, of Turkey’s Ulker Group, to build a Romania factory producing Ulker biscuits and chocolate and US$4.25 to Ulker’s Hamle, of Kazakhstan, to modernise biscuit and chocolate production.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFTA) has called for further research into whether using iodine in livestock feed could pose health problems to animals and meat consumers. Its FEEDAP Panel on animal feed additives and products is concerned iodine is also consumed through iodine-enriched salt and other food items, tablets, and iodine-enriched beverages.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has promised the Chinese government it will not ape Turkey in re-imposing quotas on China exports of clothing textiles, despite the supposed end to such restrictions on January 1. A spokeswoman for EU trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has told the state-owned China Daily the EU would not return to quotas, but was instead looking at possible temporary “safeguard” measures in case of an export glut to Europe.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE WORLD Trade Organisation’s (WTO) general council has permanently amended the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement to make permanent a 2003 waiver helping poor countries obtain generic medicines during health emergencies. The TRIPS amendment enables any WTO member country to export generic pharmaceuticals made under a compulsory licence to assist countries lacking their own manufacturing capacity and whose nurses and doctors would otherwise be unable to deal with a serious disease problem.…

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.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission’s consumer alert service RAPEX has reported the voluntary withdrawal from distribution from German stores of a Turkey-made shampoo range ‘Hobby Collection Baby Shampoo’, both blue and pink bottles. RAPEX reported "presence of excessive quantities of pseudomonas aeruginosa", and non-compliance with the European Union cosmetic product directive.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) rapid consumer alert service RASFF has warned of a spate of aflatoxin contamination in peanuts, groundnuts and hazelnuts from Turkey, Azerbaijan, Brazil and China, and in Turkish dried figs.

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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).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC) is to lend Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey, US$10 million, and has earmarked an additional US$5 million stand-by loan, to help it establish a business school and to expand enrolment generally. The money will also help create a new information technology centre and an adult distance learning system.…