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BY KEITH NUTHALL
SAUDI Arabia is eliminating a ban on importing food products with less than half of their remaining official shelf life, via commitments made to join the WTO. In a key deal with the United States, the Saudis have promised to accept “internationally-recognised manufacturer-determined use-by dates, with the exception of certain perishable foods and baby foods”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States has expanded its low-duty special quota for raw cane sugar imports to 1.23 million metric tonnes for October 2005-September 2006, from 1.11 million metric tonnes the previous year. Key beneficiaries include the Dominican Republic 204,649 tonnes; Brazil 168,603; and Australia 96,511.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE RELEASE of the main report of the Volcker inquiry into the United Nations’ oil for food scandal could strengthen reformers within the global body seeking tougher auditing controls and greater independence for its secretariat. New controversial US ambassador to the UN John Bolton said the report underlined the need for greater auditing and management controls, including by an independent audit board.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations’ International Seabed Authority has delayed agreement of new regulations governing how metal ore mining companies would explore and exploit deep seawaters for hauls such as polymetallic sulphide nodules and cobalt-rich crusts. These mineral resources are rich in copper, iron, zinc, silver, gold and cobalt; sulphides are found around volcanic areas and crusts on oceanic ridges.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
EXPOSURE to pesticides kills farmers so why are we still using them?

In Britain, farmers, most of them without knowing and unaware that their symptoms are linked to insecticide use, have poisoned their bodies by repeatedly being exposed to these dangerous chemicals.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE RELEASE of the main report of the Volcker inquiry into the United Nations’ oil for food scandal could strengthen reformers within the global body seeking tougher auditing controls and greater independence for its secretariat. It blamed administrative complexity involving shared powers over the Oil for Food Programme by the UN Security Council and its secretariat for creating a power vacuum, readily filled by Iraq’s former Saddam Hussein regime.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
AFTER twenty years of haggling, a deal on wine has been reached by the European Union (EU) and the United States under which the EU will accept existing American wine-making practices such as adding malic acid to correct deficient acidity (common in California) and the use of oak wood chips during ageing.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE STEEP decline in sales of European Union (EU) finished leather to its number one market, the United States, has been highlighted by a comprehensive report on the global leather (and textile) market written for the European Commission.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations’ International Seabed Authority has postponed agreement of new regulations governing how mining companies would explore and exploit deep seawaters for hauls such as polymetallic sulphide nodules and cobalt-rich crusts. These mineral resources are rich in copper, iron, zinc, silver, gold and cobalt, with the sulphides being found around volcanic areas and the crusts on oceanic ridges.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A MARINE litter clean-up campaign involving Scottish fishermen has received a global United Nations award. Glasgow PR firm Weber Shandwick picked up the 2005 UN Grand Award for outstanding achievement in public relations for its Save the North Sea campaign.…