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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) new health and nutrition claims regulation came into force on July 1, meaning any new such claims made on food packaging must now be examined by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and approved by the European Commission.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS Food & Drink technology was due to go to press, the chairman of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round was due to make comprehensive proposals on an overall agreement for reducing subsidies and protection of world food markets, with WTO member states being given until September to respond.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE OIL and gas sector was always a global business, and with world trade increasing and new reserves being opened up in all continents and oceans, it is becoming ever more international. As a result, the need for common standards and practices, relevant to the industry, its suppliers and its customers is becoming increasingly important.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority has criticised Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes food safety tests, measuring average consumption of flavourings. The panel said by counting people never eating a product, this could “grossly underestimate the intake by regular consumers”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE OIL and gas sector was always a global business, and with world trade increasing and new reserves being opened up in all continents and oceans, it is becoming ever more international. As a result, the need for common standards and practices, relevant to the industry, its suppliers and its customers is becoming increasingly important.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A TRADE deal struck between the European Union (EU) and Europe’s newest independent country Montenegro will see a wide range of food and drink products traded between them duty free, with many tariffs being phased out between four and five years.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

THE USA’S Institute of Medicine has called for the country’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be given more regulatory power over the marketing, packaging, and distribution of tobacco products in America, to curb the current smoking rate of 21%.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has been urged to help European Union (EU) food exporters secure sales in overseas markets protected by tough food health standards, by securing more sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreements with non-EU countries. A wide-ranging communiqué from the EU Council of Ministers stressed the “importance of actively seeking to eliminate unjustified SPS restrictions in third country markets.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A COMPREHENSIVE genetic research project aimed at reducing obesity launched by the European Union (EU) is examining the DNA of more than 13,000 individuals to devise a long-term dietary anti-obesity plan in eight European countries. The EU-funded DiOGenes (Diet, Obesity and Genes) project is studying the dietary, genetic, physiological and psychological factors behind obesity, so that more sophisticated food control policies can be developed.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CREATION of a series of limited duty free quotas allowing Turkish processed food products to be imported into the European Union (EU) has been approved by the EU Council of Ministers. Lines include sugar confectionary, chewing gum, white chocolate, boiled sweets, cocoa powder, malt extract, couscous, sweet biscuits and pasta.…