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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CHAIRMAN of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round has said the USA must reduce food production subsidies to secure agreement in the global commerce talks. Crawford Falconer said: “It is frankly inconceivable that the US will come out of this negotiation with an entitlement to spend more” than the US$19 billion currently allowed annually.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
ALTHOUGH the European Union’s (EU) ambitious REACH policy to control the safety and use of tens of thousands of chemical substances does not directly apply to food or to food additives, manufacturers should not think they will escape its clutches scot-free.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
CONFECTIONARY manufacturers are likely to come under pressure to reformulate their recipes to restrict Europe’s growing obesity problem, with a European Commission white paper calling on food producer to assist. The paper called for “greater efforts by the food and retailing industry to reformulate foods”, and also “stronger advertising codes” dissuading consumers from overeating.…

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 and ALAN OSBORN

FOOD manufacturers may not have to worry about complying with the European Union’s (EU) new chemical control system REACH as far as additives, preservatives, colourings and flavourings are concerned, but they absolutely must ensure compliance as regards packaging.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

CONFECTIONARY manufacturers are likely to come under pressure to reformulate their recipes to restrict Europe’s growing obesity problem, with a European Commission white paper calling on food producer to assist. The paper called for “greater efforts by the food and retailing industry to reformulate foods”, and also “stronger advertising codes” dissuading consumers from overeating.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL and ALAN OSBORN
FOOD manufacturers may not have to worry about complying with the European Union’s (EU) new chemical control system REACH as far as additives, preservatives, colourings and flavourings are concerned, but they absolutely must ensure compliance as regards packaging.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE IRISH government has resigned itself to accepting the presence of Xenohaliotis californiensis in Ireland’s abalone farms, which it reported last year to the Aquatic Animals Commission (of the Office International des Épizooties). Ireland’s ministry of agriculture and food then confirmed four outbreaks affecting 344,000 abalone in counties Cork, Galway and Kerry.…

BY NICHOLAS PICKARD, in Sydney
AN INNOVATIVE aluminium bottle for wine has been launched as a major innovation in Australia’s competitive wine sector by JMB Beverages Pty Ltd. Its new Brightlite range of wines are contained in fully recyclable, shatterproof and lightweight bottles, lined with what the company calls “an approved food grade coating”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
LOCAL government is no stranger to the standards of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), and innovative authorities have long used its ISO9000 quality management standards to improve their performance.

And if truth be told, ISO’s detailed formal systems of excellence are a good fit for local government, which likes to have a formal road map for doing better, rather than shooting from the hip like a small business.…