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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has published its latest medium-term 2006-15 forecast for the health of various food markets. For instance, it predicts increased cheese production and consumption, but lower availability of butter and skimmed milk powder.

* http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/publi/caprep/prospects2006/fullrep.pdf

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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE NEW executive director of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has hailed her agency’s initiative to develop a common scientific approach to assess the fish feed additives as "strongly in the interests of environmental protection and the health and safety of consumers."…

BY MONICA DOBIE

INTRODUCTION

IN 1534, Jacques Cartier the founder of Canada, swapped knives for animal skins with natives off the shores of Quebec, and soon a burgeoning fur trade attracted 1000’s of European settlers. Fur has since become unpopular, a luxury based on cruelty, some say.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

DETAILS of a comprehensive plan to mitigate environmental and social problems caused by a planned Vietnam tungsten and fluorspar open cast mine have been released by the World Bank’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), which is expected to support the project.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) food safety consumer alert service RASFF has warned of aflatoxin contaminations in imported confectionary ingredients: American almonds in Italy; Turkish hazelnuts, kernels and paste in France, Germany and Italy; and Iranian pistachio nuts in Germany, Spain and Poland, among others.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A GLOBAL code of practice for reducing aflatoxin contamination in Brazil nuts has been approved by world food standards body Codex Alimentarius’ ruling commission.

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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE APPOINTMENT of a new executive director of the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has come at a crucial time for this European Union (EU) body that has such an impact on environmental health officers’ work. It is now four-years-old and so its future role and function can be moulded with the hindsight of experience.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut

ONE month into the Israel-Hizbullah conflict, multinational food companies operating in Lebanon have ground to a halt, with the country facing a near total economic blockade and fuel supplies running out.

Since July 12, around 85% of all factories have been forced to close, 35 have been destroyed and distribution is increasingly difficult with over 60 bridges out of action, roads pock-marked with craters and over 450 trucks having been targeted by Israeli warplanes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A NEW broom is sweeping through the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), with the appointment of its second executive director, Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle, and she wants to make the agency’s communications clearer, notably on oils and fats.

EFSA has been busy in the sector, carrying out risk assessments on trans fatty acids in foods and their affect on human health, following information requests from the European Commission.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) food safety consumer alert service RASFF has warned of a series of aflatoxin contaminations in a variety of imported and EU-produced foodstuffs. Aflatoxins have been discovered within: Polish roasted and salted peanuts in Slovenia; Ethiopian mixed spices in Italy; Chinese, Ivory Coast and Ghanaian peanut butter in Britain; American almonds in Italy; Turkish hazelnuts, kernels and paste in France, Germany and Italy; Nigerian ogbono groundnuts in Britain; and Iranian pistachio nuts in Germany, Spain and Poland, among others.…