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WTO DOHA ROUND COLLAPSES AFTER DRAFT DEAL PUBLISHED
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha round food trade talks’ suspension followed the release of a draft deal that would have triggered deep cuts to tobacco import duties and production subsidies worldwide. But this proposal included 760 square brackets indicating a need for a decision, and this proved too much for negotiators.…
CANADA VOX POP: IS IT ETHICAL TO WEAR FUR?
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.…
EU MEDIUM-TERM FORECAST
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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SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME RESEARCH BUDGET 7FP FOOD RESEARCH
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FOOD, biotechnology and agriculture research projects will command budgets of Euro 1.9 billion from 2007-13 under a draft rewritten European Union (EU) seventh framework programme (FP7). Other targeted research budgets under the Euro 54.5 billion scheme proposed by the European Commission of potential relevance to the food sector include Euro 5.9 billion on health, Euro 1.8 million on environmental research, plus Euro 3.4 billion on nanotechnology, materials, and manufacturing.…
EFSA SALMONELLA REPORT
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ALARMING 20.3% of European Union (EU) laying hen poultry flocks are infected with salmonella, a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) report has warned. Britain cannot be complacent under the report, based on 2004-5 data, with 8% of flocks stricken with salmonella.…
CODEX ALIMENTARIUS LABELLING VETERINARY RESIDUES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MEMBER governments of food standards body Codex Alimentarius are considering new rules on additives that can be used in foodstuffs labelled organic, such as calcium carbonate, malic acid, citric acid, ascorbic acid and 31 others. The Codex committee on food labelling has drawn up rules saying when and whether these additives can be used in plant or animal-based organic foods.…
WTO DOHA DEVELOPMENT ROUND MODALITIES AGREEMENT PREDICTION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) agricultural talks that could deliver improved global market access to hundreds of thousands of food companies are – finally – moving to a conclusion, with a first draft of a deal being circulated on June 19.…
UN EXPERTS FIGHT TUVALU COCONUT RAT PLAGUE
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
UNITED Nations Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) pest control experts have rushed to the Pacific island state of Tuvalu to help its government fight fast-breeding rats destroying its coconut production. A US$200,000 scheme will hang balls laced with rodenticide on palm trees.…
EFSA SALMONELLA LAYING HENS REPORT
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ALARMING 20.3% of European Union (EU) laying hen poultry flocks are infected with salmonella, a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) report has warned. The Czech Republic (62.5%), Poland (55.9%), Spain (51.6%), Lithuania (50%) and Portugal (47.7%) have the most serious problems.…
SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME BUDGET
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
HEALTH-related research projects will command budgets of Euro 5.9 billion from 2007-13 under a draft rewritten European Union (EU) seventh framework programme (FP7). Now under discussion at the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers, these funds would be part of the programme’s targeted research section.…