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STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL

A COMPREHENSIVE report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will encourage reticent American negotiators into striking a deal on global food liberalisation, saying US producers would gain US$500 million from such reforms. As the long-running World Trade Organisation (WTO) Doha Development Round hopefully draws to a close this year, the OECD has concluded there are "net gains for each…type" of American primary food producer.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has released plans to spend Euro 4.8 million over the next six years on actions specifically dedicated to fighting certain animal or food-based diseases (zoonoses). The budget would be split into Euro 800,000 per year and would be focused on a set list of 20 diseases.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AN AMERICAN soya company has unveiled a new fake-meat manufacturing process that uses a blend of soya and meat protein to make faux beef and chicken. The Solae Company has launched SoleCina(TM), which it claims makes a "nutritious" product, with "virtually the same [appearance] taste and texture of traditional beef or chicken", including "beef strips, chunks, patties or steak", and "the consistency of cooked, whole muscle meat".…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE FRENCH government has warned that it is prepared to destroy the potential World Trade Organisation (WTO) agricultural liberalisation deal that would boost global trade in foodstuffs, to continue protecting its food and drink sector. In an interview with newspaper Les Echos France agriculture minister Dominique Bussereau said: "We prefer no agreement rather than a one way agreement.…

STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL

HIGH import duties that especially restrict international trade in spirits will be chopped under a draft overall agreement for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Doha Development Round agricultural liberalisation talks. These were issued last week by talks chairman Crawford Falconer, aiming at securing a deal by July 31.…

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INTENSIVE calf rearing systems pose a range of risks to young livestock, a new European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) report has concluded. It warned that probable risks included inadequate ventilation, exposure to pathogens causing respiratory and gastrointestinal disorders and others.…

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A GLIMMER of optimism about bird flu has emerged from an international conference on the disease held by the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation and the Office International des Épizooties (OIE) world animal health organisation. Although wild birds could be a long-term – maybe a permanent – carrier, the virus "may subside naturally as infected animals die off, or it may mutate to a less aggressive form," said a conference communuqué.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

THE GERMAN company Fläminger Liquors, based in Zahna in the former East Germany, and best known for its Fläminger Jagd herbal liquor which has been a best-seller in recent years, has been placed under the control of a Berlin lawyer pending a possible declaration of bankruptcy.…

STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL

A STUDY of mystery proteins found in the health food fad blue algae has given them a clean bill of health, despite increasing health concerns about this slime, which has become an occasional environmental hazard in fresh water because of eutrophication.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has warned of serious risks to livestock quality and health through intensive calf rearing systems. EFSA listed probable risks, which include inadequate ventilation, exposure to pathogens causing respiratory and gastrointestinal disorders. *http://www.efsa.eu.int/science/ahaw/ahaw_opinions/1516/ahaw_op_ej366_calveswelfare_en1.pdf…