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BY KEITH NUTHALL

FOOD, biotechnology and agriculture research budgets will command Euro 1.9 billion from 2007-13 under a draft EU seventh framework programme (FP7). Other targeted research budgets under the Euro 54.5 billion scheme include Euro 5.9 billion on health and Euro 3.4 billion on nanotechnology, materials, and manufacturing

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BY KEITH NUTHALL

EU member states should not charge levies on deliveries of locally made primary food commodities to distributors, if some are exported without processing, the European Court of Justice has ruled. The precedent came in a case focused on a levy charged on shrimp landings, to help pay for Dutch peeling and sieving.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

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Under a compromise agreed by the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers food producers will be allowed to make promotional claims in respect of fat, sugar or salt provided that the other two ingredients comply with EU regulation or if the label states the product has a "high content" of them.…

BY MARK ROWE

NANOTECHNOLOGY, though in its infancy, is already having an influential bearing on the international drinks market. According to a study by consultant Helmut Kaiser, latest available figures indicate that worldwide sales of nanotechnology products to the food and beverage packaging sector jumped to US$860 million (Euro 687.5 million) in 2004 from US$150 million (Euro 120 million) in 2002.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

NANOTECHNOLOGY is poised to have a significant influence on the recycling industry, with scientists convinced that it will have a significant bearing on how we recycle objects and dispose of redundant items. Most recycling, of glass, paper or plastic takes place at the chemical level of complex molecules and bulk materials, and the presence of undesired elements and compounds often makes recycling difficult or uneconomic.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Parliament has struck a deal with European Union (EU) ministers agreeing two key EU food regulations: on health claims and adding nutrients. The former clarifies claims such as ‘low energy’, ‘low fat’, and ‘high fibre’, while the latter approves more than 100 vitamin forumulae as additives, banning them in unprocessed fresh foods.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed reforms to the scientific basis and transparency of decisions on approving or banning genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in foodstuffs. This follows concerns from member states that too many GM products are being approved for sale in the European Union (EU).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced reforms to the scientific basis and transparency of decisions on approving or banning genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in foodstuffs. Brussels wants the European Food Safety Authority to better liaise with national scientific bodies, to help resolve conflicting scientific opinions.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has checked the new long-term study on the carcinogenicity of aspartame conducted by Italy’s European Ramazzini Foundation, concluding there is no need to revise established Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) limits: 40 mg/kg body weight.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has called in a green paper for European Union (EU) member states to reveal the beneficiaries of Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) subsidies, whose management is shared by national governments and EU institutions. Brussels’ anti-fraud Commissioner Siim Kallas has been informally asking member states for a year to unveil data on subsidy claimants, because that would discourage fraudulent applications by farmers, food processors and storage facilities.…