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BY MARK ROWE

NANOTECHNOLOGY is set to dramatically enhance the packaging process across a range of industries in the next few years. Major areas of development include enhancing the performance of packaging materials, prolonging shelf life, antimicrobial packaging and interactive packaging.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

THE EUROPEAN Commission has demanded reports from the 25 European Union (EU) member states on risks posed to consumers from benzene contamination of soft drinks, before deciding whether EU legislation may be required. Philip Tod, (CORRECT SPELLING) Commission spokesman for health and consumer protection told just-drinks.com…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority is looking for comments on its latest draft rules on food microbiology testing. Deadline for comments: May 31. *See http://www.efsa.eu.int/science/biohaz/biohaz_consultations/1427/biohaz_consultation_micro_criteria_en2.pdf

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BY KEITH NUTHALL

MEAT, food production and retail businesses have been advised by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to adopt high cleanliness standards to prevent the spread of salmonella in pork, which it acknowledges a serious health risk. In new advice, EFSA said: "Pork, after eggs and poultry meat, is a major source of human foodborne salmonellosis in the European Union (EU)".…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE FOOD industry has been advised by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to adopt high cleanliness standards to prevent the spread of salmonella in pork. In new advice, EFSA said: "Pork, after eggs and poultry meat, is a major source of human foodborne salmonellosis".…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

WORLD food standards body Codex Alimentarius has drafted revised guidelines for the production of many famous cheeses. These include cheddar, camembert, brie, mozzarella, edam, gouda, emmental, cottage cheese, cream cheese, saint-paulin, provolone, havarti, as well as coulommiers, danbo, samso, tilsiter, whey cheeses and dairy fat spreads.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has cleared without conditions the proposed acquisition of the food ingredients business of Germany’s Degussa by US-based Cargill.

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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has released its latest batch of statistics on food production and processing across the EU. *http://bookshop.eu.int/eubookshop/FileCache/PUBPDF/KS5105473ENC/KS5105473ENC_002.pdf

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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Parliament environment committee wants food businesses freed of tough authorisation procedures for health claims proposed by the European Commission, where they do not involve protecting consumers against illness. Here "a quicker and more flexible registration procedure" than originally proposed in a health claims directive should apply.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EU health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou has demanded information from biotech food giant Syngenta, requesting confirmation of the reliability of a test for genetically modified BT10 maize. This follows concerns from the Community Reference Laboratory for GMOs for Food and Feed that "false negative" results could arise.…