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BIRD FLU ROUND UP FAO MIDDLE EAST AFRICA WARNING EU RESEARCH EU AID
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GLOOMY assessment from the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that not only could bird flu now be endemic in Turkey but that there is a serious risk of migratory birds from Africa this Spring carrying the pathogen further afield.…
EFSA PANEL EXPERTS RECRUITMENT CALL - INTERNET ERRORS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has extended a deadline for applications by food industry experts to join its specialist panels and committees, after admitting to "recurring technical problems with on-line applications" via its Internet site. Applicants now have until February 17 to ask for a position.…
GM MAIZE APPROVAL - EUROPEAN COMMISSION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the sale within the European Union (EU) of three GM maize lines produced by US biotech company Monsanto: GA21 and MON863 (for food and food ingredients) and MON863x810, for industrial processing, mainly animal feed.…
CARGILL-DEGUSSA MERGER EU COMPETITION INVESTIGATION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has launched an in-depth competition investigation into the planned acquisition by US-based Cargill of the food ingredients business of German company Degussa. Brussels fears the deal may restrict competition in food emulsifier lecithin supplies.
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EFSA ZOONOSES DISEASE ASSESSMENT REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FIRST detailed EU report on serious food and animal diseases that can harm or kill humans has been released by the European Food Safety Authority. This paper includes data on 2004 for pathogens, including salmonella, campylobacter, listeria, VTEC, mycobacteria, brucellosis, yersinia, trichinella, echinococcus, toxoplasma, cysticerci sarcocystis, rabies and e-coli.…
GM MAIZE APPROVAL - EUROPEAN COMMISSION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the sale within the EU of three GM maize lines produced by US biotech company Monsanto: GA21 and MON863 (for food and food ingredients) and MON863x810, for industrial processing, mainly animal feed.
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EFSA GM MONITORING ADVICE - UNEXPECTED HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has overhauled its advice on the monitoring of genetically modified organisms in foodstuffs, to ensure they do not spark unexpected health and environmental problems after being authorised. Its GMO panel says that general surveillance, designed to identify unexpected risks that were not anticipated in any earlier studies, should always be included in a food company’s environmental monitoring plan.…
EU LIVESTOCK ANIMAL WELFARE IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAMME - SPECIAL WELFARE LABEL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ACTION plan on improving the welfare of livestock could lead to a European Union (EU)-wide labelling system identifying meat produced from animals given above average care and attention. This idea is part of a European Commission welfare programme for 2006-10, announced on Monday (23-1) by EU health and consumer affairs Commissioner Markos Kyprianou.…
EU ENERGY POLICY, BIOMASS, EMISSIONS TRADING, GLOBAL WARMING, SECURITY OF SUPPLY
BY DEIRDRE MASON
THE MEDIA rush to pick up on the revival of nuclear energy as a serious UK option, made plain in the Department of Trade and Industry’s recent Energy Review consultation document, has diverted attention from which tail will, in practice, be wagging the UK energy dog over the coming months.…
EFSA CONTAMINATED BABY MILK SEIZURE ITALY ROW
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INQUIRY by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has concluded printing ink ingredient 2-isopropylthioxanthone (ITX) does not pose serious health risks at contamination levels sparking the seizure of 30 million litres of Nestlé liquid baby milk in Italy.…