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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU Council of Ministers has blocked a European Commission bid to lift national bans imposed by Austria, France, Germany, Greece and Luxembourg on eight GM maize and oil seed rape corn products. This was despite their already being authorised by the Commission and the European Food Safety Authority.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IN an increasingly crowded and polluted world, pursuing sustainability and using renewable resources in construction will inevitably become more important. The question is how? And as a result good examples of innovative transport systems, industrial practices and materials are on show at this year’s World Expo at Aichi, Japan.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU’S controversial 2002 food supplements directive is legally valid, the European Court of Justice has ruled, rejecting complaints by the UK health food sector over the law, in force from August 1. Because it allows only officially listed vitamins and minerals to be sold, the industry claims around 5,000 products are threatened, including more than 200 nutrients.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EU food manufacturers could finally secure cheaper sugar prices, after the European Commission announced its reform of the EU sugar common market organisation. It has proposed a 39% cut in the guaranteed price for EU sugar within a system of quotas, which will continue until at least 2015.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project is developing an information technology system that will provide real time advice to emergency services on reducing the damage from maritime disasters involving natural or man-made pollution. The DISMAR, or Data Integration System for Marine Pollution and Water Quality system is now being tested.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
WORLD sugar prices are likely to be stable until 2014, remaining between US$165-195/ton, predicted an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and UN Food and Agriculture Organisation study. The market “will be well supplied” it said.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN consumers will pay more for animal welfare-friendly food products but want such products more clearly labelled, according to an EU-wide survey: 74% of consumers believe they can improve animal welfare through shopping and 57% would pay more.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has ruled that in future, Spanish food products should not be marketed with the words ‘biológico’ or ‘bio’ if they have not been organically produced.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE KEY international organisations fighting bird flu have agreed a global strategy preventing the disease spreading worldwide and jumping species to humans. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Office International des Épizooties (OIE) – the animal health organisation – approved the plan at a conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ITALIAN government’s 1990’s injection of Euro 54.3 million to its national beef sector has been approved as complying with European Union (EU) state aid rules by the European Commission, which was considering whether to order their repayment.…