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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE RULING Commission of the Codex Alimentarius is this week considering approving two new codes of practice covering hygienic practice for meat and minimising antimicrobial resistance. Codex is also considering simplifying its rules, replacing 10 individual hygienic meat practice codes with one new science-based meat-hygiene guideline, prepared with the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GLOBAL tea production hit a new record high in 2004, growing 2% to reach an estimated 3.2 million tonnes, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has reported. The expansion was mainly due to increases in Turkey, China, Kenya, Malawi, Sri Lanka and Indonesia, offsetting declines in other major producing countries, notably India and Bangladesh.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FOOD companies seeking trademark registration for brands or slogans should demonstrate their popular association with particular products amongst consumers and industry professionals, the European Court of Justice has ruled. This came in guidance over whether Nestlé can secure trademark rights to “have a break…” for Kit Kat confectionary.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A RECENT USA Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report has found many online pharmacies declaring they are based in Canada, selling cheap drugs under local liberal medicine sales laws, are actually based in the US or outside North America, in Vietnam and the Czech Republic, for instance.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE WELFARE of farmed fish is a key part of detailed guidelines on transporting livestock issued by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). It says, for instance: “Fish should normally be loaded and unloaded without being put into air, provided with high oxygen availability in the water and maintained at a stocking density” meeting their needs.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
ALTHOUGH it sounds like a chocolate teapot, organisers of this year’s world Expo in Aichi, Japan, are claiming a world first: the creation and construction of a biodegradable plastic exterior wall. Made from biodegradable materials including corn-starch and food waste, the plastic has been manufactured and treated to not degrade, unless it is buried.…

KEITH NUTHALL
FARMED fish are generally as safe and healthy to eat as wild fish, a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) panel has concluded, noting: “Overall…with respect to their safety for the consumer there is no difference between wild and farmed fish”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has accepted amendments to food labelling regulations approved by the European Parliament. They would compel manufacturers of vitamin and mineral-enriched foods to print recommended daily intakes on labels, alongside a warning not to exceed this allowance.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut
BUSINESS has not always been easy for American soft drinks companies operating in the Middle East in the past five years. Companies have had to grapple with campaigns boycotting American products, political instability, war and alternative colas trying to gain market share.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has cleared the proposed acquisition of the food ingredient business of the Denmark’s Chr. Hansen, by French investment company PAI Partners.…