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BY KEITH NUTHALL
A PUBLIC consultation of national health specialists has been launched, with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) asking how they check dangers posed by jointly genotoxic and carcinogenic compounds in foods. Methods vary across Europe, sometimes producing contrasting advice on dealing with these materials.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THAT poor environmental standards harm people’s health is the raison d’etre of environmental health officers committed to improving living conditions across the board. And that the world’s environment is becoming ever dirtier and polluted is a universal assumption: but by how much?…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A FORMER American government packing plant veterinarian says the US government is hiding cases of BSE in the United States. During a speech in Edmonton, Canada, Dr Lester Friedlander stated ex-colleagues with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have told him of cases the department has chosen not to announce.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is sending veterinary experts to North Korea to help control an outbreak of bird flu. Pyongyang fears there have been outbreaks on between two and three poultry farms in one the country’s few growing sectors.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INDUSTRIAL system where collagen is manufactured from crushed pig and chicken bones collected at slaughter houses has been declared safe by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which was examining the risk of it passing on BSE or related diseases.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has suggested that the EU rules of origin, establishing from which country an imported product is legally produced or manufactured, be simplified to boost trade. In a green paper, Brussels maintains these regulations are too complex, especially regarding food and drink.…

Keith Nuthall
THE INDIAN government is considering allowing foreign accounting firms to conduct audits in India, a privilege that has so far been reserved for accountants or partnerships registered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. It is consulting Indian business on the idea, which could be written into a formal offer to liberalise the country’s services sectors through the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of glycerol ester of gum rosin to adjust the density of citrus oils used in manufacturing beverages. The FDA, said a memorandum released by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has also ordered that the additive’s concentration may not exceed 100 ppm (parts per million).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL initiative to raise Asian food safety standards to those required by the European Union (EU) for imports has been launched with the support of the European Commission. It is donating Euro 597,000 to the SELAMAT project to create a network of European and Asian food institutes, swapping information and best practice on meeting EU health-based food regulations.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
NEGOTIATORS at the WTO’s Doha Development Round agriculture talks are assessing which existing food duties are ‘high’, ‘medium’ and ‘low’, to help them decide tariff cuts. Member countries have promised to attack high duties, but the deepness of the cuts will be influenced by how many tariffs are labelled ‘high’.…