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KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has called for additional research into the presence of a potentially toxic insecticide in farmed fish. EFSA has concluded that while there is wide knowledge possibly harmful levels of camphechlor are present in fish and fish oil (for human and livestock consumption), it fears “substantial data gaps…on oral toxicity for farmed fish.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EU health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou has been angered by European food processors using the carcinogenic dye Sudan 1, despite controls being introduced in June 2003. These insisted on food ingredients and products being tested for the dye. Kyprianou said he was “concerned old stocks of chilli appear still to be used by food processors”, after Sudan 1 was found in British Worcestershire Sauce.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) health and consumer protection Commissioner Markos Kyprianou has expressed dismay at the continued use by European food processors of the carcinogen Sudan 1, despite EU-wide controls being introduced in June 2003. Brussels’ emergency decision then insisted on food ingredients and products being tested for the dye.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH
RURAL development will be the CAP’s cornerstone for at least the next decade in its twin ambitions of creating regional growth and supporting farmers who need to modernise, promises the recently arrived European Union (EU) agriculture Commissioner, Mrs Mariann Fischer Boel.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
MCDONALD’S has launched an advertisement campaign promoting exercise and balanced lifestyles, including commercial spots that say: “Maybe you should spend less time with your TV.” The move comes as the fast-food giant faces a reinstated lawsuit from two teenagers seeking to make the company liable for obesity and heart problems they claim resulting from eating McDonald’s food.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has confirmed its conclusion reached last year that British cattle has only a moderate risk of being infected with BSE, under Office International des Épizooties (OIE) guidelines. EFSA’s Scientific Panel on Biological Hazards assessed new surveillance data from the UK government, covering outbreaks up to last September (2004) before making its latest decision.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EVERY vegetable farmer knows that planting methods are crucial to the success of a crop: spacing seeds, nurturing them with water and feed, protecting them from pests. Well, this is a good analogy for the current state of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) agricultural liberalisation talks in Geneva.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GUIDANCE for companies applying for market approval for a new food contact packaging substance has been issued by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA): see http://www.efsa.eu.int/science/afc/afc_guidance/722/afc_guidance_foodcontact_note_mar2005_en1.pdf…

BY DEIRDRE MASON
DO product and food alerts work? For consumer safety, it is essential that they do, but the global nature of today’s markets means that the recall net has to be cast over a vastly wider area than in the past.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have warned the food contaminant acrylamide may be of public heath concern, because it does cause cancer in animals. A joint report has rebuffed suggestions that acrylamide is not carcinogenic, calling for continued efforts to reduce its presence in food.…