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BY KEITH NUTHALL
EXPORTS and imports of sugar containing products sold between Switzerland and the European Union (EU) are now totally liberalised, under a food free trade deal agreed last October and now in force, with remaining duties and restrictive quotas being scrapped.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WORLD sugar market forecast for 2005 from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) indicates world sugar consumption (144.8 million tonnes) will surpass global production (831,000 tonnes) for the second consecutive year, stabilising prices.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
DEVELOPING countries struggling with rich country food health standard regimes should tackle the problem strategically, focusing initially on their most important exports and sectors where compliance with foreign sanitary legislation is easier, said the World Bank. Food Safety and Agricultural Health Requirements: Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Country Exports – http://www-wds.worldbank.org/servlet/WDS_IBank_Servlet?pcont=details&eid=000160016_20050125093841…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced plans to bring forward by three months – to April 1 – its planned introduction of tariff preferences for developing countries for those states affected by the Tsunami disaster. European Union (EU) tariffs cuts will follow for a wide range of food products exported by India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN food sector has been asked to comment on possible future changes to EU labelling laws for packaged goods. Companies have until March 15 to complete an online form provided by Brussels, which wants to harmonise EU labelling laws.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE REHABILITATION of Tsunami damaged mangroves would help repair environmental damage caused by the Asian disaster, said the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, but large-scale planting should be undertaken carefully where they could replace other valuable ecosystems, such as sea grass beds.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
NORWAY’S alcohol advertising ban has been undermined by a European Free Trade Area (EFTA) Court ruling, which says that the Norwegian Alcohol Act breaks trade freedom rules of the European Economic Area (EEA) agreement. The act could be justified only, said the ruling, “where the protection of public health against the harmful effects of alcohol can be secured by measures having less effect on intra-EEA trade”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EU ministers and the European Parliament have been asked to approve a free trade deal negotiated between the EU and Syria, which would entail both parties phasing out over 12 years import duties on a wide range of their respective food exports.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GUIDELINES on ensuring foodstuffs can better be traced from original producers to manufacturers, distributors and retailers have been released by the European Commission. They help environmental health officers and the food industry comply with the general food law 178/2002 in force since January 1, which insists dangerous food is removed from circulation.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has fined three companies Euro 216.91 million for operating a cartel for monochloroacetic acid, a food thickener: the Netherlands’ Akzo Nobel; France’s Atofina – now Arkema; and Germany’s Hoechst.…