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BY KEITH NUTHALL
LIMITS on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in food have been set by the EU standing committee on the food chain and animal health for fish, foods containing fats and oils and those subject to some smoking or drying processes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WTO has agreed detailed rules on helping poorer food exporting countries meet health rules demanded by rich importing states. Its sanitary and phytosanitary committee has agreed procedures allowing developing countries to challenge new rules, detailing how rich governments can help with technical assistance or extended compliance deadlines.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EAT your greens! Children may not like them, but they are healthy. But, what about those pesticide residues?….What is the risk of chronic poisoning these young delicate bodies? How can the risk of not eating vegetables be balanced against dangers faced from contaminants and pollutants?…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the creation of a retail joint venture in the Baltic States, run by Scandinavian food retailers Kesko Oy, of Finland, and ICA AB, of Sweden and Norway. This new business will buy and sell daily consumer goods in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, combining the two Scandinavian company’s existing outlets in the region.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITISH holding company Candover has welcomed the European Commission clearing its sale of French and Italian frozen food chain Picard to another investment vehicle BC Partners for more than Euro 1.3 billion. The sale brings Candover a 2.7-times return on its 2001 acquisition of Picard in 2001, when it bought the chain from French retailer Carrefour in 2001 for Euro 920 million.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU Council of Ministers has approved a European regulation allowing the use of ‘intelligent materials’ in food contact packaging that inform consumers about freshness. The legislation however bans substances used to mask food spoilage and materials changing food colours in ways maybe misleading consumers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GM maize NK603 has been cleared by the European Commission for sale in the EU as food and in derived products such as starch, oil, maize gluten feed and meal.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
TOLERABLE daily intake levels have been set by the European Food Safety Authority for organotin compounds, widely used as anti-fouling paints in ships, wood preservatives and pesticides.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched public consultation on developing harmonised risk assessment procedures balancing the benefits of eating particular foods against the dangers of contaminant exposure. The idea is to create a European Union (EU)-wide approach to dietary advice, based on hard science.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITONS are failing to eat enough fish and could lose potential health benefits as a result, a specialist paper from the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned. Written by Dr Diane Benford, it says: “Most people in the UK do not eat enough fish.…