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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has undermined moves by Austria and Greece to block sales of GM maize and oilseed rape (respectively) which possess prior European Union (EU) market approval. EFSA concluded the countries have “no new scientific evidence, in terms of risk to human health and the environment”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
WORLD food standards body Codex Alimentarius has postponed approving a comprehensive global regime on rules of origin, after a clash between European countries wanting tough rules and others preferring a looser approach. It expanded its rules to most dairy products beyond their present focus on powdered milk, however.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FOOD manufacturers have been asked to follow an ethical practice guide in their advertising by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). *http://www.iccwbo.org/home/statements_rules/rules/2004/FINAL%20Framework%20for%20responsibe%20Food%20and%20Beverage%20Marketing.pdf…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project examining human health damage caused by endocrine-disrupting trace chemicals in food, is now operational. The CASCADE network hopes to increase public awareness and promote better decision on the subject. Endocrine-disrupting chemical residues disrupt hormone distribution and are linked to cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD’S food standards body, the Codex Alimentarius, has approved an international code of practice on ‘good animal feeding’, establishing a global feed safety system for livestock “in order to minimise risks to the health of consumers.” It advises on reducing environmental health problems associated with particular feeds, (such as antibiotics).…

BY ALAN OSBORN
WE don’t need reminding that industry is generally harmful to the environment but less understood is the potentially quite damaging ecological effect of rising agricultural production throughout the world. This theme came through pretty loud and clear at the Consumers, Farmers and Food conference held at the Royal Institute of International Affairs last week (5-6/July), in London.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GENERAL guidance for GMO risk assessors and commercial product market approval applicants, issued for consultation by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), should help create formal rules on such studies, some delegates told a Brussels meeting. Others wanted more detailed advice.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
MOVE over Harry Potter trading cards. Make way for deformed child victim of polio and newborn afflicted with tetanus trading cards. Yes indeed folks, disease cards complete with gory, graphic pictures and interesting facts on the back are making the rounds in school playgrounds across the United States.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MONSANTO has secured authorisation for selling NK603 genetically modified maize as animal feed in the European Union (EU). This licence lasts for 10 years, but imports can only commence once an approval for the maize to be sold as a food product is secured.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU and USA are to intensify cooperation on regulation, with an agreed ‘road map’ highlighting nutritional labelling work involving the US Food & Drug Administration and the European Commission. They will “examine the scope of nutritional labelling, nutrient definitions and energy conversion factors”.…