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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority scientific panel on biological hazards has called for additional research into the risk to consumers posed by BSE-linked prion proteins in beef tongues. The panel has advised there is insufficient data to draw firm conclusions.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AROUND one-third of global meat exports – 6 million tonnes – are currently being restricted by animal disease outbreaks, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has claimed. This could amount to world trade losses of up to US$10 billion (GBP 5.57 billion), if import bans extend throughout 2004, it said.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union-funded research consortium is developing an industrial system for producing biodegradable plastics from whey, separated from milk curd during cheese-making. Around 30 per cent of the 50 million tonnes of whey produced in Europe annually is currently discarded, and the Euro 1.6 million WHEYPOL project is creating process to synthesise polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) generated from whey into plastic.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission’s proposed regulation reforming European Union (EU) food and feed controls is close to final approval, with the acceptance of the reform package by the European Parliament. Crucially, MEPs agreed amendments informally agreed with the EU Council of Ministers, so a swift final rubber-stamping is now anticipated, with the law coming into force January 1, 2006.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AROUND one-third of global meat exports – 6 million tonnes – are currently being restricted by animal disease outbreaks, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has claimed, maybe losing world trade up to US$10 billion if import bans extend throughout 2004.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has started its scientific work on ingredient safety advice in earnest, issuing a series of notices. Its scientific panel on biological hazards has called for additional research into the risk to consumers posed by BSE-linked prion proteins in beef tongues, for instance, which are currently considered safe.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
OFFICIALS from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency have traced feed given to cows that caused two cases of BSE in Canada and the USA and suspect that some imported British feed could be to blame. It was fed to the animals as calves, prior to the introduction of comprehensive tissue bans for feed.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) is concerned that countries hit by the recent bird-flu outbreak are preparing to restock flocks before proving the virus has been eradicated by tests. The FAO said without these precautions, the disease might “flare up again”, noting that some Asian countries were already preparing to declare flu-free zones.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has approved as safe for turkeys and sows the feed additive Finase. It is designed to improve phosphorus utilisation in monogastric animals fed cereal-based diets, lowering phosphorus excretion. It has already been provisionally approved for fattening chickens, pigs and piglets, but EFSA could not conclude it was safe for laying hens.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE US government has released further details of its free trade agreement with Morocco. Processed poultry will gain immediate duty free access to Morocco, while lower tariff quotas have been opened for US fresh beef and poultry, to be expanded in the next few years.…