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FISH FARMING INTERNATIONAL



From Alan Osborn
The European Parliament has acted under its own initiative to put

up a plan to protect the EU’s tuna industry – both the fleet and the

canning sector. The Parliament has approved a report by a Spanish member,

Daniel VARELA SUANZES-CARPEGNA, which urges a reversal of present EU

policy towards the industry and calls for creation of a new

properly-staffed and financed unit within the European Commission to deal

with tuna.…

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EU FOOD CAMPAIGNS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is to spend Euro 29.25 million on schemes promoting the consumption of fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy products in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Britain.…

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EFSA MOVE



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority said it will move to its new permanent home in Parma, Italy, by 2005 at the latest, following the long-awaited decision on its headquarters’ location being made by European Union (EU) heads of government in December.…

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EU MEAT PRODUCTION LAW



BY ALAN OSBORN
MAJOR changes in European Union (EU) legislation that could vitally affect the meat processing industry are in prospect this year with the main elements likely to be agreed before the summer break. The outstanding single item according to Jean-Luc Meriaux – general secretary of the European Livestock and Meat Union – is the so-called “hygiene package” of three regulations and a directive which will be considered by the European Parliament at its second (and usually final) reading in March.…

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LOW CARB FEATURE



BY PHILIP FINE

MANY key players in the US drinks industry have been trying to crash the low-carb party currently making aspects of the country’s food industry giddy with sales. The drinks producers have seen the statistics: 15 per cent of Americans (32 million people) are now following high-protein reduced-carbohydrate plans such as the Atkins Diet; sales of high protein items like meat, cheese and eggs are up and high carb products like potatoes and pasta are down or stagnant; and over 800 new products that make low-carb claims have been introduced in the last three years.…

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FRAUD POLL



BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN OPINION poll by European Union (EU) survey organisation Eurobarometer reveals widespread public concern about frauds against EU institutions, with 59 per cent of citizens disagreeing with the statement “fraud against the EU and its budget happens very rarely.”…

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UAE BEEF BAN



BY KEITH NUTHALL
Fast food restaurants in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are expecting a drop in business following a recent decision by the government there to ban beef products from U.S, according to trade sources. The country imports about 1,387 metric tons of beef each year.…

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OIE SCRAPIE/BSE



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE OFFICE International des Épizooties (OIE), the world animal health organisation, has warned that atypical cases of BSE and scrapie have been discovered in France and specialists are conducting follow-up studies. The six unusual BSE cases and three scrapie cases were discovered around the country during routine checks by the French Agency for Food Safety.…

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MACEDONIA DEAL



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has struck a food trade deal with Macedonia, halving import duties on a range of EU food products and ingredients by 2010, scrapping them by 2011. Affected products include chocolate, cocoa powder, sugar, poultry meat, bovine offal, sausages and many others.…

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OBESITY FEATURE



BY PHILIP FINE

THERE is a two-word prefix that seems to be coming out of every American food manufacturer’s new-product department: Low-Carb.

The US is fighting an obesity problem. A staggering (in some cases – literally) 64 per cent of the population is overweight and the number of people carrying more than 100 pounds over their ideal weight has quadrupled in the last 20 years to one in every hundred.…

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