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BY MONICA DOBIE
A SHIPMENT of green onions from Mexico has recently killed three people and sickened more than 600 in the United States. The onions – served up at Mexican restaurant chain Chi Chi’s – carried the Hepatitis A virus.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) retailers will not now face duties of 13-30 per cent being slapped on US exports of clothing and food, (including fruits and vegetables, orange and grapefruit juices), in retaliation for protective American steel duties. The move follows the announcement by the Bush administration that it was scrapping temporary ‘safeguard’ steel tariffs.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has struck a food trade deal with Macedonia, which would see Macedonian import duties on a range of EU confectionary products and ingredients fall by half by 2010, being scrapped by 2011. Affected products include chocolate, cocoa powder and sugar.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
POLITICAL leaders in Brussels have been pressed to promote the planting of poplar and willow trees across the European Union (EU) to promote rural development, soil stability and biological de-contamination of ground pollutants. The call has come from the United Nations’ (UN) Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), which runs a statutory body called the International Poplar Commission.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has warned live animal tests need to be carried out on a new poultry feed BioPlus 2B, based on a mixture of two micro-organisms, bacillus licheniformis and bacillus subtilis. In vitro studies of the feed, already approved for fattening chickens and turkeys, raised some doubts about its effectiveness.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GROUP of reduced calorie fats – salatrims – has been approved by the European Commission as novel food ingredients in the European Union (EU). They are triacylglycerides used in bakery products and confectionery, particularly chocolate, for products aimed specifically at dieters.…

BY PHILIP FINE, in Montreal

CANADA’S food inspection agency is investigating the possible dangers posed by energy bars and weight-loss preparations, as well as the veracity of claims made by their manufacturers. The federal government unit launched the probe after finding many products contain substances with pharmacological activity, excessive levels of vitamins and minerals, undeclared common food allergens and fraudulent claims of health and performance benefits.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE US Food and Drug Administration is to order by February that all medication sold to hospitals must bear supermarket-style bar codes, in a bid to reduce medical errors. More advanced scanners will also be made available, warning of any patient allergies and other important information guiding doctors when prescribing drugs.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
SALES on leading brand chocolate bars have decreased in Britain because consumers are snubbing what they regard as “unhealthy” foods. Nestlé Kit Kat saw a drop of 9.1 per cent, whilst Twix sales decreased 4.3 per cent, say figures from the Grocer.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of the obesity drug Xenical for adolescents, the first time a weight loss drug has been allowed to treat children in America, of whom 15 per cent are obese.…