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CO2 TRADING
BY PHILIP FINE
IN the era of the Kyoto Protocol, where polluters pay more environmentally friendly businesses and services for ‘carbon credits’, a group has been formed to ready the food industry to profit from the situation. The Consortium for Agricultural Soils Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases groups nine US universities and several American government agencies to set out the financial benefits.…
GM APPROVAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union is inching towards breaking its de facto ban on approving new genetically modified foodstuffs, with its standing committee on the food chain and animal health discussing whether to approve the sale of a GM sweet corn (Bt-11), which is manufactured by Swiss company Syngenta to produces its own insecticide.…
CLONED ANIMAL FOOD
BY PHILIP FINE
AMERICANS are one step closer to eating food derived from cloned animals with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) releasing positive conclusions about its safety. It said that food products derived from animal clones and their offspring are likely to be as safe to eat as food from their non-clone counterparts.…
MACEDONIA DEAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has struck a food trade deal with Macedonia, which – if confirmed – will see Macedonian import duties on a range of EU meat products annually fall to half their current level by 2010, before being scrapped altogether by 2011.…
INTELLIGENT PACKAGING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed a regulation authorising the EU sale of food in ‘active’ or ‘intelligent’ packaging that interacts with a product, transmitting information to consumers about quality, highlighting mould for instance. They are currently banned on health grounds.…
EMEA - FDA COOPERATION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA) and the United States’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have launched their first parallel scientific advice procedure since September’s signing of a confidentiality agreement regarding such cooperation. This first pilot exchange of views follows a request from a (unnamed) pharmaceutical manufacturer for guidance on approving orphan medicinal products.…
AFGHANISTAN CENSUS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FIRST livestock census in Afghanistan has shown that 10 years would be needed to naturally restore national herds to an economically sustainable level, following losses caused by 22 years of war. The UN Food and Agricultural Organisation said there are currently 3.7 million cattle, 8.8 million sheep, 7.3 million goats and 12.2 million poultry in the country.…
GM APPROVAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union is inching towards breaking its de facto ban on approving new genetically modified foodstuffs, with its standing committee on the food chain and animal health discussing whether to approve the sale of a GM sweet corn (Bt-11), which is manufactured by Swiss company Syngenta to produces its own insecticide.…
ECJ UNILEVER
BY KEITH NUTHALL
RETAILERS cannot be forced to stock a food or drink brand in freezers or fridges, even when they are lent for free by a food manufacturer, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. It found against Unilever, (acting for Van den Bergh Foods, previously HB foods), which is arguing for the legality of “exclusivity” contracts.…
UNILEVER FRIDGE CASE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
RETAILERS cannot be forced to stock a drink or food brand in freezers or fridges, even when they are lent for free by a manufacturer, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. It found against Unilever, which has argued for the legality of “exclusivity” contracts.…