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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States and Canada have been asked to lift Euro 120 million of extra tariffs levied against European Union (EU) exporters following the imposition of a hormone treated beef directive that the European Commission claims satisfies a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling on the matter.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A SUPERMARKET boom in sub-Saharan Africa is raising standards in food production and distribution, which many small producers struggle to meet, said the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). It says the growth of mass retail in South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana and Swaziland is having “a direct impact on the lives of millions of small farmers.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
RETAILERS cannot be forced to stock a drinks 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, (acting for Van den Bergh Foods, previously HB foods), which is arguing for the legality of “exclusivity” contracts.…

BY PHILIP FINE

WITH organic food consumption rising in the US, some companies are taking more risks and expanding their operations. Organic producer, Dakota Beef Company, LLC has announced the acquisition of a 20,000 square-foot plant that will be retrofitted to an organic operation, the company’s first of three planned processing facilities in South Dakota.…

BY PHILIP FINE

A NEW study has revealed that American toddlers consume 30 per cent more calories than they require. The Feeding Infants & Toddlers Study, a telephone survey commissioned by baby-food maker Gerber Products Co., found that US children that are one-to-two-years-old consume an average of 1,220 calories.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has overturned a ruling from its junior Court of First Instance, which allowed Wrigley to register ‘Doublemint’ as a trademark. The ECJ said the lower court should have considered whether the term was so generally descriptive, it could be useful to rival food manufacturers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MOROCCO and the European Union have struck a food trade deal that will lead to both sides lowering their respective tariffs and widening import quotas for poultry meat. The deal is expected to boost the trade between them in all meats.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority has ruled that the presence of semicarbazide – a chemical produced in the heat treatment of jar and bottle rubber sealants – should be reduced in foodstuffs and drinks, for health reasons. The foods concerned are fruit juices, jams, honey, baby-food, mustard, sauces, ketchup, pickles, sterilized vegetables and mayonnaise.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has agreed to allow the use in the European Union (EU) of the new sweeteners salt of aspartame-acesulfame and sucralose, but has used its political muscle to insist on a safety review. This would be staged two years after market approval is finally secured.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
CONCERNS have been raised in Norway about an increased risk of food poisoning from eastern European meat imports following the accession of former communist countries to the EU next May. Professor Eystein Skjerve, of the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, told the Norwegian press that these countries did not have adequate food safety systems.…