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BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
THE ANIMAL rights group People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has taken its battle against Kentucky Fried Chicken to India, demonstrating in Bangalore outside a branch of the fast food chain. One activist was dressed as a crippled chicken, to the bemusement of passers-by.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS the diplomatic impasse crystallised at Cancun recedes into memory, the World Trade Organisation is facing what may be the sternest test of its eight year existence: can a body of 146 members actually agree comprehensive trade deals by consensus?…

BY PHILIP FINE

A NEWLY developed farm-to-fork database system could help better trace the source of food poisoning outbreaks in beef cattle. Developed in the USA by Kansas-based VeriPrime Inc, the system labels each animal with a coded metal tag, bearing birth and slaughter information.…

BY PHILIP FINE

FOUR US states have taken the country’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to court, claiming the federal agency has not adequately curbed the nation’s pesticide use and is harming children’s health in the process. The attorney generals of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts say the EPA is not adhering to the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act, which dictates strict limits on pesticide use and stipulates that food commonly consumed by children must have pesticide levels 10 times lower than those of adults.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IN 1995, when I visited the Laos capital Vientiane, it was a sleepy place; a quiet low rise French colonial town on the banks of the Mekong, a listless, aimless, but charming mix of Soviet-style socialist monuments, Buddhist temples and Provencal town houses.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IN 1995, when I visited the Laos capital Vientiane, it was a sleepy place; a quiet low rise French colonial town on the banks of the Mekong, a listless, aimless, but charming mix of Soviet-style socialist monuments, Buddhist temples and Provencal town houses.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THERE are many sights that one can rely on seeing in Paris every day. Patrons lining up at bakeries for fresh baguettes, traffic-filled streets choked amongst stunning architecture, perfectly lit River Seine views and busy cafes packed with people sitting, side-by-side, sipping over-priced drinks while watching other people walk by.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA) and the USA’s Food and Drug Administration have struck a deal on regulatory cooperation, entailing the swapping of advance copies of draft rules, guidance, marketing authorisations and supervision notes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority is on the move, but is still staying in Brussels for now. Its management board has authorised the rental of larger temporary premises as the agency grows from its current 50 staff to a planned 200-300 complement in 2005.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
DETAILED rules guiding European Union (EU) countries on handling future outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD) have been approved by the EU Council of Ministers. Under pre-existing European legislation, member countries were not encouraged to use vaccination as a front-line response to FMD, and the movement of vaccinated animals were banned for a year.…