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GLOBAL CEREAL SUPPLIES SHOULD FALL IN 2009 SAYS FAO
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GLOBAL reduction in cereal output is predicted in 2009 compared to 2008’s record levels, the UN’s Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has predicted. Falling prices has led to smaller plantings in Europe and the United States, while drought has hit winter wheat production in China and India.…
FOOD INDUSTRY KEEPS CLOSE EYE ON DOHA DEVELOPMENT ROUND AS OFFICIALS KEEP NEGOTIATIONS ALIVE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN food and drink industry has been keeping a weather eye on negotiations in Geneva at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), where stubborn attempts are being made to keep alive the Doha Development Round on liberalising global commerce.…
BIOFUELS POSE RISK TO BIO-BASED OILS AND FATS TREND IN COSMETICS SECTOR
BY MARK ROWE
FOR the past 10 years, the message from the environmental movement has been "biofuels good, fossil fuels bad". And the search for alternatives has exercised many industries, not least the cosmetics sector, which widely uses mineral oils, but has increasingly been looking for ways to use bio-based oils and fats.…
COMPANY REFORM HAS HELPED SHISEIDO GET IN SHAPE FOR THE RECESSION
BY JULIAN RYALL
WHILE other companies are suddenly looking to cut overheads, trim the fat from their operations or find other ways to batten down the hatches to survive the global economic turmoil, Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido Co. claims it sees the downturn as an opportunity.…
NATURAL FIBRES YEAR LAUNCHED BY UN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A UNITED Nations International Year of Natural Fibres 2009 is aiming to encourage developing countries to be imaginative in their processing of cotton, flax, sisal, hemp, wool, alpaca, cashmere, camel hair and angora, to seize new export markets.…
UN CLOSE TO PORT BAN FOR ILLEGAL FISHING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NEGOTIATORS are close to forging an international agreement that would ban vessels involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing from ports worldwide, conserving fish stocks within developing country seas and oceans. The United Nations Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has been hosting the talks, and has reported that the "general outlines… on ‘port state’ measures that would deny vessels engaged in IUU fishing access to fishing ports are largely in place."…
SLAVERY LIVES ON SAYS UNODC AND UNESCO
BY KEITH NUTHALL
UN cultural organisation UNESCO and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have both released reports saying that slavery is alive and well across the world, despite its legal abolition. UNESCO’s paper Unfinished Business says human trafficking, sexual servitude and child labour have similar aspects to historical slave systems.…
CHINA'S BOOMING HYDROPOWER SECTOR IS CAUSING SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
BY MARK GODFREY
THE BUREAUCRATS and engineers who run China’s booming hydropower sector will be in listening mode in April when the world descends on Beijing for the second International Conference on Hydropower Technology & Equipment. The theme of this year’s government-sponsored gathering – ‘Sustainable China Hydropower Industry’ – reflects worries about the environmental impact of recent massive hydropower projects in China.…
INTERNATIONAL REPORT ON FOOD AND DRINK REGULATORS WORLDWIDE
BY ALAN OSBORN
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Every country has its own food and drink regulatory body or bodies: in the first place to ensure that its citizens eat safely and in the second to help safeguard its position in the rapidly-growing world food trade.…
COSMETICS MAJORS MUST MARKET TO DISTINCT ISRAEL AND ARAB MARKETS IN MIDDLE EAST
BY PAUL COCHRANE
THE COSMETICS and personal care sector in the Middle East is one of the fastest growing in the industry worldwide, registering 12% annual growth in the three years to 2008, and valued at US$2.1 billion, according to trade experts Epoc Messe Frankfurt (EMF).…