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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is sending veterinary experts to North Korea to help control an outbreak of bird flu. Pyongyang fears there have been outbreaks on between two and three poultry farms in one the country’s few growing sectors.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A FORMER American government veterinarian – scheduled to speak at Canada’s parliament this week – has claimed the US government is hiding cases of BSE in the United States. Speaking in Edmonton, Canada, Dr Lester Friedlander said United States Department of Agriculture ex-colleagues have told him of cases that the USDA has chosen not to announce.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A UNITED Nations panel appointed to monitor the observance of sanctions still imposed against troubled west African state Liberia has criticised a secret diamond mining deal struck by its transitional government. A UN Panel of Experts said this was with a West Africa Mining Corporation (WAMCO), financed by the privately owned London International Bank Limited.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A UNITED Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) report has predicted the growth of wood as a power source, noting European forests produce more than is harvested, and countries are developing policies to use surpluses in modern wood-fired energy production.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
WHAT does a paint industry do when its closest neighbour is a huge industrial giant with massive manufacturing capabilities and large product innovation budgets? Unfortunately, when examining the Canadian paint sector, the answer is not one of David and Goliath but rather a more practical and unromantic approach.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States and the European Commission have agreed a new duty regime for imports of husked rice into the EU, adjusting duties every six months between Euro 65/tonne, 42.5/tonne or 30/tonne.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel has told the European Union (EU) to open up its geographical indication protection system to include traditionally made drinks (and foodstuffs) from non-EU countries. The system currently protects EU-made products such a Champagne and Bordeaux, insisting that they are made in their home regions by traditional methods.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations has suspended two staffers over the Iraq Oil for Food programme scandal, while Secretary General Kofi Annan considers their fate. Former programme chief Benon Sevan and former UN sanctions branch head Joseph Stephanides may formally respond to corruption allegations.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A MICHIGAN, USA, company recently gave employees a choice: quit smoking or lose your job. And although this could be considered an effective way to fight nicotine addiction, public health officials do not see it that way. Four employees from Weyco, a firm that manages benefit plans for workers on behalf of other companies were shown the door in January after refusing to take a nicotine test on whether they had smoked since a deadline of January 1, this year.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
AN AMERICAN company from Michigan recently gave his employees a choice: quit smoking or lose your job. Four employees from Weyco, a firm that manages benefit plans for workers on behalf of other companies, were sacked in January after refusing to take a nicotine test on whether they had smoked since a deadline of January 1, this year.…