Breaking News on Food & Beverage Development - EuropeUS edition | Asian edition
Headlines > Legislation
Snow Brand Milk scandal spirals downwards
25-Feb-2002 - The latest food scandal involving Snow Brand Milk Products hit this weekend after Japan's biggest dairy company said it had altered expiry dates on butter....
Food safety report tackles emerging problems in a complex food chain
22-Feb-2002 - The evolving characteristics of food, technology, pathogens and consumers make it unlikely that the consumer marketplace will ever be entirely free of dangerous organisms, according...
EU amends controls on US hormone-free beef
22-Feb-2002 - The European Union has made recommendations to end the strict controls on hormone-free beef products imported from the US, having found no traces of hormones...
EU gains new powers in food safety legislation
22-Feb-2002 - The European Commission has unveiled a sweeping reform of food safety legislation, giving itself more powers to take emergency steps in crises such as the...
Concerns that modern food packaging could favour food poisoning
21-Feb-2002 - Growing consumer appetite for ready-to-eat meals with a minimal preparation time and few preservatives has led to increased production and sales of chilled ready meals,...
US milk supply gets good grades from FDA
21-Feb-2002 - The latest accounting for 2001 milk sampling has been released by the Food and Drug Administration's National Milk Drug Residue programme. The FDA tests found...
German fast food reacts to 'mad cow' scare
20-Feb-2002 - The latest "mad cow disease" scare in Germany got a boost over the weekend after reports that the McDonald's fast food restaurant chain in Germany...
Food industry information centre tackles terrorism
20-Feb-2002 - In the US, the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) signed an agreement this week to establish a public/private sector...
Independent UK group approves new health claim
19-Feb-2002 - The UK Joint Health Claims Initiative (JHCI) this week adopted and published advice from leading scientists promoting the role of fruit and vegetables in helping...
DEFRA increases efforts to stop illegal meats
19-Feb-2002 - Efforts to stop illegal meats being brought into Britain are being stepped up with a new publicity drive at ports and airports, the UK Department...
Signs that GM anxiety easing in UK
19-Feb-2002 - Public anxiety over GM foods may be waning, according to the latest survey into attitudes towards food commissioned by the UK Food Standards Agency. A...
Vegetable nitrates may be linked to cancer, new research
18-Feb-2002 - New research claims that the use of nitrate fertilisers in growing vegetables could be the cause of the fastest growing cancer in the UK, reports...
Parma ham v Asda stores in European court
18-Feb-2002 - The European Court of Justice will this week hear a case brought by the Parma ham consortium against UK supermarket chain ASDA over mislabelling Parma...
Labelling in Canada refused: 'an absurd double standard', declares group
15-Feb-2002 - Arguments over genetically modified ingredients continue to storm the world over and calls for the labelling of GM foods are certainly a common theme. In...
Belgian agriculture official arrested amid pig-feed scandal
15-Feb-2002 - A senior official at Belgium's Agriculture Ministry has been arrested following the discovery of new cases of pig feed that had not been tested for...
Anti-GM groups fight back in Australia
15-Feb-2002 - The battle continued on Thursday between the Australian New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) and anti-GM lobby groups when GeneEthics director Bob Phelps declared that Food...
New evidence of salmonella in US turkey products
15-Feb-2002 - A consumer group has found evidence of high levels of disease-causing salmonella in raw turkey products from five US plants, including those owned by ConAgra...
Biotechnology: 'muddling through' hampers European progress
14-Feb-2002 - Europe may soon be left behind on new technologies due to the lack of a common objective regarding genetically modified organisms (GMOs), said Franz Fischler,...
Firm words from food agency chief
14-Feb-2002 - Following a statement last week over genetically modified foods Ian Lindenmayer, managing director of the Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) on Wednesday expressed his...
EU revises Thai rice quota
14-Feb-2002 - The European Union has pledged to review existing limits placed on Thai rice and tapioca later this year, according to Thai Commerce Minister Adisai Bodharamikm,...
Compensation for European beef farmers
14-Feb-2002 - The European Commission has today authorised Austria to pay income aid worth a total of some € 8.94 million to beef farmers who have suffered...
European food industry receives aid for new quality label
14-Feb-2002 - The European Commission this week authorised Germany (Bavaria) to pay aid worth a total of € 3.5 million in the year 2002 for the introduction...
Codex session on milk and milk products
13-Feb-2002 - The Fifth Session of the Codex Committee on Milk and Milk Products will be held in Wellington, New Zealand from the 8 to 12 April...
Farm bill displeases meat packers
13-Feb-2002 - The US Senate voted this week to maintain a ban on meatpackers raising livestock or overseeing independent feedlots, despite warnings it could cause huge disruptions...
Oman bans Filipino food products
13-Feb-2002 - Fears that fish, dairy products and vegetables from the Philippines are contaminated with cholera bacteria have led the Oman government to ban a whole range...
Spotlight
  Dietary salt intake linked to gastric cancer riskA new study investigating a link between high salt intake and risk of gastric cancers could add... |
 Stevia buyers beware: There are some ‘awful’ extracts out there…While traders “jumping in and out of the stevia marketplace” are disrupting prices and standards by peddling... |
 Daily dose of diet soda may increase heart attack risk: StudyPeople who drink diet soft drinks could be at an increased risk of suffering from heart attacks... |
