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USDA, soybean groups study new China GMO rules
08-Jan-2002 - Top U.S. Agriculture Department officials and industry experts on Monday reviewed details of China's long-awaited rules for biotech soybeans and other genetically modified crops, which...
China's Ag. policy focuses on meeting demand for higher quality food
07-Jan-2002 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects China's imports of wheat, soybeans, vegetable oils, and cotton to rise in the years after accession to the WTO...
Will France lift ban on British beef?
07-Jan-2002 - French agriculture minister Jean Glavany indicated that France is not sure whether it will lift its ban on British beef, despite the ruling of the...
New beef labelling rules more information for consumers from 1 January 2002
03-Jan-2002 - From January 1, 2002, the rules for compulsory beef labelling will be tightened in order to give the consumers more detailed information on the beef...
FDA advisory panel to discuss new labeling for Wyeth-Ayerst's Rapamune
02-Jan-2002 - A group of advisors to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will meet on January 24 to provide recommendations to the agency about possible...
France's Glavany hints no early end to UK beef ban
26-Dec-2001 - French farm minister Jean Glavany gave another hint on Wednesday that Paris would not rush to remove its ban on British beef over mad cow...
FAO and WHO hold first global forum of food safety regulators
21-Dec-2001 - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) are to convene a Global Forum of Food Safety Regulators in Marrakech,...
US and EU banana dispute reaches an end
21-Dec-2001 - European Union agriculture ministers adopted regulations for a new banana-import system Wednesday, formally marking an end to a long-running dispute with the United States and...
Food fight continues between Parma and Helsinki
21-Dec-2001 - A battle between the Italian city of Parma and Finland's capital Helsinki over who should host a prestigious European food safety agency is rapidly turning...
UK Food Agency draws together discussion group on BSE
20-Dec-2001 - The UK Food Standards Agency is to draw together a representative group of consumer and food-industry stakeholders with a specific interest in BSE. The group...
European Food Summit scheduled for April 2002
20-Dec-2001 - The next European Food Summit entitled "Quality for a Confident Consumer" will take place at the Palais des Expositions in Brussels on 11 and 12...
Space rented in Brussels for new EFSA
19-Dec-2001 - The incapacity of European leaders at the Laeken summit this weekend to make a decision on the location of the new European Food Safety Authority...
Wrangles delay decision on EFSA location
18-Dec-2001 - EU leaders, after hours of wrangling, were cited as failing to take a decision on Saturday at their year-end summit on where to locate a...
Blair urges Jospin to resume British beef imports
18-Dec-2001 - Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged his French counterpart, Lionel Jospin, to allow British farmers to resume exports of beef to France, officials at a...
Thai food authority moves closer
18-Dec-2001 - A plan for the Agriculture Ministry to be the focal point of a new Food Authority of Thailand has been approved in principle by Prime...
BSE in Austria could raise organic stakes
18-Dec-2001 - Confirmation of the first BSE case in Austria this week is expected to boost demand for organic foods. However experts warn that any such boom...
Slovakia reports fifth mad cow case
17-Dec-2001 - Slovakia's fifth case of mad cow disease surfaced on Friday, three months after the country became the second central European state to discover the brain-wasting...
Food agency warns about choking sweets
17-Dec-2001 - The UK Food Standards Agency advised recently that children should not eat certain mini cup fruit jelly products that contain Konjac because of the risk...
Austria reports first BSE case
17-Dec-2001 - Austria has announced its first case of BSE. Discovered within the country's routine testing programme, the case was found in a middle-sized farm in Gmuend...
Cure the source, FAO comments on FMD crisis
17-Dec-2001 - Effective control of the global threat of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) requires a concerted international strategy to combat and control it at the source, including in...
France mulls over EU court hearing
17-Dec-2001 - France will make sure that it protects consumers as it decides how to respond to a ruling by the EU's top court that it is...
No BSE infectivity in gelatine, more evidence
14-Dec-2001 - All commonly used processes in the bovine bone gelatin manufacturing process that have the potential to remove and/or inactivate BSE pathogens, are totally effective, according...
EU court says French ban on British beef is illegal
14-Dec-2001 - France is breaking European Union law by banning British beef over fears of mad cow disease, the EU's highest court said on Thursday. The final...
Finland, last minute campaigning for food agency
14-Dec-2001 - Finland's prime minister said on Wednesday European Union leaders should agree to base a planned European Union food agency in Helsinki at an upcoming summit....
US urges EU to end GM Foods ban
14-Dec-2001 - A senior U.S. official said on Wednesday it was "urgent" for the European Union to find a way to end a three-year-old ban on approvals...
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