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Cloned steak and chips?
27-Nov-2001 - While world attention focused yesterday on a report of the first cloned human embryo, regulators were already at work looking at whether animal clones are...
French food inspectors hit the gourmet shops
27-Nov-2001 - France has kicked off its annual pre-Christmas war on substandard gourmet products, targeting inferior chocolate and bogus foie gras. Government inspectors will...
UK activists push for better conditions for broilers
26-Nov-2001 - A British animal protection agency launched a campaign on Friday to draw attention to the plight of broiler chickens - birds bred for their meat. ...
First BSE case in Slovenia
23-Nov-2001 - The Slovenian Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday a Swiss laboratory had confirmed Slovenia's first case of mad cow disease. The case of...
Food chain as vulnerable as its weakest link, states Fischler
23-Nov-2001 - Food policy and agriculture in Europe are intimately tied, so Dr. Franz Fischler, Member of the European Commission responsible for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries...
CSIRO invests in FMD control
23-Nov-2001 - Australia's diagnostic capability to deal with any potential large-scale outbreak of Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is to increase, the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation...
Dietary supplement linked to liver damage
22-Nov-2001 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned consumers this week to stop using the dietary supplement Lipokinetix®. According to the FDA...
T-bone steak could soon return to the table
22-Nov-2001 - T-bone steak came a step closer to reappearing on European menus on Tuesday after senior European Union officials said the removal of cattle vertebrae from...
Japan confirms second BSE case
22-Nov-2001 - Japan confirmed a second case of mad cow disease on Wednesday, deepening a health scare that experts say could turn Japanese away from beef for...
Location bid hots up for European Food Safety Agency
22-Nov-2001 - Finland's agriculture minister said on Wednesday he was confident his country would beat off a challenge from Barcelona to become the base for the European...
FTC clamps down on web sites
21-Nov-2001 - The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned Web site operators this week that products promoted as treating anthrax must be removed from the Internet. ...
Konjac ingredient warning
20-Nov-2001 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning consumers not to consume mini-cup jelly products with Konjac listed as an ingredient. This...
Sensitive labels reveal food damage
19-Nov-2001 - US food safety technology company Cox Technologies, Inc., announced this week a sales alliance with Volk Enterprises, Inc. Cox Technologies and Volk...
Single food agency, Bush revisits
19-Nov-2001 - The potential merger of the dozen or so US federal agencies that monitor food safety, an idea long popular among American Democrats, is getting a...
European Food Authority revision
19-Nov-2001 - In November 2000 the European Commission put forward a proposal for a Regulation laying down the general principles of food law and establishing the European...
Race case against Cargill
19-Nov-2001 - Twenty-five current and former African-American employees at Cargill, Inc. filed a sweeping, company-wide race discrimination class action case against the food distribution giant, a Business...
WTO farm deal a success, EU hails
19-Nov-2001 - Europe's farm chief Franz Fischler last week defended the deal hammered out by trade ministers in Doha to launch a new global trade round, saying...
Illegal food additive recalled
16-Nov-2001 - The Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) on Thursday, after consultation with State and Territory health authorities, has recommended a nation-wide recall of mini-cup jelly...
WTO closes and EU is upbeat
15-Nov-2001 - As the fourth World Trade Organisation drew to a close on Wednesday trade ministers from 142 countries reached a final agreement on a new round...
AFSSA proposes sheep ban
15-Nov-2001 - French food safety agency AFSSA on Wednesday proposed toughening a ban on lamb from flocks infected with scrapie because of concern that such meat could...
Food production must evolve, EU warns
14-Nov-2001 - At a round table discussion meeting with leading farming representatives, food producers, retailers, consumer experts and scientists in Madrid, EU Commissioner David Byrne for Health...
Canadian canola growers determined
14-Nov-2001 - Canada, one of the world's largest agricultural exporters, is planting ever more genetically modified crops, despite worries about a key export market and consumer concerns...
World organisations commit for food safety
14-Nov-2001 - At the recent WTO Conference in Doha, Qatar, five international organisations issued a joint statement committing themselves to help developing countries' participate more fully in...
Labelling laws leave EU in GMO quandary
09-Nov-2001 - Europe's attempts to solve a transatlantic row over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) by tough food labelling rules have yet to bear fruit, leaving the 15-nation...
US may tighten guidelines on drug approvals
09-Nov-2001 - US regulators are considering tighter guidelines for the approval of some drugs, making some of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies rethink their research efforts. The...
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