Legislation

Headlines > Legislation

Email this page News by email Send a press-release

Codex meetings explained

28-Nov-2001 - Codex Alimentarius Commission - the body charged with developing a food code - continues to draw world attention to the field of food quality and...

European ban on MBM may relax in future

27-Nov-2001 - A European Union ban on meat-based livestock feed, imposed over fears of mad cow disease, could in future be relaxed for certain types of animals,...

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 scour food shop...

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 bovine spongiform encephalopathy...

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...

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 the supplement has...

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. In...

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 move follows recent...

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 Enterprises, a privately...

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...