Danisco took its second field samples of beets; and according to
the results, the company expects an overall production well above
the quotas specified by the EU, but lower than the record
production of recent years.
The Italian Health Ministry announced on September 4 that Italy has
introduced measures to check for the presence of carcinogenic
substances in low-grade olive oil.
The EC said it had opened an in-depth, four-month probe into plans
by the German sugar producer Südzucker AG to buy French sugar maker
Saint Louis Sucre S.A.
The WTO ruled in favour of the European Union in a dispute with the
United States over a long-running legal battle between alcoholic
beverage giants Bacardi and Pernod Ricard.
On July 17, British and German agriculture ministers said they
would push for radical restructuring of the European Union's
agricultural policy to take account of the environment as well as
food production.
The European Union has complained at World Trade Organisation talks
about countries keeping wide bans on EU livestock and other goods
despite the curbing of foot-and-mouth.
In a statement released on July 11, the European Commission said
that the ban on exports of live animals susceptible to
foot-and-mouth disease and the ban on untreated fresh meat and
fresh milk and milk products from Britain, due...
On July 5, the Spanish government urged consumers to continue using
olive oil after a low-grade oil derived from olives was removed
from store shelves...
The EU Environment Committee has adopted the report by Paul Lannoye
on the draft Council regulation concerning the simplification of
five vertical directives...
The European Union's meat processing liaison group, Clitravi, has
called on the European Commission for more support to boost the
industry following foot...
The European Commission welcomed the US decision this week not to
extend the wheat gluten quota. Following this move by the US the
Commission will not...
The Directorate General Health and Consumer Protection (SANCO D4)
of the European Commission issued a discussion paper this week
which aims to present...
The European Commission agreed on Wednesday to permit the marketing
of Canadian "Icewine", a specialised dessert wine made from grapes
frozen on the vine...
The Hungarian Government is pushing for a full lifting of the ban
on meat and food product shipments to Russia, according to Péter
Balás, Deputy State...
Chiquita, the US banana producer, reported yesterday a 89 per cent
drop in first quarter net income, as it struggles to avoid
bankruptcy. The world's...
The European Commission has submitted to the Member States a
working paper on the future strategy on the use of meat-and-bone
meal (MBM) in Europe which...
French dairy and biscuits Groupe Danone said it has halted
construction of a global research center in Palaiseau, near Paris,
after the Ile-de-France...
Danish sugar, food ingredients and packaging group Danisco
announced this week that is is to sell its flexible packaging unit
to a new joint venture led...
The European Commission this week cleared the acquisition of
Unilever's European Culinary Brands Businesses (ECBB) by US group
Campbell Soup Co. The sale...
Despite vigorous preventive measures by the French government, the
second case of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) was confirmed in France
on 23 March, 10...
Denmark faces legal action in the European Court of Justice over
its refusal to allow food enriched with vitamins to be marketed in
the country unless...
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced this week that
food products imported from European Union (EU) countries that had
been detained in...
Australia on Wednesday banned all meat and dairy products and
livestock from the European Union following the news that
foot-and-mouth disease had reached...
The United States and Europe declared a temporary ceasefire in
their trade battles onFriday, hoping new talks in a long-running
dispute over bananas...
The European Court of Justice on Thursday ruled Sweden's ban on
alcohol advertising to be obstacle to the free movement of services
within the EU and,...
Following a management committee on March 2 the European Commission
presented its proposal to introduce special market measures for
cattle older than...
The European Commission has granted regulatory clearance to the
acquisition by Cargill Inc. of Agribrands International, a
U.S.-based producer and marketer...
A proposal for a European Directive to cover food supplements,
wasadopted by the European Parliament's Committee on the
Environment, Public Health and...
Leading banana producer Chiquita Brands International Inc.,
currently facing financial difficulties, has filed a lawsuit
seeking 564 million euros ($525)...
EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy and Chilean Foreign Minister
Soledad Alvear have agreed to bring to an end a 20 year old dispute
on spirits, and reached...
The European Union will raise tariffs on U.S. corn gluten imports
next week in response to U.S. tariffs on wheat gluten, a spokesman
said Friday, Associated...
The Belgian government has sought an explanation from Stephen
Byers, UK tradeand industry secretary, for his decision to order
Interbrew, the Belgianbrewer...
The most radical shake up for 25 years of the European Union's food
hygienerules was announced by Ireland's Commissioner last July. By
Raymond O'Rourke.
Irish Commissioner David Byrne unveiled a major initiative on 8
November 2000 aimed at regaining the confidence of European
consumers in the food they eat.