Europe Agri articles from December 2005

Europe Agri archives from December 2005

NO BIRD FLU RISK FROM PROPERLY-COOKED CHICKEN AND EGGS, SAYS FAO.(Food and Agriculture Organization )(Brief Article)
December 8, 2005... Poultry and eggs are safe to eat if they are cooked properly, but no birds infected with avian influenza should enter the food chain, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation said on December 5. The message comes in the wake of the...

RENEWABLE ENERGY: COMMISSION ACTION PLAN SEEKS TO PROMOTE USE OF BIOMASS.
December 8, 2005... The Commission reckons the measures set out in its plan will increase the use of biomass to about 150 million toe by 2010 (compared with 69 million in 2003) without increasing the intensity of agriculture or significantly affecting domestic...

NEW PUBLICATION: FAO'S STATE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2005.(Food and Agriculture Organisation)(Brief Article)
December 8, 2005... The State of Food and Agriculture 2005, published by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, examines the impact of trade liberalization and reform on world hunger and poverty. The FAO says the current debate on agricultural trade and trade...

BIODIESEL PLANT TO BE BUILT IN MANNHEIM.(Diester Industrie International )(Brief Article)
December 8, 2005... Agribusiness company Bunge Europe announced on December 5 that its subsidiary Diester Industrie International (DII) will build a biodiesel plant in Mannheim (Germany). The plant, which is due for completion in August 2006, will produce...

CALENDAR OF EVENTS.(Calendar)
December 8, 2005... December 8-9 Kingsway Hall Hotel, UK - A Practical Seminar on Agricultural Policy "Understanding the Common Agricultural Policy". This two-day seminar offers a complete overview of the most important aspects of CAP. In its 18th year, the...

EU PROPOSES HARMONISED RULES FOR ORGANIC FOOD PRODUCTS.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2005... There could soon be a set of common rules to govern organic food production throughout the 25-nation EU if new legislation proposed by the Commission on December 21 is approved by the member states. The proposed Regulation, which would apply...

FISH COUNCIL: MINISTERS AGREE WATERED-DOWN CUTS IN TACS AND QUOTAS FOR 2006.
December 22, 2005... Deeper cuts resisted. All the member states gave their backing to the final deal on quotas for 2006, except the Swedish delegation which abstained as a mark of its dissatisfaction with the Baltic Sea quotas. The final deal on Total...

CALENDAR OF EVENTS.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
December 22, 2005... January 2006 14-15 Berlin, Germany - "GMO-Free Regions - biodiversity and rural development". Second European Conference on GMO-free Regions. The conference will bring together representatives of GMO-free regional and local governments...