Europe Agri articles from May 2002

Europe Agri archives from May 2002

FOOD SAFETY: FAO CAUTIOUS ON SWEDISH RESEARCH ON ACRYLAMIDE IN FRIED AND BAKED FOOD.(Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2002... The Swedish food agency also announced that it had developed a new, rapid method for the analysis of acrylamide in foods. It said the risks associated with acrylamide were not new, but added that "emerging knowledge may make it possible to...

WINE: CLEARER LABELLING RULES ADOPTED.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2002... Mandatory terms.Adopted on May 2, the new Regulation specifies procedures for applying the basic Regulation (1493/1999/EC) as to the description, designation, presentation and protection of certain products. This lays down the mandatory terms...

GENETIC ENGINEERING: BELGIAN TRANSGENIC APPLE TREE TRIAL FACES UNCERTAINTY.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2002... After the destruction of the bioscience firm Aventis' experimental field trial with genetically-modified rapeseed in Alost, Belgium, by anti-GMO militants in April (see last issue of Europe Agri), the Belgian Environment Minister, Magda Alvoet,...

CAP: EPP-ED launches reform policy.(European Parliament proposals for agricultural reform)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2002... The largest political family in the European Parliament presented modest proposals for CAP reform on April 25. Launched to tie in with Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler's mid-term review, scheduled for mid-June, the EPP-ED document...

EU/AUSTRALIA: TIT-FOR-TAT CALLS FOR MORE FARM TRADE LIBERALISATION.(European Commission and Australia on the Doha Development Agenda)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2002... The European Commission and Australia have agreed to inject some urgency into the newly-launched Round of World Trade Organisation talks, known as the Doha Development Agenda. The EU's Ministerial with Australia in Brussels on April 18 also...

DANONE AND COCA-COLA SIGN PACT ON MARKETING EVIAN IN NORTH AMERICA.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2002... Danone and Coca-Cola Company have signed an agreement for marketing the Evian brand of mineral water in North America. The US soft drinks groupe will take charge of marketing, sales and distribution of the famous French brand in the region, the...

FIRST AQUA HOLDINGS GETS EU PERMISSION TO BUY SOUTHERN WATER.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2002... The European Commission has granted clearance, under the simplified merger review procedure, for First Aqua Holdings to acquire full control of the UK water board Southern Water plc, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Scottish Power UK plc. The...

DELAYS IN GREEK PRODUCTION ARE UNDERSTANDABLE, SAYS EUROPEAN COMMISSION.(organic farming)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2002... According to information published by the Greek organic certification authority, Greece is worst-placed of all the Member States with regard to organic agriculture. As far as organic livestock farming is concerned, the authority says that the...

ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY NON-EDIBLE OBJECTS.(in chocolates and other confectionaries)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2002... In support of her case, Ms Anna Karamanou pointed out that the Centre for Accident Prevention and Research at Athens University, which uses the European Home and Leisure Injury Surveillance System (EHLASS) to document accidents caused by...

FARM COUNCIL: DECISION ON POTATO STARCH LIKELY IN SHORT MEETING ON MAY 27.
May 24, 2002... Potato starch.The organisation of the potato starch market needs to be urgently agreed because the current system runs out at the end of June. The aim of the Commission proposal (COM(2001) 677) is to set the quotas for next three years...

MEAT: POULTRY SECTOR HAS PROFITED FROM BSE CRISIS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 24, 2002... Poultry is the second most popular type of meat in the EU after pigmeat, according to Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. Its recent spurt of growth can be largely attributed to the BSE crisis in the cattle sector.In...

COFFEE: VIETNAM JOINS INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION.(International Coffee Organisation)(Brief Article)
May 24, 2002... Vietnam has joined a UN intergovernmental organisation which promotes the production and consumption of coffee across the world. The South East Asian country, which is the world's second largest coffee producer, became a member of the...

AFGHANISTAN: EMERGENCY LOCUST EXTERMINATION CAMPAIGN.(Brief Article)
May 24, 2002... Two techniques are being used to deal with the locusts. In the mechanical method, villagers kill the locusts by digging ditches around where they have recently hatched and burying them. Sometimes they also collect the hatchlings or hoppers and...

AFRICA: CAMPAIGN TO ERADICATE TSETSE FLY.(Brief Article)
May 24, 2002... By eradicating the tsetse and with it trypanosomiasis, the FAO hopes to enable rural Africans to reclaim areas of their continent and greatly increase food production. The biting tsetse fly transmits a potentially fatal parasite, trypanosome,...

CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN SPRING 2002.
May 24, 2002... MAY27th Brussels, Belgium - EU Farm Council27-28th Maastricht, the Netherlands - "The European Food Safety Authority: responding to the high expectations on risk assessment and communication".EFSA is expected to become fully operational before...