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Vitamin makers to settle lawsuit

11-Oct-2000 - Six global vitamin producers have agreed to pay $335m to settle a lawsuit in the US, in a continuing crackdown on vitamin price-fixing, the Financial...

Organic Sodium Bicarbonate approved

10-Oct-2000 - The UK Soil Association has approved an organic encapsulated Sodium Bicarbonate produced by TasteTech, a Bristol food technology company. The ingredient is encapsulated by coating...

US judge upholds FDA GM food position

10-Oct-2000 - A US judge last week upheld the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruling that genetically modified (GM) food products need not be labelled. The ruling...

EU to cut restrictions on US beef imports

29-Sep-2000 - The European Commission announced this week that it would be lifting testing restrictions and reducing the frequency of checks imposed since 1999, on all fresh...

Poland-EU reach food trade agreement

29-Sep-2000 - Poland and the EU have reached an agreement to free up trade in agricultural goods. The deal will allow around 75 per cent of current...

Clearer labelling required, Food Standards Agency states

25-Sep-2000 - The UK Food Standards Agency is to press for far reaching changes in European food labelling rules to provide clearer information for consumers, tighter controls...

US to introduce 'humane farming' labels

21-Sep-2000 - The US government is allowing farmers to display the new seal, "Free Farmed" on meat and dairy products to attest that they meet new voluntary...

UK food agency reports on BSE

15-Sep-2000 - The U.K Food Standards Agency is to start public consultation until the beginning of November on its draft report of BSE controls. Sir Joh Krebs,...

European Commission offers aid to tomato processors

14-Sep-2000 - The European Commission announced this week in the Council Regulation (EC) No 1928/2000 additional aid for tomato concentrate and derivatives for the 1999/2000 marketing year....

Brussels calls for clear labelling of eggs

12-Sep-2000 - The European Commission has unveiled plans for the compulsory labelling of eggs sold throughout the European Union. Under the new rules, which would replace existing...

WHO lobbied over infant food

08-Sep-2000 - Manufacturers of infant food are lobbying the World Health Organisation (WHO) to delay any change to its recommendations on the optimal length of exclusive breast...

FDA gives cholesterol-reducing spreads the go ahead

07-Sep-2000 - Anglo-Dutch Unilever and Finnish Raisio were given the go-ahead by U.S regulators to market their cholesterol-fighting spreads as proven cholesterol-cutting products for the first time....

EU farm ministers split over GM foods

06-Sep-2000 - European Union farm ministers meeting this week in Biarritz, France, were divided over how fast to clear new genetically modified crops and maintain public confidence...

New food safety centre discussed for Hungary

01-Sep-2000 - The Dutch Government is to help Hungary set up a regional food safety centre near Budapest, according to Laurens Jan Brinkhorst Minister of Agriculture, Environment...

New food safety centre discussed for Hungary

01-Sep-2000 - The Dutch Government is to help Hungary set up a regional food safety centre near Budapest, according to Laurens Jan Brinkhorst Minister of Agriculture, Environment...

UK BSE protection measures may change

23-Aug-2000 - Proposals to change current UK legislation on BSE protection measures - bringing it into line with new measures across the European Union - were issued...

New GMO labelling regulations in Australia

22-Aug-2000 - New regulations on labelling of genetically modified foods, made in Wellington, New Zealand last month by Health Ministers from New Zealand and Australian State and...

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