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2001-10-26 to 2001-11-01
E.U., Republic of Guinea extend fisheries pact E.U. (October 26, 2001) - The E.U. and the Republic of Guinea have agreed to extend the current Protocol to their Fisheries Agreement for another year, from January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2002.
The conditions will remain exactly as they are now and www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5437
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Monterey Mushrooms launches ‘Clean N’ Ready’ package U.S. (October 26, 2001) - Monterey Mushrooms, a leading mushroom marketer based in Watsonville, CA, announced the launch of its new ‘Clean N’ Ready’ sliced white mushroom package as part of its 30th anniversary celebration.
‘Clean N’ Ready’ is a www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5438
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Queensland could end up paying entire cost of fighting banana disease Australia (October 26, 2001) - Queensland banana growers have vented their anger against their counterparts in Western Australia and New South Wales, for not committing funds to fight the fungal disease, black sigatoka.
Experts have estimated it could www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5439
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Iran buys 100,000 tons of Thai rice Bangkok (OCtober 26, 2001) - Iran has bought slightly more than 100,000 tons of rice from Thailand, the commerce ministry's permanent secretary Karoon Kittistaporn announced today.
"Iran has recently bought a bit over 100,000 tons of rice from Thai www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5440
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European feed makers seen stepping up purchases The Netherlands (October 26, 2001) - Northern European feed manufacturers plunged into the market this week, after holding back due to a strong dollar, and they still have more buying to do, traders said yesterday.
In the medium term, a tightness in www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5441
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Tyson Foods chairman stepping down U.S. (October 26, 2001) - Tyson Foods, Inc., senior chairman Don Tyson is stepping down from his post just weeks after the completion his company's acquisition of IBP, Inc.
The company says Tyson, who announced a progressive retirement plan in 1995, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5442
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Researchers sequence two salmonella genomes U.K. (October 26, 2001) - Two Salmonella species, a multliple drug resistant Salmonella typhi and Salmonella typhimurium, have just been fully sequenced.
S typhi is responsible for typhoid fever in human beings, a serious invasive bacterial disease www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5443
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Peru's shrimp sector needs investment to reactiviate Peru (October 26, 2001) - The president of the Peruvian Shrimp farmers Association (ALPE), Patricia Tizon, says the domestic shrimp aquaculture sector is experiencing a very critical situation, which could result in some companies going bankrupt.
The www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5444
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Japan may let curbs on farm imports from China expire Japan (October 26, 2001) - Japan may not reinstate as a full measure the ongoing emergency curbs on agricultural imports when the restrictions expire November 8, so as to allow for flexibility in negotiations with China, Economy, Trade and Industry www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5445
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Biotec upbeat on potential for development Bangkok (October 29, 2001) - The National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (Biotec) will promote Thailand as one of the Asia-Pacific region's centers for Biotechnology in an attempt to improve export competitiveness and reduce trade www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5446
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Panel set to discuss export master plan Bangkok (October 29, 2001) - The Commerce Ministry is to submit the final draft of its master plan for exports to the Export Development Committee on Thursday.
The plan outlines export strategies up to 2004, said Banphot Hongthong, director-general www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5447
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Small farmers call for better technology Bangkok (October 29, 2001) - The Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives must work harder to develop new technologies that improve the quality of farm produce, farmer groups urged.
“Appropriate technology is the only means for small farmers to www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5448
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Congress considers how to protect food supply from terrorists U.S. (October 29, 2001) - After attacks from the air and the mail, officials in the United States worry the country’s food supply could be next. The government considers the most likely targets to be fruits and vegetables that people eat raw, and cattle www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5449
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Nestle poised to scoop up Haagen Dazs U.K. (October 29, 2001) - Nestle AG, the world's biggest food company, is poised to take control of Haagen-Dazs, one of the best-known brands of luxury ice cream, in a deal that should value the dessert brand at up to £ 1 billion (US$ 1.437 www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5450
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Trade ministers face tough task at WTO Qatar meet Switzerland (October 29, 2001) - Ministers from the 142 member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) face a tough task if they are to agree to launch new negotiations on freeing global trade when they meet in Qatar next month, diplomats said www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5451
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Tokyo to exempt MBM made of pigs, chicken from overall ban Japan (October 29, 2001) - Japan’s farm ministry has decided to issue an ordinance to exempt meat and bone meal (MBM) made of pigs' blood and chicken meat and feathers from its overall MBM ban, ministry officials said.
The ordinance allowing farmers www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5452
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Artisanal fishermen trained for deep-sea tuna operations Malaysia (October 29, 2001) - The Deputy Minister of the Fisheries Department, Datuk Seri Mohamad Shariff Omar, says that almost 40 artisanal fishermen are currently being trained in deep-sea operational skills and techniques at the Fishing Institute in www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5453
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IRRI says ‘super rice' ready for farming The Philippines (October 30, 2001) - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) said yesterday that a re-engineered variety of high-yield, pest-resistant rice was now ready for distribution to farmers.
"It's an important step forward in the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5454
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Midwest, Plains would benefit least from U.S. farm bill overhaul U.S. (October 30, 2001) - The corn and soybean-growing states of the Midwest and northern Plains would benefit the least in percentage terms from an overhaul of the U.S. farm program pending in Congress, a think tank says.
The analysis by the Food www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5455
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Australia’s tuna fishermen happy with CCSBT outcome Australia (October 30, 2001) - Australia’s tuna fishermen left this month’s Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) meeting with a smile, insisting it had been positive despite Greenpeace Australia’s allegation that it had www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5456
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Mad cow disease takes down Nagano meat firm Japan (October 30, 2001) - Japan's mad cow disease financially decimated its latest victim yesterday, a Nagano Prefecture meat wholesaler that collapsed with 140 million yen (US$ 1.48 million) in debts.
The business, Torimatsu, plans to file for www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5457
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E.U. reports says GM crops ‘probably safer than conventional ones’ - The E.U. Commission recently published the findings of some 81 Brussels-funded research projects conducted by over 400 scientific teams in the E.U. over the past 15 years on the safety of genetically modified (GM) crops.
It failed to find any new www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5458
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Ledovo opens mushroom farm Russia (October 30, 2001) - The Ledovo group of companies, a producer of seafood products and frozen mixed vegetables, has opened a champignon mushroom farm on the Moscow outskirts in the Shchelkovo region. The group's general director Nadezhda Bolotova www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5459
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Report shows Malaysia needs to increase seafood production Malaysia (October 30, 2001) - A new report entitled “Tuna Fisheries in Malaysia: Final Draft and Comments” by the Fisheries Department says that by 2010, the country would need about 1.6 million tons of seafood to meet the needs of a growing population. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5460
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Thailand's growth forecast revised downwards Bangkok (October 30, 2001) - The Bank of Thailand (BOT), the country's central bank, has revised its estimates of the economic growth for this year and next year downwards to 1.3-1.8 per cent and 1-3 per cent from 1.5-2 per cent and 3-4.5 per cent www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5461
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Sweeter bulkier kiwi’s in France as a result of warm spell France (October 30, 2001) - The largest French kiwifruit supplier based in south-west France, Sikig, has said that despite a shortfall of some 10 per cent that is expected throughout Europe, the company’s kiwi stocks this year will be of a high quality, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5462
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Farmers asked to detail needs under career program Bangkok (OCtober 30, 2001) - Farmers in the government's debt-suspension program will have until November 30 to specify what assistance they want under a related career rehabilitation program.
The government had hoped to finish the process by www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5463
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House passes e-transaction law, scope to be studied Bangkok (October 31, 2001) - Two years after the first draft was written, the Electronic Transaction Law has finally been given Parliamentary approval and is expected to be enforced around February next year, although concerns are being voiced about the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5464
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Report says Deren waives right to patent new rice strain Bangkok (October 31, 2001) - Chris Deren, the American plant geneticist who developed a new strain of jasmine rice to thrive under conditions in the United States, has agreed to sign an agreement with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5465
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Cargill buys Montedison's Cerestar stake U.S. (October 31, 2001) - U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill Inc. said yesterday its acquisition of a 56-per cent stake in French starch maker Cerestar for 474 million euros (US$ 427.4 million) will boost its presence in the value-added food products sector. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5466
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Zoellick raps Japan's stance on WTO trade talks U.S. (October 31, 2001) - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick yesterday accused Japan of blocking global farm trade liberalization talks and called the Japanese trade policy ''narrow-minded''.
Zoellick unleashed a blistering attack on Japanese www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5467
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Vegetable consumption in China well above world average China (October 31, 2001) - China's annual vegetable yield has continued to increase over the past 20 years, raising the per capita consumption of vegetables to 311 kg, well above the world average of 105 kg, according to sources.
The increase is www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5468
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Japanese freezer vessels face criticism in Australia Australia (October 31, 2001) - Japanese freezer boats that anchor off Port Lincoln during the southern bluefin tuna harvest have come under attack during what is a Federal election year in the country.
Also, for the first time during the past www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5469
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More Vietnamese rice growers switching to shrimp farming Vietnam (October 31, 2001) - An increasing number of domestic rice growers are now switching to shrimp farming. In the Can Gio region near Ho Chi Minh City there are currently 1,600 farms in a 4,000-hectare area producing almost 1,400 tons, valued at 114 www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5470
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Cabinet approves import tariff cuts Bangkok (October 31, 2001) - Cabinet ministers yesterday approved a plan by the Finance Ministry to cut import duties on some 217 tariff lines as part of a plan to improve the country's industrial competitiveness.
Implementation of the cuts, however, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5471
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Air Invest in talks over sale of poultry processing plant Hungary (October 31, 2001) - Air Invest, owned jointly by OTP Bank and the Hungarian Foreign Trade Bank (MKB), is in talks with Zagyvarekasi-Poultry on the sale of its poultry processing plant, the daily Napi Gazdasag reported.
MKB and OTP purchased www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5472
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Windward banana production slumps Windward Islands (October 31, 2001) - Bernard Cornibert, CEO Of the Windward Islands Banana Development & Exporting Co. (WIBDECO), said that banana production in the islands was way below what is necessary for the industry to remain viable, according to www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5473
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Meat industry vows to improve slaughter procedures U.S. (November 1, 2001) - Meat-industry executives admit they're losing a public-relations battle with animal-welfare activists over slaughter practices, and say they will adopt more compassionate procedures at their slaughterhouses and meat-processing www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5474
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Transparent support policies vital to success of commodity futures market Bangkok (November 1, 2001) - The Thai government should make its agricultural support policies more open and fair so the country's soon-to-be-launched commodity futures exchange will succeed, its president said yesterday.
Once the commodities to be www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5475
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Japan, China resume talks in Beijing over farm products China (November 1, 2001) - Japan and China today resumed senior working-level negotiations aimed at settling disputes involving Japan's import curbs on three farm products mainly from China and China's retaliatory measures.
The talks are expected to www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5476
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Scientists call for more detailed data from deepwater fisheries E.U. (November 1, 2001) - European research on deepwater stocks requires more detailed information on where fishing takes place and in what depths of water, the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) has concluded. The detailed www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5477
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Sanford’s profits down sharply New Zealand (November 1, 2001) - Sanford - one of the few public companies involved in the New Zealand fishing industry - last week presented its Annual Report to shareholders outlining its trading position for the past year. Overall profitability was www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5478
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Russia to reduce tariffs on some fruit, vegetable imports Russia (November 1, 2001) - The Russian government commission on protective measures in foreign trade have announced that they will begin lowering tariffs on certain fruit and vegetable imports to Russia , the business news magazine Vedomosti, reported. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5479
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Call for agreement to share profits from new rice strain Bangkok (November 1, 2001) - American plant breeders taking part in a United States jasmine rice program must sign a benefit-sharing agreement with Thailand's Plant Variety Protection Committee, Thai biodiversity advocates demanded yesterday.
Chris www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5480
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Monsanto under fire for 'pirating' Chinese soy strain China (November 1, 2001) - Transnational agro-chemical giant Monsanto is under attack from Greenpeace for seeking to patent a natural gene sequence originating from a wild Chinese species of soya.
Some experts have labeled Monsanto's actions as www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=5481
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