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Tuna fleet dreams snared in B100m debt nightmare Bangkok (June 10, 2002) - Thailand's hopes of establishing its own deep-sea trawling fleet are floundering as its first tuna vessel, the Mukmanee, is becalmed in debts totaling about 100 million baht.
Phuket-based Thai Oceanic Tuna Fisheries www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7283
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Bangkok, Jakarta sign rice account trade deal Bangkok (June 10, 2002) - Thailand signed a rice trade deal with Indonesia on Friday that will allow it to swap the commodity for Indonesian goods including train wagons and aircraft, a Thai minister told reporters.
Thailand is the world's top rice www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7284
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Business upturn for National Fertiliser Bangkok (June 10, 2002) - Rising demand for fertilizer during the current crop season has prompted National Fertilizer Plc to operate its Rayong plant around the clock.
Chief executive Wisanu Niwesmarintra said the company had been able to www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7285
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Germany tries to reassure EU over food scare, as Belgium passes emergency laws Germany (June 10, 2002) - German officials said yesterday they hoped to avert a full European Union ban on German organic foodstuffs that may be contaminated with a cancer-causing chemical after Belgium passed emergency laws to do just that.
German www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7286
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Police arrest Zen-Noh execs in chicken labeling fraud case Japan (June 10, 2002) - Police today arrested seven executives of Zen-Noh Chicken Foods Corp. and a Kagoshima chicken-processing firm over a suspected food-labeling fraud.
The police in Saitama and Kagoshima prefectures started questioning the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7287
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Gene crops are no answer for world hunger - Bove Italy (June 10, 2002) - Genetically modified (GM) crops are no cure for world hunger but solely exist to benefit multinational corporations which patent GM seeds, French anti-globalization campaigner Jose Bove said.
"Genetically modified organisms www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7288
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South Korea says six cows tested free of foot-and-mouth South Korea (June 10, 2002) - World Cup soccer host South Korea said yesterday that six cows with suspected foot-and-mouth disease had tested negative, a day after the first case in cattle was confirmed by authorities.
South Korea's Agricultural www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7289
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Prosecutors indict former food company executives over Japanese beef mislabeling scandal Japan (June 10, 2002) - Prosecutors on Saturday indicted two former executives of a defunct, scandal-tainted food company for their alleged role in a beef mislabeling scandal that outraged Japan.
Snow Brand Foods Co., formerly Japan's No. 6 www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7290
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Vietnamese government gives incentives to agriculture, rural development Vietnam (June 10, 2002) - The Vietnamese government has devised an action program instructing relevant agencies to adjust policies so as to give incentives to agricultural production and rural development, Vietnam's official news agency VNA reported www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7291
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US pork industry tightens security against disease US (June 10, 2002) - New safety measures have the pork industry breathing easier about foot-and-mouth and other diseases this year, as farmers and producers gather for one of the industry's biggest annual events, officials said on Friday.
The World www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7292
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Polish farmers protest, but grain prices stable Poland (June 10, 2002) - Polish grain prices were stable this week and analysts saw them steady in the near term despite the government's plans to suspend cheap duty-free wheat imports and farmers protests against the cabinet's grain policy.
The www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7293
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Japan to send BSE investigators to Holland to probe feed plant Japan (June 10, 2002) - Farm minister Tsutomu Takebe said on Friday Japan will send two investigators to the Netherlands on Saturday to investigate allegations a Dutch-made animal fat product could be the source of mad cow disease in Japan.
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High pesticide-tainted Chinese spinach sold at convenience stores Japan (June 10, 2002) - Large quantities of pesticide residue have been found in frozen spinach from China that was in prepared meals sold at Lawson convenience stores, the Tokyo metropolitan government announced Wednesday.
The metropolitan www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7295
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US, Russia, China agriculture chiefs to talk trade next week US (June 10, 2002) - US Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman will meet with her Russian and Chinese counterparts in Rome next week to discuss trade disputes that have hampered US poultry and soybean exports.
The government officials will be in Rome www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7296
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US farmers hold out on selling new-crop soybeans US (June 10, 2002) - Chicago Board of Trade soybean prices soared to the highest level in 9-1/2 months this week, but most US farmers are still refusing to sell their just-planted crop for delivery this fall, analysts said on Friday.
The reason is www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7297
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Tea tipped as trendy drink in 21st century China (June 10, 2002) - Shi Yunqing, vice-chairman of the China Tea Circulation Association, claims that scientific research proves that tea can prolong life.
Research results show that tea contains more than 450 kinds of organic compounds and 15 www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7298
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Export drive is sending poor on wrong route Italy (June 10, 2002) - The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization's world food summit takes place this week in Rome with an agenda to increase global trade in food. This will be backed by assurances that this is the route to hunger and poverty www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7299
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Shrimp hits the fan on chloramphenicol US (June 10, 2002) - The situation regarding shrimp and chloramphenicol is about to get worse.
The state of Florida, which had quietly been doing chloramphenicol testing on shrimp since April, has expanded their testing program and has discovered 3 www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7300
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UK to step up pesticide checks UK (June 10, 2002) - Testing for pesticides on foods on sale in the UK is set to get much tougher after the head of the country's food safety body admitted that current testing methods are too weak, a newspaper claims today.
The "Independent on www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7301
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Columbia demands visas, contracts from Ecuador tuna vessels Colombia (June 10, 2002) - Ecuadorian tuna vessels operating in Columbian waters must apply for visas and work contracts to fish there following the publication of a decree by the Government of Columbia.
The Association of Tuna Fishermen of Ecuador www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7302
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US solons protect RP’s interest in tuna issue US (June 10, 2002) - Several American senators are trying to ensure that the Philippines will not be adversely affected by the passage of the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) which would allow tuna shipments from several South American countries to www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7303
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Indonesia urges shrimp, tuna importing nations not to impose duties Indonesia (June 10, 2002) - Indonesia yesterday urged shrimp importing countries not to impose discriminatory duties on its shrimp exports.
Director General of Institutional Capacity Improvement and Market of the Marine and Fishery Ministry Soempeno www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7304
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Italian minister announces scientific task force on GMO safety Italy (June 10, 2002) - "Italy must keep up the moratorium on GMOs [genetically modified organisms]. At least until science has dispelled the doubts as to the impact that agrobiotechnology has on man and the environment." Agriculture Policies Minister www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7305
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Thai shrimp farmers protest Airbus deal Bangkok (June 11, 2002) - Shrimp in the Eastern province of Chachoengsao yesterday sent a petition to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Thai
Airways International (THAI) president Kanok Apiradee, asking THAI to cancel plans to buy new www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7307
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Orders from food fairs exceed 1 billion baht Bangkok (June 11, 2002) - The Thaifex 2002 and Thaimex 2002 food exhibitions generated more than 1 billion baht worth of orders placed by foreign buyers, according to Banphot Hongthong, the director-general of the Export Promotion Department.
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Ministry accepts flexible Hom Mali rice standards Bangkok (June 11, 2002) - Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce has agreed to a flexible standard for Thai Hom Mali rice as directed by Prime Minister Thaksin
Shinawatra, but said that the setting of a quality standard for the rice was the duty of www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7309
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Exports from Southern Thailand show bright prospects Bangkok (June 11, 2002) - Exports from the Southern region look promising with the growth rate in April at its highest in the past nine months.
According to Phairot Hengsakul, Senior Director of the Bank of Thailand’s Southern Region Office, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7310
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Steakhouse venture on the road Bangkok (June 11, 2002) - After four years of running successful steak houses in Chon Buri and Surat Thani, brothers Meechai and Cherdkiat Meeju are ready to take their recipes nationwide with their "steakhouse on wheels" franchising concept.
Although www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7311
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Three more foot-and-mouth cases in South Korea South Korea (June 11, 2002) - Three more pigs tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease in central South Korea, where tens of thousands of pigs have been slaughtered since an outbreak of the deadly livestock disease last month, the government said today. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7312
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UN chief urges rich states to drop farm subsidies Italy (June 11, 2002) - United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan yesterday urged wealthy nations not to subsidize their agriculture, saying such protection prevented poor countries from competing in agricultural markets.
Asked whether rich www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7313
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Dutch worried over swine fever risk from Germany Netherlands (June 11, 2002) - A Dutch farmers group said yesterday that swine fever was in danger of spreading from neighboring Germany, but the government said it was doing all it could to guard against such an outbreak.
During the last outbreak in www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7314
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US poultry diverted into Russian storage Italy (June 11, 2002) - Russia has diverted some recent US poultry shipments into cold storage, preventing their direct access to local markets, US Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said yesterday.
Earlier this year, Russia banned US poultry imports www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7315
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EU considers action on German tainted feed Belgium (June 11, 2002) - The European Commission said yesterday it had called scientists to an emergency meeting to examine the discovery of a possible cancer-causing chemical in animal feed in Germany.
Germany has been shaken by the scare over www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7316
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Indonesia to increase import tariffs on food, agricultural commodities Indonesia (June 11, 2002) - President Megawati Sukarnoputri has agreed to
increase import tariffs on all food and agricultural commodities in the
near-term, Kompas daily reported, citing Agriculture Mnister Bungaran Saragih.
"We must adjust our www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7317
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Myanmar's marine products exports up in January, February Myanmar (June 11, 2002) - Myanmar exported 39,100 tons of fish and shrimp in the first two months of this year, up 189.62 percent over the same period of 2001 when 13,500 tons were sold abroad, the government Economic Indicators said in its latest issue. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7319
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Vietnam's agricultural export value to drop Vietnam (June 11, 2002) - Agriculture and Rural Development Minister of Vietnam Le Huy Ngo admitted that Vietnam's 2002 agricultural and forestry export value this year will drop 15 to 20 percent on last year's figure of US$ 2.6 billion.
The low www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7320
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Biotechnology helps protect US food crops from pests Canada (June 11, 2002) - Biotechnology is helping control diseases
and pests that take a bite out of US-grown crops, resulting in more food
production at lower costs and with less reliance upon pesticides, according to
a comprehensive study released www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7321
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Dutch organic farming growth falls short of goal Netherlands (June 11, 2002) - The amount of organic agricultural area in the Netherlands grew by 15 percent last year, data showed yesterday, but this fell short of a government growth target.
The amount of organic area grew to 31,009 hectares from www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7322
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USDA uncertain over soy sales to China Italy (June 11, 2002) - US Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said yesterday she was uncertain about prospects for US soybean exports to China due to new Chinese rules on genetically modified crops, but said she was optimistic.
Chinese soybean www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7323
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US highlights biotech as answer to hunger, developing countries say they want access Italy (June 11, 2002) - The United States justified its new farm subsidies and use of biotechnology yesterday amid criticism at the UN World Food Summit that its policies were stifling trade and harming poor farmers.
The two issues dominated the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7332
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Turkey’s northern region fresh produce exports up by 92% in 2002 Turkey (June 11, 2002) - The northern province of Turkey has reported a 92 percent increase in fresh produce exports for the first five months of 2002, according to a report from Mynet, based on information received from the Eastern Black Sea Exporters' www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=7325
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