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Vietnamese rice prices firm despite harvest peak Vietnam (August 1, 2002) - Loading for government deals are keeping Vietnamese rice prices firm even though the harvest of the Mekong Delta's summer-autumn crop is peaking, traders and industry officials said on Wednesday. "Exporters are loading for www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9085
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Supachai says trade should help development Bangkok (August 1, 2002) - The World Trade Organization will strive to make international trade "more friendly" to poorer countries, the incoming chief of the global trade body said Wednesday. Supachai Panitchpakdi, a former Thai commerce minister www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9086
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India says situation worsens in drought-hit areas India (July 31, 2002) - Indian Farm Minister Ajit Singh said on Wednesday the situation in many drought-hit areas has worsened but there was no cause for alarm as the country had enough grain stocks and foreign exchange reserves. The June-September www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9087
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Fish dish seeks instant success Nakhon Ratchasima (August 1, 2002) - Something with a ``fishy'' smell is in the wind - it's a humid day and almost 200 villagers, including students and monks have gathered in front of their local administration office. But it's not a protest. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9088
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Canadian Wheat Board weekly world crop weather review Canada (August 1, 2002) - Following is a snapshot of world crop
weather conditions in major grain and oilseed areas compiled weekly by the
Canadian Wheat Board -
Western Canada (last updated July 30, 2002)
Alberta
A band www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9089
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Fruit and veg-eating smokers 'cheat illness' UK (August 1, 2002) - Smoking makes you prone to serious chest illnesses - but eating plenty of fruit and vegetables is likely to cut the risk, say experts. Scientists have always wondered why some heavy smokers fall ill as a result of their habit, but www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9090
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US sends pointed message to Russia on behalf of American companies US (August 1, 2002) - Armed with harrowing stories of death threats and shadowy guards seizing their factories, American corporations have gotten the U.S. government to put the squeeze on Russia in a campaign that is benefiting from good timing. The www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9091
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Pesticide kills '500' Indian farmers India (August 1, 2002) - Several Indian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) say at least 500 cotton farmers are estimated to have died in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh due to exposure to pesticides last year.
The NGOs which study www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9092
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US, Russia fail to reach poultry trade deal - USDA US (August 1, 2002) - Russia has not accepted the United States' latest proposal for resolving a trade dispute that has brought U.S. shipments of poultry to a virtual halt, but discussions between the two countries are continuing, a U.S. Department of www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9093
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Zimbabwe inaugurates poultry project Zimbabwe (August 1, 2002) - Zimbabwean poultry industry is set to scale to greater heights following the opening of 2 billion Zimbabwean dollars (about 36.4 million US dollars) Glenara poultry farm, about 21 km north of the capital city Harare. Vice www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9094
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Beijing company creates watermelon liquor China (August 1, 2002) - A company in a suburban district of Beijing claimed it had successfully distilled liquor from watermelon, revolutionizing the long-lasting tradition of making liquor from grain. The first batch of the watermelon liquor developed www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9095
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Mothers-to-be urged to take extra iodine UK (August 1, 2002) - Pregnant women are putting their babies at risk by failing to consume enough iodine. Low levels of iodine are linked to mental disability, miscarriages and stillbirths. Studies have also shown that iodine deficiency in pregnancy www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9096
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Manila to decrown pineapples for Australia Philippines (August 1, 2002) - The Philippines said on Wednesday it had temporarily agreed to cut the crowns off fresh pineapples before shipping them to Australia. But the Philippines, which is fighting to get its pineapples into Australia, said it www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9097
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China’s fresh lychee exports exceed record China (August 1, 2002) - South China's Guangdong province, which yields 40 percent of the world's lychees, exported 2,442 tons of fresh lychee during the first half of this year, up 144.4 percent year-on-year, customs figures show. The round, sweet and www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9098
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Idle land to be distributed to the landless Bangkok (August 1, 2002) - Deputy Interior Minister Sombat Uthaisang has announced that any land left idle will be confiscated by the state and redistributed among the landless. The policy applies to all land covered by a title deed that has sat www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9099
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Poultry industry backs away from antibiotics, as concerns about overuse grow US (August 1, 2002) - This is the nightmare. You take your feverish child to the doctor, where he's told he has a common bacterial infection and given an antibiotic. The child gets sicker. The doctor tries another drug and another, but the child gets www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9100
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Warrant issued for head of Stolichnaya vodka exporter amid trademark dispute Russia (August 1, 2002) - Russian prosecutors said Wednesday that a nationwide search had been launched for the chairman of the top exporter of Stolichnaya vodka, charging him with threatening to kill a top agriculture official amid a trademark dispute. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9101
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Pioneering research on wastewater and trout US (August 1, 2002) - A soft odor of raw sewage permeates the air, competing with the sharper salt smell of the Pacific Ocean. Humboldt State University student Mike Shoemaker tosses fish food pellets into two wastewater ponds, which burst into a www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9102
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Vietnam’s rice exports have declined over recent months Vietnam (August 1, 2002) - Viet Nam exported more than 1.8 million tonnes of rice for 377 million USD in the first seven months of this year, the General Statistics Office reported.
Rice exports were reduced by 31.5 percent in quantity and 11.4 www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9103
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US and Chinese brewers form alliance US (August 1, 2002) - The world's largest brewer, US-based Anheuser-Busch, has formed a strategic alliance with China's largest brewer, Tsingtao. The maker of Budweiser Beer and the maker of Tsingtao Beer will join their resources to develop the Chinese www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9104
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Farmers threaten protests over disease curbs UK (August 1, 2002) - Farmers angry at the government's continued restrictions on animal movements are threatening to bring the country to a standstill on 12 August. They say one of the rules introduced during the foot-and-mouth crisis is making it www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9105
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Shanghai Dajiang reports H1 loss on drop in exports/animal feed sales China (August 1, 2002) - Shanghai Dajiang (Group) Co Ltd attributed its net
loss in the six months to June to other countries' restrictions on the import
of Chinese chickens as well as a decline in its sales of animal feed.
Dajiang reported a www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9106
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Ghana’s fishing industry seeks stronger ties with Spain Ghana (August 1, 2002) - Incentives are to be offered to encourage Spanish companies to help develop Ghana’s almost non-existent fishing industry. A package of measures is set to include more fishing licences and tax-free incentives for companies setting www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9107
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South Africa tightens Japanese fleet access rules South Africa (August 1, 2002) - South Africa has slapped even more restrictions on Japanese access to its waters after having already tightened the rules at the start of this year. Until the end of last year up to 69 vessels had been allowed to fish at www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9108
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Licenses revoked for 13 health food products exaggerating benefits China (August 1, 2002) - A total of 13 health food
products had their production licenses revoked by the
central government yesterday for exaggerated advertising,
China Daily reported.
Most of the products either claimed to be effective in www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9109
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Diet approves banning food imports from specific countries Japan (August 1, 2002) - The Diet enacted legislation Wednesday to allow the government to ban imports of foods from certain countries in the wake of a string of cases in which higher-than-permitted levels of pesticide residue were found in frozen spinach www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9110
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Chiquita starts full rehab US (August 1, 2002) - A top-to-bottom global review already is in full swing at Chiquita Brands International Inc. The company, with headquarters on Fifth Street downtown, is exploring expansion of the Chiquita brand name, and threatening to shut www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9111
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NZ food producers in pre-emptive strike against EU geographical protection New Zealand (August 1, 2002) - Legal experts in New Zealand are warning food and drink producers to get ready to see the names of some of their products outlawed. Mounting trademark pressure in the European Union is seeing more names currently used as www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9112
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Belgian ban on fluoride chewing gum, tablets clashes with EU Belgium (August 1, 2002) - A Belgian ban on chewing gum and tablets containing fluoride on health grounds clashes with European Union rules, the European Commission said on Wednesday. Belgium and other EU member states have already agreed to allow www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9113
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Carrefour sells stake in Petsmart for US$ 194.3 million France (August 1, 2002) - Supermarket retailer Carrefour SA said Wednesday that it has priced a public offering of its 9.9 percent stake in Phoenix-based pet food company Petsmart Inc. at dlrs 194.3 million. The world's second-biggest supermarket www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9114
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Dryness slows crop development in US Midwest US (August 1, 2002) - The U.S. Agriculture Department's Foreign Agricultural Service released the following report on U.S. crop conditions. Eastern United States Crop Condition Update: Dryness Slows Crop Development in the Midwest Summary www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9115
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Alleged smuggler of furry-clawed crabs charged in federal court in New York US (August 1, 2002) - What has furry claws, tears up fishing nets and brings nearly dlrs 40 a pound (dlrs 89 a kilogram) in New York? The answer - and the subject of an unusual federal complaint - is the Chinese mitten crab. Former seafood www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9116
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Kellogg in £1m Cartoon Network deal, with Coco Pops UK (August 1, 2002) - US cereals giant Kellogg has struck a deal to launch a major interactive campaign in the UK through the Cartoon Network. Worth £1m (US$1.56m), the deal sees long-term favourites such as Frosties’ Tony the Tiger and Rice www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9117
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Campbell completes buyout of Snack Foods Ltd in Australia Australia (August 1, 2002) - NJ-based food giant Campbell Soup Company has announced that its Australian subsidiary, Arnott's Biscuits Holdings, has received acceptances for more than 90% of the shares of Snack Foods Limited, a leader in the Australian www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9118
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Omega Protein reports 12 cents per share Q2 profit US (August 1, 2002) - Omega Protein Corporation
(NYSE: OME), the nation's leading producer of Omega-3 fish oil and specialty
fish meal products, today reported net income of $2.9 million (12 cents a
share) for the second quarter of 2002, compared www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9119
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Africa mulls GMO as debate rages, hunger claws South Africa (August 1, 2002) - The prospect of the United States delivering genetically modified food aid has inflamed a debate in starving southern Africa about the gene-altered foods. At stake are the lives of 13 million people in six countries in www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9120
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Government warned of falling rice prices from rice deal with Indonesia Bangkok (August 1, 2002) - The Government has been warned of possible rice price falls across the board, following the conclusion of a rice deal with Indonesia. Former Deputy Finance Minister and a ranking Democrat, Pichet Panwichartkul says that www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9121
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Fishing ban lifted in Macao China (August 1, 2002) - Dozens of fishing boats in Macao set sail for ocean fishing Thursday noon when a two-month fishing ban was lifted. Patrolling ships dispatched by local customs were seen policing the order at the Inner Harbor, where roughly 300 www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9122
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Beluga caviar exports to US under threat US (August 1, 2002) - The U.S. government proposed listing the beluga sturgeon as an endangered species, a move that would make it illegal to import the highly prized beluga caviar. The beluga sturgeon, which would be protected in the United States www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9123
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Peru says El Nino could cut 2003 fish haul by third Peru (August 1, 2002) - Peru's fish catch could be up to a third lower next year because of the impact of the El Nino weather phenomenon, an official industry body, the Peruvian Sea Institute, said on Wednesday. "We estimate there will be a reduction www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9124
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Life expectancy for Japanese reaches new world record, thanks to fish diet Japan (August 1, 2002) - Life expectancies in Japan, already the world's longest for both sexes, reached new records last year for the second straight year, a government report said Wednesday. The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said women could www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9125
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Vitamins ‘a waste of time’ - biochemist UK (August 1, 2002) - The debate continues to rage over the efficacy of vitamins following the publication earlier this month of a report claiming that synthetic statin drugs were more effective than certain vitamins at reducing the risk of heart disease www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9126
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NZ adopts strict tests to keep out GM seeds New Zealand (August 1, 2002) - New Zealand said Thursday it is introducing a tough new testing regime aimed at keeping genetically modified crops out of the country. The South Pacific nation will test all shipments of imported sweet corn, maize, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9127
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Battle on to eradicate bloodsucking fly wreaking havoc across Africa Ethiopia (August 1, 2002) - The farmer tenderly strokes his small brown cow next to a wooden hut in rural Ethiopia as he explains that the emaciated beast - a key source of his income - will soon be dead. The heifer and three more of Worku Tegegne's www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9128
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French farmer who ransacked McDonald's restaurant released from prison France (August 1, 2002) - Militant French farmer Jose Bove was released from prison on Thursday after serving 40 days behind bars for ransacking a McDonald's restaurant under construction. Smiling but visibly thinner, the anti-globalization crusader www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9129
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