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EC denies unfairly blocking products Bangkok (August 26, 2002) - The European Commission has denied imposing unfair trade barriers on Thai seafood and poultry exports, claiming that it has shown readiness to work with Thailand to overcome any problems.
Johan Cauwenbergh, the EC's www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9985
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Thaksin to turn B30bn budget into B300bn boost for farmers Bangkok (August 26, 2002) - The government will seek to boost farmers' incomes by a total of 300 billion baht by utilising a budget of only 30 billion baht, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday during a speech in front of 10,000 people.
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Survival tips for mom & pop shops Bangkok (August 26, 2002) - Mom and pop grocery shops still have room to survive if they understand consumer behaviour and improve their operations in response to customers' needs, believes Thammasat University Assistant Professor Wittawat Rungreongpol. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9987
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Free trade areas in progress - Thai FM Bangkok (August 26, 2002) - Progress of Thailand's attempts to set up free trade areas with trading partners will be seen by the end of this year, Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai was quoted as saying here Sunday.
Surakiart said the government www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9988
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Purachai demands credit, not curses, for milk scandal probe Bangkok (August 26, 2002) - The government deserves credit rather than criticism for the way it is handling the on-going investigation into the school milk scam, Interior Minister Purachai Piumsombun said yesterday.
``This should be seen as an www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9989
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'Loopy' behavior linked to toxic spraying - principal New Zealand (August 26, 2002) - The sudden onset of "loopy" behaviour among pupils at a rural primary school is linked to toxic spraydrift from a growth hormone chemical sprayed on nearby kiwifruit orchards, the school principal claimed.
School www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9990
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$100m taxpayer sugar fix Australia (August 26, 2002) - Australia’s struggling sugar cane farmers will be offered a financial lifeline of up to $100million, paid for by taxpayers, under a structural reform package to be considered by cabinet today. The reforms could mean the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9991
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Tokyo NGO to test plant new rice variety in Africa next spring Japan (August 26, 2002) - A Tokyo-based nongovernmental organization (NGO) will attempt to introduce a new variety of rice next March in Mali, northwestern Africa, hoping to alleviate famine there, the organization's members said Saturday.
The www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9992
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US, Russia resolve trade dispute blocking US poultry exports US (August 26, 2002) - A dispute over health standards that seriously disrupted exports of American chicken products to Russia, the biggest foreign market for U.S. poultry, has been resolved, the Bush administration says.
Negotiators for both www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9993
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Bush, Monsanto to launch GM trade war with the EU UK (August 26, 2002) - The US government is to launch a trade war over GM crops in an attempt to force the European Union to back down in its tough stance against GM. The Independent on Sunday has learnt that the US trade representative, Robert Zoellick, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9994
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No evidence soy, garlic supplements work - experts US (August 26, 2002) - Soy and garlic supplements line the shelves of health food stores and groceries but research has yet to find evidence that the pills, powders and capsules have any health benefits at all, experts agreed on Friday.
Garlic and www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9995
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Traditional Scottish dish, the haggis, under threat over BSE concerns UK (August 26, 2002) - Scotland's most famous traditional dish, the haggis, is under threat. Food safety experts said on Sunday the potent mix of oatmeal, liver and onions held in a bag of sheep intestines should be banned because of the possible risk of www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9996
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Summer chill speeds UK apple crop UK (August 26, 2002) - The summer might have seemed miserably wet and cold, but for apples it could not have been better. Thanks to the typically British weather, this year's harvest of Cox's orange pippin is expected to be in shops two weeks earlier than www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9997
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Food exhibition shows direction for Chinese industry China (August 26, 2002) - Large-scale Chinese food companies will set the direction for the development of China's food industry in the next few years, an international exhibition in Beijing shows.
Fruit juice and drinks comprised the biggest group of www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9998
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Zambia rejects UN appeal to accept GM food aid Zambia (August 26, 2002) - Zambia has rejected a U.N. appeal to distribute genetically modified food, saying it would procure enough other grain to feed its starving people. Aid agencies estimate that almost 2.5 million Zambians are in danger of www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=9999
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LA school district to vote on banning campus soda sales US (August 26, 2002) - Hoping to combat childhood obesity, America's second-largest school district is expected to ban the sale of soft drinks at its 677 campuses.
The sale of soda is already prohibited at elementary schools in the Los Angeles www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10000
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Lower costs seen helping Carrefour earnings rise France (August 26, 2002) - France's Carrefour , the world's second biggest retailer, is likely to post a rise of about 15 percent in pre-exceptional net profit, helped by lower financial costs, on Wednesday.
Analysts say Carrefour's first-half www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10001
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Hershey sale being blocked by Pennsylvania attorney general US (August 26, 2002) - Pennsylvania Attorney General Mike Fisher on Friday asked a state court to issue a restraining order against a possible sale of Hershey Foods Corp., saying "it's time to put a halt" to a transaction that could harm the community.
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Zimbabwe says it will fine-tune farm eviction plan Zimbabwe (August 26, 2002) - Zimbabwe's government said on Friday it would make changes to its programme of seizures of thousands of white-owned farms after a flurry of court appeals filed by farmers against their evictions.
President Robert Mugabe, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10003
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Nippon Meat to retract new posts for top officials Japan (August 26, 2002) - Scandal-hit Nippon Meat Packers Inc. is set to report a new plan for treatment of its outgoing chairman and vice chairman to the farm ministry, possibly retracting its earlier plan to create new honorary posts for them, company www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10004
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Depleted fisheries sound alarm for Earth Summit South Africa (August 26, 2002) - A global agreement to salvage the world's depleted fisheries could be one of the main achievements of the Earth Summit, but environmentalists fear it could be a classic case of too little too late.
Environmentalists www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10005
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Are Argentine seafood exports down 7%? Argentina (August 26, 2002) - Conflicting reports concerning the drop in seafood exports are appearing in the local and regional press. While spokesmen from the Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food (Sagpya) say that the catches of the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10006
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Aquaculture - a growth industry for Queensland Australia (August 26, 2002) - Queensland's aquaculture industry is a growing and vital component of the State's primary industry sector, now worth more than AUD 9 billion to the state's economy, says Minister for Primary Industries and Rural Communities www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10007
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Tuna canners urge US to reassess trade law Philippines (August 26, 2002) - The Tuna Canners Association of the Philippines (TCAP) has urged the United States government to reassess its trade law and make an even playing field for the entry of tuna products in the US market.
TCAP officials met www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10008
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Growing algae blooms raise fear of ocean change US (August 26, 2002) - Along the coast of Kenya this spring, a deadly red tide of algae killed so many sharks, tuna and eels that fishermen had trouble pushing their boats through the water.
In the Mediterranean, fernlike algae blanket hundreds of miles www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10009
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On-site inspections made at dairy farm to check for BSE Japan (August 26, 2002) - The Kanagawa prefectural government conducted on-site inspections Saturday at a dairy farm in Isehara, at which Japan's fifth mad cow disease-infected cow was raised, prefectural officials said.
The officials examined www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10010
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Cambodia declares disaster situation after floods Cambodia (August 26, 2002) - Prime Minister Hun Sen has declared a "disaster
situation" for Cambodia as floods continue to wreak havoc in the north east
and eastern provinces, officials said.
"The scope of the damage resulting from the severe www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10011
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Vietnam, Laos to boost trade ties Vietnam (August 26, 2002) - Vietnam will work together with Laos to address difficulties to boost economic-commercial ties between the two countries with first priority to the supply of basic necessities to people living on both sides of the Viet Nam-Laos www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10012
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Tyson recalls marinated chicken for allergens US (August 26, 2002) - Tyson Foods Inc. , the world's largest beef, chicken and pork producer, recalled 1,740 pounds of marinated frozen chicken that did not identify two ingredients to which some consumers are allergic, the U.S. Agriculture Department www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10013
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Minnesota firm recalls beef for possible E. coli US (August 26, 2002) - GFI American Inc. of Minneapolis recalled about 717,000 pounds of frozen ground beef that may be contaminated with the deadly bacteria E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Friday.
E. coli O157:H7 can cause www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10014
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Soldiers show villagers how to be self-reliant Mae Fa Luang (August 26, 2002) - A farming project based on His Majesty the King's economic self-sufficiency principle has been introduced to tribespeople along the Thai-Burmese border in Mae Fa Luang district.
The idea is that they grow www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10015
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ACPC head insists on destroying poor quality coffee Guatemala (August 26, 2002) - The head of the Association of Coffee Producing Countries (ACPC) -- the top global body for growers -- reiterated on Friday that the only way for bean prices to recover on world markets was for countries to destroy poor www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10016
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Bush administration pledges to push ahead with free trade negotiations US (August 26, 2002) - The Bush administration said Friday that it plans to push ahead to complete free trade negotiations with Chile, Singapore, Central America and Morocco now that Congress has given President George W. Bush the negotiating authority he www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10017
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Grenada nutmeg co-op, spice company reach agreement Grenada (August 26, 2002) - A spice company struck a deal with Grenada's Cooperative Nutmeg Association on Friday, agreeing to buy nutmeg from the group and ending a long-standing dispute. The cooperative sued W & W Spices for buying nutmeg directly www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10018
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Canadian farmers devastated by Prairie drought Canada (August 26, 2002) - Canada confirmed Prairie farmers' worst fears on Friday in a report that slashed crop production forecasts after one of worst growing seasons since the dust bowl of the 1930s. Releasing its first production estimates for the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10019
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India adds to credit relief for coffee growers India (August 26, 2002) - The Indian government on Friday announced fresh credit relief measures for beleaguered coffee growers, easing the terms of a package set out about four months ago. The Commerce Ministry said in a statement that it had www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10020
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Parents warned over milk-free diets UK (August 26, 2002) - Parents whose children do not drink milk have been urged to seek expert advice to ensure they are receiving enough calcium. It follows a study by researchers in New Zealand which found that children who did not drink cows milk had www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10021
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Nestle gets ‘Oscar’ for environmental whitewash South Africa (August 26, 2002) - Firms awarded 'Oscars' on Friday ahead of an environmental summit were unlikely to find cause for celebration.
A coalition of green groups distributed the dubious honours in their version of an Oscars ceremony to www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10022
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UK to introduce 10p tax on plastic shopping bags UK (August 26, 2002)A tax on supermarket shopping bags in Britain seems certain because a report to the Government on Ireland's recent experiment is understood to recommend a levy of up to 10p. A 10p tax on each disposable supermarket bag is likely to be www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10023
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Group lists most and least healthful fast foods US (August 26, 2002) - The Center for Science in the Public Interest, the nutrition watchdog that takes aim at excess fat and calories, released its list of the five best and worst fast foods Wednesday.
The center praised Burger King's Chicken Whopper www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10024
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Cracking the craveability code US (August 26, 2002) - To deliver consumers a real product “experience,” marketers and product developers must integrate their knowledge and expertise of a specific product or service in order to create a total product experience—from advertising to www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10025
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US ‘hijacks’ S.African rooibos tea trademark South Africa (August 26, 2002) - Much emotional South African indignation has arisen in recent days with news that an American firm has ‘hijacked’ the US trademark rights to ‘rooibos’, the indigenous herbal tea that’s growing rapidly in popularity and www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10026
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Butcher gangs export illegally slaughtered meat to west Asia India (August 26, 2002) - Butcher gangs are illegally slaughtering around 4,000 extra animals every day in order to profit from a multi-core meat export racket, according to officials from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). The butchers in www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10027
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New coating to control fruit and veg decay US (August 26, 2002) - In a bid to control the decay of fruits and vegetables after harvest researchers in the US have come up with a new, biofungicide coat. Scientists at the US Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have been working to improve earlier www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10028
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Safety in the can UK (August 26, 2002) - Tin levels in UK canned foods are lower than five years ago and are well within regulatory limits, according to a UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) survey released this week. Of the 400 different samples of canned fruit and vegetables www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10029
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