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2002-09-18 to 2002-09-19
Nestle wants better coffee supply management Switzerland (September 18, 2002) - Food group Nestle SA called on Tuesday for a meeting of producers and consumers to discuss better supply management in the coffee industry to prevent wild price swings that mostly hurt developing nations.
"What we www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10893
created on 2002-09-18
Mutation gives sheep beautiful buttocks US (September 18, 2002) - Scientists have identified a mutation that gives some sheep huge, hard bottoms. Understanding how the mutation works could give rise to leaner, meatier sheep and provide insights into inheritance. One changed DNA letter produces www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10894
created on 2002-09-18
Mooncakes, Chinese tea galore for the Mid-autumn Festival Hong Kong (September 18, 2002) - The Mid-autumn Festival is an old festival celebrated by the Chinese, but mooncakes, the indispensable food that goes with the festival have now becomes a trendy concept that local and western confectioneries like to trope www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10895
created on 2002-09-18
France's Bove wears white frock to GM crop trial France (September 18, 2002) - Borrowing a centuries-old symbol of French peasant protest, radical farmer Jose Bove and eight others wore girls' frocks to their trial on Tuesday for destroying a field of genetically modified (GM) crops.
Bove, a star www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10896
created on 2002-09-18
Sweet news for guilty lolly lovers Australia (September 18, 2002) - Maligned for decades by the nutrition gurus, sugar is back in the dietary good books.
Coca-Cola, Lifesavers and flavoured milk all have a place in our diets, a leading nutritionist claims. Rather than reject sweets and www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10897
created on 2002-09-18
Ajinomoto finds high mercury levels in establishment soil Japan (September 18, 2002) - Food maker Ajinomoto Co. said Tuesday it has detected mercury levels up to 126 times more than the environmental standard set by the state in soil at the site of its establishment in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture.
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created on 2002-09-18
Cow and dog genomes next to be sequenced UK (September 18, 2002) - Cows, dogs and a single-celled predator called Oxytricha trifallax are next in line to have their genomes sequenced when the mouse, rat and human projects wrap up within the next year. For a coveted position in the sequencing www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10899
created on 2002-09-18
Gov't starts inspecting all Nippon Meat beef packages Japan (September 18, 2002) - The farm ministry on Tuesday began inspecting all unchecked packages of beef for which Nippon Meat Packers Inc. had sought payments under a government buyback program, ministry officials said. The inspection covers 683 www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10900
created on 2002-09-18
Hershey Trust ends candy maker auction US (September 18, 2002) - The controlling shareholder in Hershey Foods Corp said on Tuesday it was ending its auction of the famed candy maker after rejecting all bids. The Hershey Trust Company, which controls 77 percent of the shareholder voting www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10901
created on 2002-09-18
Vietnam to tighten value-added tax regulations Vietnam (September 18, 2002) - Vietnamese Ministry of Finance (MoF) has submitted to the government amendment for tightening value added tax (VAT) refund regulations in a bid to curb frauds in such refunds, according to a report of Vietnam News on www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10902
created on 2002-09-18
GE 'road tests' move closer New Zealand (September 18, 2002) - The Government is preparing for the controlled release of genetically engineered organisms - a slap in the face for the sidelined Greens. The biotechnology industry has welcomed news of a discussion paper, to be issued www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10903
created on 2002-09-18
Philrice to develop new rice resistant to drought Philippines (September 18, 2002) - The Philippine Rice Institute (PhilRice) will introduce a new breed of rice which can withstand the effects of drought. Dr. Leocadio Sebastian, PhilRice executive director, said the technology comes from the United www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10904
created on 2002-09-18
Oregon seeks to put labels on GM food US (September 18, 2002) - It started with a short radio story.
The more Donna Harris, a 41-year-old mother of two from Oregon, thought about the story on genetically modified foods, the more concerned she became. "I was just compelled to do something www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10905
created on 2002-09-18
Trans fat - linked to heart disease - isn't listed on food labels US (September 18, 2002) - Not all off-the-books accounting is hard to swallow. Trans fat comes in more than 42,000 foods on the American market. Which foods are the most trans-heavy? You won't find out by reading the labels. Amid all those lists of www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10906
created on 2002-09-18
Pepsi marketing looks to outer space US (September 18, 2002) - Pepsi-Cola Co. is negotiating a deal for what could be one of the highest-profile promotions in marketing history: an unprecedented $35 million program that would award the winner
a ticket to ride on the Russian www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10907
created on 2002-09-18
Asian farmers seen sowing "super rice" in 2-3 yrs China (September 18, 2002) - Farmers in key rice-producing Asian countries are expected to start growing high-yielding "super rice" in two to three years to feed rising populations, a senior scientist from a non-government organisation said.
Use of www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10908
created on 2002-09-18
Snack food sales rocket UK (September 18, 2002) - Schoolchildren in the UK are spending more than 13 billion pounds a year on food, according to a new survey. Although the majority - 68% - of pupils rate their diet as healthy, almost a third of their pocket money is spent on www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10909
created on 2002-09-18
Ten million Brazilians reject Americas trade pact Brazil (September 18, 2002) - Ten million Brazilians rejected plans for an Americas-wide free trade pact in a protest vote that highlighted the skepticism in parts of Latin America over U.S. trade policy. Social groups including the influential www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10910
created on 2002-09-18
Tainted feed 'source of unexpected BSE' UK (September 18, 2002) - Contaminated cattle feed imported from Europe is the most likely cause of unexpected cases of BSE in the UK, says a senior British epidemiologist. John Wilesmith, of the Veterinary Laboratory Agency in Weybridge, Surrey, rules www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10911
created on 2002-09-18
Clashes threaten cocoa crop in western Ivory Coast Ivory Coast (September 18, 2002) - Bloody clashes between locals and migrant farmers from Burkina Faso are hampering cocoa harvest preparations in western Ivory Coast and may weigh on production, industry sources said on Tuesday.
Any impact on cocoa www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10912
created on 2002-09-18
Seeds of doubt on GM crops Australia (September 18, 2002) - Seeds of doubt have been sown over the benefits of genetically modified canola crops for Australia with the launch of a report in Melbourne.
The study of genetically modified (GM) crops in North America and Canada, which www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10913
created on 2002-09-18
Serbian farmers demand subsidies ahead of sowing Serbia (September 18, 2002) - Serbia must subsidise crops like sugarbeet, sunflowers and soya if it wants farmers to plant more spring crops this season, the head of an agriculture producers' association said on Tuesday.
"If the government wants www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10914
created on 2002-09-18
Nigeria's food security threatened by cassava disease Nigeria (September 18, 2002) - The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has warned that food security in Nigeria is being threatened by the resurgence of a viral disease attacking cassava, the country's staple crop.
According to a www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10915
created on 2002-09-18
Ground-breaking studies of erosion New Zealand (September 18, 2002) - Dr Aleksey Sidorchuk of the state-owned Landcare Research has just won a $585,000 Marsden Fund grant to research the mechanics of soil erosion over the next three years, it was reported today. New Zealand was losing www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10916
created on 2002-09-18
UK pressurizes Quorn into relabelling UK (September 18, 2002) - The campaign in the UK to ensure that the meat substitute Quorn is correctly labelled has moved one step closer to victory, encouraging news for the American organisation backing the campaign.
After months of deliberation, the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10917
created on 2002-09-18
Thaksin to hold trade talks in Russia in October Bangkok (September 19, 2002) - Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will pay a three-day visit to Russia in mid-October for talks on trade, Thai officials said on Wednesday. In meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the October 16-18 www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10918
created on 2002-09-19
BoI proposes easing factory zoning rules Bangkok (September 19, 2002) - The Board of Investment (BoI) is expected today to relax zoning rules to allow 127 industries in seven sectors to locate anywhere in the country but still obtain existing incentives. However, factory-crowded www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10919
created on 2002-09-19
Glenfiddich targets potential for selling single-malt whisky Bangkok (September 19, 2002) - Rising disposable income and the development of more discerning tastebuds among Thai drinkers is reopening market opportunities for Glenfiddich, a premium single-malt Scotch whisky. Glenfiddich distiller William www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10920
created on 2002-09-19
Int'l symposium on WTO, legal services opens in Beijing China (September 19, 2002) - More than 400 Chinese and foreign delegates gathered here Wednesday for a symposium on legal services in the framework of the World Trade Organization. Chinese President Jiang Zemin sent a congratulatory letter to the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10921
created on 2002-09-19
PM to discuss regional cooperation at ASEM Bangkok (September 19, 2002) - Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will use the upcoming Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Copenhagen to discuss regional cooperation with Asian and European leaders, Government Spokesman Yongyudh Tiyapairat said here Wednesday. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10922
created on 2002-09-19
China's super hybrid rice program making good progress China (September 19, 2002) - China's super hybrid
rice program is making good progress, Yuan Longping, known
as "father of hybrid rice," said on September 18 at the
International Rice Congress in Beijing.
Yuan said the second phase target of www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10923
created on 2002-09-19
Reduction in farm subsidies will provide US$ 128 billion annual boost - IMF US (September 19, 2002) - Farmers around the world got 31 cents of every dollar they earned last year from direct and indirect government support, the International Monetary Fund said in a new report urging a significant reduction in farm subsidies. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10924
created on 2002-09-19
Amid latte, mocha craze, coffee growers go hungry in Paradise Nicaragua (September 19, 2002) - People are starving to death in the mountains of Paradise. Desperate for food and medical attention, children hold rags to their swollen, red eyes and stand along the highway while their parents flag down the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10925
created on 2002-09-19
Rice culture connects Asian countries China (September 19, 2002) - Rice is not only the world's most popular food, but also the common link among Asian countries which helped to develop the region's unique rice culture, said experts attending the International Rice Congress here. Rice has www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10926
created on 2002-09-19
France says Saudi Arabia ends poultry import ban France (September 19, 2002) - Saudi Arabia has this week removed its embargo on French poultry, imposed in July as part of a ban all EU poultry meat and products over fears that it contained a banned hormone, France said on Wednesday. "It's good news www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10927
created on 2002-09-19
EU's European Food Safety Authority starts work, but still has no home, no executive director Belgium (September 19, 2002) - The European Union's new European Food Safety Authority started work Wednesday despite the lack of a permanent headquarters or an executive director. EU governments decided to set up the food watchdog after a slew of www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10928
created on 2002-09-19
Wrigley bid for Hershey shows changing attitude US (September 19, 2002) - William Wrigley Jr. sent a $12 billion message to investors with his company's bid for chocolate icon Hershey Foods Corp. -- this is no longer his father's conservative chewing gum company. Wrigley has shaken up staid Wm. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10929
created on 2002-09-19
EU candidates fear for local customs, cuisine Czech Republic (September 19, 2002) - Bohumil Haloda stares at a pot of goulash simmering on the stove in his restaurant close to the Czech-German border, and waits. All Czechs know goulash tastes best a day after it is made. But the 38-year-old www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10930
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200 restaurants, grocers nationwide shun GM seafood US (September 19, 2002) - About 200 restaurants, grocers and seafood distributors pledged Wednesday not to buy, serve or sell fish created by biotechnology, joining some environmental groups and fishermen in opposing genetically engineered seafood. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10931
created on 2002-09-19
NFI calls on FDA to clear chloramphenicol backlog US (September 19, 2002) - The National Fisheries Institute is asking FDA Associate Commissioner John Taylor to speed up the implementation of screening tests for Chloramphenicol to alleviate the substantial backlog of import samples. FDA was also asked to www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10932
created on 2002-09-19
'Dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico to get another look Mexico (September 19, 2002) - A multi-agency partnership has formed a hypoxia watch project to study low-oxygen areas in the northwest and north-central Gulf of Mexico. Hypoxia occurs when the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water becomes too low to www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10933
created on 2002-09-19
Kitchen recipe for car fuel UK (September 19, 2002) - Cars could soon be running on an environmentally-friendly fuel - created by a man using a diesel, bean oil and water in his kitchen. Industrial chemist Paul Day, from Sittingbourne, Kent, blended the ingredients in an attempt to www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10934
created on 2002-09-19
health impact."
Chiquita Brands International to buy Scipio GmbH
US (September 19, 2002) - Cincinnati-based multinational Chiquita Brands International has announced it has reached agreements to acquire all the equity interests in Scipio GmbH & Co, a www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10935
created on 2002-01-01
Chiquita Brands International to buy Scipio GmbH US (September 19, 2002) - Cincinnati-based multinational Chiquita Brands International has announced it has reached agreements to acquire all the equity interests in Scipio GmbH & Co, a German limited partnership that owns Atlanta AG.
Atlanta, based in www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10936
created on 2002-09-19
North Carolina to monitor shrimp trawling after by-catch reported as fish kill US (September 19, 2002) - Marine Patrol officers will more closely monitor shrimp trawling off North Topsail Beach this week to ensure fishermen are complying with regulations that require equipment to curtail incidental fish catches. The action comes in www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=10937
created on 2002-09-19
