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Tesco says relations with CP are 'intact' Bangkok (November 7, 2002) - British retailer Tesco says its trading relationship with the Charoen Pokphand Group remains intact, although the Thai company plans to shed its holding in the Tesco Lotus hypermarket venture.
``Our relationship www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12711
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MPs find compost evidence in flames Bangkok (November 7, 2002) - Opposition MPs investigating the alleged purchase of fake compost stumbled on what appeared to be a cover-up yesterday at a fertiliser factory. Democrat Party MP Alongkorn Polabutra led a team to inspect Sripikul Co's factory www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12712
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Thai food exporters' Q3 hit by food safety fears Bangkok (November 7, 2002) - Thai chicken and shrimp exporters will see their third-quarter earnings hit by a slump in exports to Europe after food safety scares, but tuna exporters can expect a bright quarter thanks to strong U.S. demand, analysts said. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12713
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State plans to double tapioca export revenue over four years Bangkok (November 7, 2002) - The government and private sector have set a strategic plan for the tapioca industry, aiming to double export revenue to 40 billion baht in the next four years.
The successful implementation of the long-term plan www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12714
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Thai processing sector stands to win Bangkok (November 7, 2002) - Thailand's processing industries and electronics sector are expected to be big winners from China's WTO accession, while the textile and apparel sector will be the hardest hit, according to economists of the World Bank.
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Mtec in bio-fuel advance Bangkok (November 7, 2002) - Thai researchers have developed an ethanol-based bio-fuel that meets the international standard for light-aircraft fuel, National Metal and Materials Technology Centre (Mtec) director Paritad Bhandhubanyong said yesterday. A www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12716
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Raw materials vital for ingredient firms Bangkok (November 7, 2002) - Thailand can draw more investment from food ingredient producers if the country guarantees a supply of raw materials, says Korn Dabbaransi, a deputy prime minister.
Thailand had an abundance of raw materials but www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12717
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Thaksin to discuss fisheries with visiting Gusmao Bangkok (November 7, 2002) - Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will today discuss investment opportunities in fisheries in East Timor with visiting President Xanana Gusmao. Gusmao arrived in Thailand yesterday for an official three-day visit to cement www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12718
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Advertising controls on MSG for review Bangkok (November 7, 2002) - Controls on advertising monosodium glutamate (MSG) will be reviewed, says Public Health Minister Sudarat Keyuraphan.
She would set up a committee to look at the pros and cons of MSG. The panel would keep the public www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12719
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A world of trouble for overweight youth Bangkok (November 7, 2002) - They may look cute, especially to their parents, but overweight children represent a highly visible trend that is escalating around the world. It’s become a serious health problem, with Asia fast catching up on the US in the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12720
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El Nino may trigger NZ drought - Niwa New Zealand (November 7, 2002) - New Zealand could be facing drought conditions as El Nino threatens to dry out the nation's east coasts and Marlborough during the next three months, a senior climate scientist warned yesterday. Soils were already dry in www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12721
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Berkeley PC coffee measure fails US (November 7, 2002) - Berkeley voters rejected a measure that would have made it a crime to sell coffee that wasn't made from the right kind of beans.
Under the measure, selling coffee that wasn't grown without chemicals, under trees that protect www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12723
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Animal rights groups applaud Florida hog crate ban US (November 7, 2002) - Animal welfare groups, bolstered by a Florida vote that bans the popular swine industry practice of keeping pregnant pigs in small pens, said on Wednesday they hope other states will follow to make hog farming more humane.
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Oregon GMO label defeat spells uphill battle ahead US (November 7, 2002) - The overwhelming defeat of an Oregon measure on Tuesday that would have required labeling of genetically modified foods dealt a sharp blow to consumer groups battling the biotech movement.
A coalition of corporate giants www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12724
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US reverses course and signs UN treaty on genetic resources Italy (November 7, 2002) - The United States signed a treaty governing the use of plant genetic resources Wednesday, reversing course after having abstained when the treaty was first approved last year.
The United States became the 76th country to www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12726
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Dangerous candy to be destroyed, US FDA says US (November 7, 2002) - Thousands of cases of candies that U.S. regulators say pose an unacceptable choking hazard will be destroyed under a legal agreement with a California firm, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.
The FDA said it had www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12727
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Dairying may help soil New Zealand (November 7, 2002) - A scientist is defending dairy farming as a way to improve, not harm ground-water quality in the region. Professor Keith Cameron, who is studying the impact of dairy farming on soil and water on an experimental farm at www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12728
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A need to fight obesity New Zealand (November 7, 2002) - New Zealand kids are getting bigger, its a fact, and the experts say it's time we did something about it, Herald reporter Janine Burgess writes. While a number of factors are involved, the key concerns are that our kids www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12729
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Zambia 'furious' over GM food distribution Zambia (November 7, 2002) - The Zambian Government has summoned aid officials working in a refugee camp to ask them why they have been distributing genetically modified (GM) maize, despite a government ban. A senior government official held what is www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12730
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Zimbabwe says US using food to interfere - report Zimbabwe (November 7, 2002) - Zimbabwe's defence chief has accused the United States of using widespread food shortages as a pretext to interfere in its domestic affairs, the official Herald newspaper reported on Wednesday.
"We are not answerable to www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12731
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The great sell-by date con UK (November 7, 2002) - The contents of my mid-week fridge do not make a pretty sight. A packet of chilled fresh pasta, some wilting green beans, three eggs, a pack of organic chicken thighs, a solitary Frube, a few rashers of bacon and a collection of www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12732
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Kosher food: It's not just chopped liver anymore US (November 7, 2002) - Kosher food. It's not just chopped liver anymore.
Indeed, the message at Kosherfest, the giant food trade show that ran on Tuesday and Wednesday, is that kosher also means sushi-grade tuna, Italian grappa, Wasabi horseradish www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12733
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Milk price dropping, no need for gov't action - ministers New Zealand (November 7, 2002) - The price of milk and other dairy products was falling and the trend was likely to continue, the Government said today. Commerce Minister Lianne Dalziel and Consumer Affairs Minister Judith Tizard released a report that www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12734
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Organic growers battle proposed pesticide changes US (November 7, 2002) - Tom Elmore wants to keep supplying the nation's booming organic foods industry with tomatoes, okra, blueberries and other pesticide-free crops he raises on his small farm near Asheville. But, like many of his peers, Elmore is www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12735
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Minister to launch new organic certification label New Zealand (November 7, 2002) - New Zealanders will soon be able to buy organic fruit and vegetables grown from their own region but with the same quality assurances of internationally recognised certification labels. The Minister of Agriculture, Jim www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12736
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UN says EU farm deal blow to war on hunger Italy (November 7, 2002) - A Franco-German deal which maintains high European Union subsidies to farmers is a blow to the global war against hunger and will postpone reforms to free trade, a senior official of the U.N. food organisation said on Wednesday. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12737
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UK looks to vaccine in future foot-&-mouth cases UK (November 7, 2002) - Britain said on Wednesday vaccination of animals against diseases like foot-and-mouth was a long-term goal but it would not rule out mass culling if another epidemic broke out.
Foot-and-mouth cost Britain eight billions www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12738
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Zimbabwe targets newly resettled farmers with access to water Zimbabwe (November 7, 2002) - The Zimbabwe Export Processing Zones Authority (ZEPZA) said on Wednesday that it was targeting newly resettled farmers with irrigation facilities to work with exporting companies in out-grower schemes for horticultural www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12739
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Nestle to close Berlin plant employing 460 Switzerland (November 7, 2002) - Nestle, the world's largest food group, is to close its Berlin Templelhof chocolate plant by end-2003, citing falling demand for its "Yes" chocolate products in Germany, Nestle Deutschland AG said on Wednesday.
The www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12740
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Nestle doesn't need top US chocolate slot - CEO Switzerland (November 7, 2002) - Nestle SA, the world's largest food group, does not need to be a strong number one or two in the U.S. chocolate market, Chief Executive Peter Brabeck said in a Swiss newspaper interview on Wednesday.
Nestle has a www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12741
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Dole Food swung to Q3 profit on stronger sales US (November 7, 2002) - Dole Food Co., the world's largest fruit and vegetable producer, said Wednesday it swung to a third-quarter profit, helped by sales of higher priced prepared foods and higher banana prices in Asia.
Net income came to US$14.7 www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12742
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EU, Slovenia agree farm trade concessions Belgium (November 7, 2002) - The European Commission has agreed mutual trade concessions with Slovenia for farm products, including duty-free arrangements for several key cereals, it said in a statement on Wednesday.
The deal, due to come into force www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12743
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Sex trap's fatal attraction for bullies of the crayfish world UK (November 7, 2002) - The American crayfish is bigger, more aggressive, breeds earlier and is pushing its smaller, nicer British relatives to extinction. But exactly the behaviour that makes the US signal crayfish successful is being used by scientists www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12744
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Singer Moby takes Butterball to task over turkeys US (November 7, 2002) - When it comes to animal rights, electronica-pop star Moby is talking turkey.
In a recorded telephone message, the 37-year-old singer, a vegan, is urging people to call Butterball turkey's recipe hotline and tell the company, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12745
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Ecuador authorities fix referential fishery prices Ecuador (November 7, 2002) - The Ministry of Foreign Trade, Industrialisation and Fisheries (MICIP) has established minimum referential prices for fishery exports, including shrimp and frozen fish, for the period 5 to 20 November.
The price for a pound www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12746
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Mexican shrimp production down from last year Mexico (November 7, 2002) - Figures show that shrimp production in Sonora and Sinaloa is down from last year. In Sonora this is largely due to white spot virus reducing the harvests from fish farms - which normally produce more than wild catches - while www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12747
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Spanish seafood export volume down, revenue up Spain (November 7, 2002) - The economic recession in some Latin American countries, such as Argentina, Uruguay and Venezuela, and the parity between the EUR and the USD are contributing to a drop in exports of Spanish canned fish and shellfish products. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12748
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Italian bill will stop GM cross-contamination in wines Italy (November 7, 2002) - "We must counter the tendency towards homologation that comes with the adoption of OGM crops in wine produce; we must adopt measures aimed at safeguarding the wine sector and its commercial branding denominations". These are the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12749
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Soybean boon may not benefit US growers US (November 7, 2002) - This is the year that U.S. soybean farmers who survived, or avoided, the drought should make a killing. Supply is down. Demand for soy products is up. But don't look for a windfall, market analysts say. Things have changed since www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12750
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Election changes cast of US Congress farm panels US (November 7, 2002) - Defenders of generous crop subsidies to large farmers will lead the House and Senate Agriculture committees despite shake-ups that will flow from the congressional election, results showed on Wednesday.
Republicans won www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12751
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Small loans bring big smiles to rural Bangladesh Bangladesh (November 7, 2002) - A loan of $86 changed Maksuda Begum's life.
The poor Bangladeshi woman, whose husband is a farmer, used to struggle every day to put a meagre meal on the table for her family.
But six years ago she borrowed www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12752
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EC proposes action plan to counter impact of fish stocks Belgium (November 7, 2002) - The European Commission (EC) has proposed an action plan to respond to the potential social, economic and regional consequences of restructuring the fishing industry caused by the dire state of several fish stocks.
The www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12753
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Carbohydrates may cut post-pregnancy kilos US (November 7, 2002) - Mothers who eat more carbohydrates in relation to fats during the months they are breastfeeding may have higher levels of a hormone known as leptin in their blood, reports the US Agricultural Research Service (ARS). This is in www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12754
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French supermarket sales up 3.3% in Oct France (November 7, 2002) - Supermarket sales in France rose 3.3 percent in October while hypermarket sales climbed 4.0 percent compared with the year-ago month, the FCD French retailers federation said on Wednesday.
In a statement the FCD said the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12755
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New Turkish gov't to revise IMF-backed farm policy Turkey (November 7, 2002) - The head of the party that won Turkey's weekend elections said on Wednesday that his government wanted to renegotiate the country's IMF-backed farm policies and seek more access to world markets for products including sugar. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=12756
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