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2003-01-03 to 2003-01-06
Red wine extract creates long-life fruit Spain (January 3, 2003) - The contents of your fruit bowl could soon stay fresh a lot longer - thanks to a substance hailed as one of the health-giving components of red wine.
Dipping apples in a solution of trans-resveratrol, an antioxidant found in www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14550
created on 2003-01-03
Rocket fuel toxin found in lettuce US (January 3, 2003) - Perchlorate, an ingredient in rocket fuel which impairs the thyroid's ability to take up iodide and produce hormones, has contaminated almost 300 drinking water sources and farm wells in California and sources in at least 15 other www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14551
created on 2003-01-03
German exporters fear Russian meat import quotas Germany (January 3, 2003) - German beef exporters fear a serious loss of business if Russia imposes its planned import restrictions on meat, the head of Germany's meat industry association said on Thursday.
About 20 percent of German beef exports to www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14552
created on 2003-01-03
Ancient Amazon seers' brew comes to Colombia's cities Colombia (January 3, 2003) - They crouch in a daze as the shaman plays the harmonica, forcing themselves to gulp down a murky liquid so bitter it makes them sick.
It is a long, dizzy night in a smoky room wheezing with ritual music. But, perhaps www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14553
created on 2003-01-03
Borer worm may cut 15% Honduras coffee exports Honduras (January 3, 2003) - Honduras may see coffee exports fall as much as 15 percent in the 2002/03 harvest
amid casualties from the borer worm, or broca, because
cash-strapped farmers could not protect beans, a top official
said.
www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14554
created on 2003-01-03
Will China become a major wheat exporter? US (January 3, 2003) - The world wheat market faces another year without China as a major importer, a factor that has contributed to a grinding decline in U.S. wheat prices.
But China, once the world's largest wheat importer, could also take further www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14555
created on 2003-01-03
Rain brings some hope for Australia's drought-stricken farmers Australia (January 3, 2003) - New Year's rain has brought hope that Australia's worst drought in a century may break soon, but a farmers' leader said Thursday the hard times were far from over.
"Initially it's an injection of hope ... but we're www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14556
created on 2003-01-03
Environmentalists suing over revised "dolphin safe" labeling US (January 3, 2003) - Environmentalists sued the U.S. government in an effort to prevent it from labeling tuna as "dolphin safe" if fishermen encircled the mammals to catch the fish.
The Earth Island Institute and other groups filed a lawsuit in www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14557
created on 2003-01-03
Space technology used to create toasted sandwiches UK (January 3, 2003) - A UK company has developed envelope-sized wallets which will turn any sandwich into a toasted sandwich using just a standard toaster.
Toastabags, the brain-child of company founder Guy Unwin, are designed using the same www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14558
created on 2003-01-03
Fruit beverages replace healthier fruit juices US (January 3, 2003) - Children and adolescents are drinking higher amounts of less nutritious fruit- flavoured beverages and carbonated soft drinks than pure fruit juice, with a possible negative impact on their health, suggests new research published in www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14559
created on 2003-01-03
Beer may be good for the heart Israel (January 3, 2003) - A beer a day may help keep heart attacks away, according to a group of Israeli researchers. In preliminary clinical studies of a group of men with coronary artery disease, the researchers showed that drinking one beer (12 www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14560
created on 2003-01-03
Obesity virus claim by US researcher UK (January 3, 2003) - A virus that means people might be able to "catch obesity" could play a part in causing steeply rising numbers of those who are seriously overweight, according to an American researcher.
Nikhil Dhurundbar, who has conducted blood www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14561
created on 2003-01-03
Scallop fishermen dredge up court challenge UK (January 3, 2003) - The right of the government to prevent trawlers dredging the sea bottom for shellfish is being challenged in the high court by scallop fishermen.
The scallop, much admired down the centuries by artists, pilgrims and gourmets, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14562
created on 2003-01-03
Australian panel rejects Goodman Fielder bid Australia (January 3, 2003) - An Australian watchdog has declined part of a request from food giant Goodman Fielder Ltd to delay a takeover bid from yeast maker Burns Philp Ltd, clearing the way for the bidder's statement to be released.
On Monday, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14563
created on 2003-01-03
Beef exporters eye Chinese market New Zealand (January 3, 2003) - New Zealand beef exporters are eyeing China as the next big market breakthrough.
"The potential to be unlocked in the Chinese meat market is huge," Meat New Zealand market development executive Rebecca McGinley said. Meat www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14564
created on 2003-01-03
CP Foods unit to set up US-based distribution unit Bangkok (January 3, 2003) - Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc said the board of unit
Seafoods Enterprise Co Ltd (SFE) has approved a proposal to establish a new
subsidiary in Wilmington, Delaware.
The subsidiary, Aqua-Agri Foods International Inc, will www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14565
created on 2003-01-03
Rocket fuel toxin found in lettuce US (January 3, 2003) - Perchlorate, an ingredient in rocket fuel which impairs the thyroid's ability to take up iodide and produce hormones, has contaminated almost 300 drinking water sources and farm wells in California and sources in at least 15 other www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14566
created on 2003-01-03
Thai rice exporters threaten suit against China Bangkok (January 6, 2003) - Major Thai rice exporters are planning to file a lawsuit against Chinese importers over trademark imitation, which they say has caused them market losses. "We are working closely with our legal advisers to find an appropriate www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14567
created on 2003-01-06
France bans some seafood as oil pollutes coast France (January 6, 2003) - Oysters and other shellfish farmed in the Arcachon basin near Bordeaux were banned on Sunday over fears of contamination by toxic fuel oil spilled from the sunken tanker Prestige, officials said. Seafood industry heads www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14568
created on 2003-01-06
Balancing shrimp and mangroves in Ecuador Ecuador (January 6, 2003) - From his seat in a boat on the Santa Rosa Estuary, near Ecuador's southern port of Machala, biologist Francisco Freire motioned toward the green wall of mangroves lining the nearby bank. "They're like a curtain, behind which www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14569
created on 2003-01-06
Hundreds of Ivorians flee embattled cocoa area Ivory Coast (January 6, 2003) - Hundreds of terrified villagers are fleeing Ivory Coast's western border region to escape attacks by anti-government rebels, abandoning their homes and their rich cocoa crop. Residents in the main border town of Tabou www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14570
created on 2003-01-06
Call for sharp rise in sugar price Bangkok (January 6, 2003) - The price of sugar could rise by between two and five baht a kilogramme if the cabinet agrees to a proposal to help local cane growers and refiners.
Refined sugar is now priced at 14.25 baht a kilo, including a 75 www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14571
created on 2003-01-06
Organic eggs crack fast-growing market Bangkok (December 6, 2003) - Consumers will soon have a wider choice of healthy eggs when a new product containing selenium reaches the market.
The eggs will be distributed under the Dr Hen brand, which is also found on other specialty www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14572
created on 2003-01-06
CPF launches new subsidiary to beef up distribution in US Bangkok (January 6, 2003) - Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF) has announced plans for a new subsidiary in the United States to import and distribute its products.
The move is designed to help restore the performance of the company in the United www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14573
created on 2003-01-06
Rice wine sales receive boost Bangkok (January 6, 2003) - Sales of sato (rice wine) shot up to more than 220 million baht this past December, according to the Local Winemakers Association.
Chairman Sakchai Techakirangkrai said yesterday December sales were double the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14574
created on 2003-01-06
Chicken, shrimp export checks expected to end Bangkok (January 6, 2003) - There are high hopes that negotiations led by Deputy Agriculture Minister Newin Chidchob with the European Union later this month will lead to a lifting of 100-per-cent inspections on Thai chicken and shrimp exports. The EU www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14575
created on 2003-01-06
Canada slaps 14-day ban on California poultry Canada (January 6, 2003) - Canada has barred poultry and poultry products from California for 14 days because of Exotic Newcastle Disease, marking the latest export ban in an outbreak that threatens the state's $3 billion poultry industry, officials said www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14576
created on 2003-01-06
Gov't should maintain stand on GMO's - scientists Zambia (January 6, 2003) - Government should maintain the current stand not to accept Genetically Modified foods by employing the precautionary principle, Zambian scientists who recently went on a fact finding mission on GMOs have recommended. According www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14577
created on 2003-01-06
Spanish unions call Feb 20 strike for southern farms Spain (January 6, 2003) - Spain's two main unions called Sunday for a general strike of farm workers Feb. 20 in southern Spain after the government refused to restore offseason subsidy payments to workers. Farm laborers in the agriculturally www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14578
created on 2003-01-06
Gloom pervades US corn export scene US (January 6, 2003) - The re-emergence of a StarLink genetically modified corn export scare grabbed headlines in the waning days of 2002, but the United States has bigger problems ahead for 2003 as China spreads its wings further as a corn exporter.
www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14579
created on 2003-01-06
Rice sector pins hopes on gov't-led campaign Bangkok (January 6, 2003) - The launch of a joint two-year marketing campaign by the government and private sector late last year was the country's first long-term bid to boost Thai rice exports. "A joint campaign is an unusual thing, which the government www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14580
created on 2003-01-06
India plans to develop agriculture satellites India (January 6, 2003) - The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is planning to develop a series of high bandwidth agriculture satellites for thematic applications. In his address at a one-day space summit as part of the 90th Indian Science www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14581
created on 2003-01-06
Aussie team cracks soybean gene Australia (January 6, 2003) - A Queensland scientist has identified the NARK gene, which controls nodule growth in soybeans.
The discovery by Professor Peter Gresshoff from the School of Life Sciences at the University of Queensland lays the groundwork www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14582
created on 2003-01-06
GM canola ruling sparks fears Australia (January 6, 2003) - Conservationists and farmers say new rules for growing genetically modified canola in Australia are inadequate and will lead to contamination of organic produce. The guidelines call for a five-metre buffer zone between GM and www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14583
created on 2003-01-06
Store wars part two: organic spaghetti vs baby pyjamas UK (January 6, 2003) - Tesco and Asda will today announce a multi-million pound round of price cuts which is expected to revive an intense price war between Britain's supermarkets. Tesco, the country's largest supermarket operator, said its customers www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14584
created on 2003-01-06
Vitamin E in foods offers protection against diabetes US (January 6, 2003) - Eating foods which contain significant amounts of vitamin E may protect against the development of type 2 diabetes, finds a new study published this month. However taking the vitamin in supplement form seems to offer no further www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14585
created on 2003-01-06
Rice bran oil finds niche in food, cosmetic industries Bangkok (January 6, 2003) - After targetting local households for 20 years, Thai Edible Oil Co, a manufacturer and distributor of rice bran oil, is promoting its product as a health food and ingredient of cosmetics, rather than merely a cooking oil, to www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14586
created on 2003-01-06
Black tea may lower heart disease risk Saudi Arabia (January 6, 2003) - Drinking black tea may lower the risk of heart disease, report researchers who studied the link between the beverage and heart health in a Saudi Arabian population.
The team found that those who drank more than six cups www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14587
created on 2003-01-06
World's first Fairtrade pineapples go on sale UK (January 6, 2003) - Continuing to champion the Fairtrade cause, the UK’s Co-op retail group last month introduced what it claims are the world’s first Fairtrade pineapples.
Launched just before Christmas, the fruit were phased in at over 900 selected www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14588
created on 2003-01-06
Bangladesh could capture global shrimp market Bangladesh (January 6, 2003) - An effective system of quality control with properly recognised code of conduct and third party certification could turn Bangladesh into a global shrimp industry leader. This was observed by the world's largest grocery store www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14589
created on 2003-01-06
Manila dismantles rice monopoly, farmers buy rice Philippines (January 6, 2003) - The Philippines has allowed farmers and private firms to import up to 225,000 tonnes of rice in the first quarter, dismantling the monopoly of the National Food Authority (NFA) that was the sole importer of rice since 1983. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14590
created on 2003-01-06
Organic acid 'stops Listeria in its tracks' US (January 6, 2003) - Scientists believe they may have found a way to defeat a potentially lethal food bug. Researchers in the United States say a simple organic acid can stop Listeria in its tracks. Listeria is most commonly associated with ready-to-eat www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14591
created on 2003-01-06
'Caspian Sea yogurt' multiplying in fridges across Japan Japan (January 6, 2003) - Across the country, from Hokkaido to Okinawa, bacteria brought back by a Japanese scholar from a remote village in the former Soviet Union have been multiplying like crazy.
It has even reached a point that a voluntary www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14592
created on 2003-01-06
India moves to curb bio-piracy India (January 6, 2003) - India has created a map of its biological resources such as medicinal plants and rare animals to protect them from being pirated, said a scientist attending the nation's annual science congress that opened Friday.
K. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14593
created on 2003-01-06
Single tuna fetches 6.38 million yen at Tsukiji auction Japan (January 6, 2003) - A single tuna sold for 6.38 million yen at the year's first auction Sunday at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market, up from 2.80 million yen last year but far lower than a record 20.2 million yen fetched in 2001.
A 228-kilogram www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=14594
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