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2003-05-14 to 2003-05-16
Bangladesh betters paddy variety Bangladesh (May 14, 2003) - Bangladesh's agricultural scientists have bettered an imported variety of rice, doubling the productionto 105 maunds (one maund equal to 38 kg ) in an acre of land for the first time.
The maximum yield of other high www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18272
created on 2003-05-14
A2 milk to take on Auckland company New Zealand (May 14, 2003) - The Hamilton company supplying the city with controversial A2 milk is about to go head-to-head with an Auckland supplier.
Auckland biotech company A2 Corp is marketing the milk as a healthy alternative to the rest of the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18273
created on 2003-05-14
Washington state grants $21.8m for salmon US (May 14, 2003) - Governor Gary Locke has announced the approval of nearly $22 million in program grants designed to improve and protect salmon habitat in Washington state. The funding, which was approved by the Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB) www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18274
created on 2003-05-14
Gov't to set up panel to assess safety of foods Japan (May 14, 2003) - The government will set up a committee in July to assess the safety of foodstuffs as the Diet is expected to pass related legislation shortly, government officials said Tuesday.
The committee will consist of seven experts, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18275
created on 2003-05-14
Texas considers slaughter of horses for human consumption US (May 14, 2003) - Legislation to overturn an existing Texas law which outlaws the slaughter of horses for human consumption was introduced earlier this year, but it may not go very far. A new opinion poll shows that a majority of Texas voters, 77 www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18276
created on 2003-05-14
Tanzanian farmers urged to store rainfall for drought Tanzania (May 14, 2003) - Tanzanian farmers, livestock keepers have been urged to harvest rainfall in time for future useas the country is being hit by severe drought, local newspaper TheGuardian reported Tuesday.
The Tanzania Meteorological Agency www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18277
created on 2003-05-14
SARS epidemic should not impact US soy exports, USB says US (May 14, 2003) - Not even the SARS epidemic has been able to prevent U.S. soybean exports to China and Southeast Asia from reaching near-record levels, thanks, in part, to focused soybean checkoff marketing efforts.
In fact, China, one of the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18278
created on 2003-05-14
Climate change to strike cornfields in Latin America, Africa France (May 14, 2003) - Climate change could inflict a reduction of around 10 percent in corn harvests in Latin America and Africa over the next 50 years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Global Environmental Change.
Researchers www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18279
created on 2003-05-14
Unidentified fruit fly larvae found in Florida US (May 14, 2003) - Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) were trying to determine the identity of a species of fruit fly larvae discovered in early May in manzano peppers at produce markets www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18280
created on 2003-05-14
Fruit juice- major source of calories US (May 14, 2003) - If you stock your refrigerator with fruit juices, you may be setting your kids up for a battle with obesity. That’s the suggestion of a new study finding that overweight children consume 65 percent more of the calorie-laden juices than www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18281
created on 2003-05-14
GM products 'slip into foods' UK (May 14, 2003) - Millions of Britons are eating genetically modified ingredients every day without realising it.
According to research, many products and stores which claim to be GM-free are not.
After a consumer backlash, British manufacturers and www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18282
created on 2003-05-14
Fortified beverage prevents micronutrient deficiencies US (May 14, 2003) - A micronutrient-fortified beverage can prevent iron deficiency, reduce anaemia and improve the haemoglobin concentration of pregnant women in the developing world, say researchers.
Maternal malnutrition continues to be a major www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18283
created on 2003-05-14
Scotland`s largest dairy’s profits up by 38% UK (May 14, 2003) - Scotland`s largest dairy is celebrating a 38% profits surge after the company, based in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, was rocked by a competition watchdog probe into price fixing. Multi-millionaire brothers Alan and Robert Wiseman www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18284
created on 2003-05-14
Selenium may protect skin from UV rays UK (May 14, 2003) - Increasing levels of selenium in the diet could protect the skin against damage caused by ultraviolet rays from the sun, suggests new research from Edinburgh University.
In two trials, the researchers found that human skin cells www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18285
created on 2003-05-14
Meat tapas anyone? Spain (May 14, 2003) - Meat consumption across Europe has taken a battering in the last few years as a result of concerns over the safety of the product linked to BSE and other diseases. But sales have been recovering recently, and in Spain at least, meat www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18286
created on 2003-05-14
American continues hunger strike vs Bt corn Philippines (May 14, 2003) - Former American Peace Corps volunteer Andrew Haralam, who is on a hunger strike for six days now against Bt corn, vowed to indefinitely continue his protest until Malacañang orders a moratorium on the distribution of www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18287
created on 2003-05-14
Sesame-rich diet could prevent sunburn Japan (May 14, 2003) - Already credited as a powerful antioxidant and memory booster, Japanese scientists now claim that sesame also acts to boost the body’s natural sun screening abilities. The Suntory Health Care Science Laboratory in Osaka discovered www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18288
created on 2003-05-14
Discount giants extend reach to provinces Bangkok (May 16,2003) - Discount store chains Tesco Lotus, Carrefour and Big C Supercenter are all rushing to expand upcountry ahead of the enforcement of new zoning rules that will restrict where they can build.
Five years after opening a branch in www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18289
created on 2003-05-16
Rules ban big stores from town centres
Bangkok (May 16,2003) - Large retail stores will have to be located at least 15 kilometres from the commercial centres of provincial towns under new regulations drafted by the Town and Country Planning Department.
The rules, expected to take www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18290
created on 2003-05-16
TUF denies cancellation of Japanese shrimp orders
Bangkok (May 16,2003) - Thai Union Frozen Products Plc (TUF), the country's largest canned tuna exporter, has denied rumours that its Japanese customers have cancelled most of its shrimp orders due to quality issues.
``The rumour is baseless www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18291
created on 2003-05-16
Manila says to buy 200,000 tons Thai rice
Philippines (May 16,2003) - The Philippines has agreed to buy 200,000 tonnes of 25 percent grade rice from Thailand at $194.75 per tonne, a senior official said on Wednesday.
Arthur Yap, the administrator of state trading firm National www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18292
created on 2003-05-16
Fairs to show potential of Thailand
Bangkok (May 16,2003) - Thailand will showcase its potential as a major food producer at the upcoming Thailand International Food Exhibition and Muslim Food Exhibition, where up to 427 local and international producers are expected to participate. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18293
created on 2003-05-16
Siam Makro, Big C post low profit on price war
Bangkok (May 16,2003) - Thailand’s leading retailers, Siam Makro and Big C Supercenter reported slower profit growth in the first quarter as competition in the retail business heated up in a price war sparked by Tesco Lotus, a unit of www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18294
created on 2003-05-16
Key exports to EU get duties cut
Bangkok (May 16,2003) - Three of Thailand's key export sectors will be readmitted to the European Union's General System of Preferences (GSP) and one will exit the scheme in a major review of the preferential tariff system.
Duties will be www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18295
created on 2003-05-16
Japan pressed to put farm issues in talks
Bangkok (May 16,2003) - The Thai private sector will ignore the establishment of closer economic co-operation between Thailand and Japan if Tokyo excludes the farm sector from the negotiating framework, according to Pornsilp Patcharin-natakul, the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18296
created on 2003-05-16
Only 10% of big ocean fish left - scientists
Canada (May 16,2003) - Large predatory fish -- marlin, tuna and swordfish -- are disappearing from the world's oceans, with their numbers down by 90 percent in the past 50 years, Canadian scientists said on Wednesday.
"From giant blue marlin to www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18297
created on 2003-05-16
Mercury baby fears eased
UK (May 16,2003) - Babies' brain development is unlikely to be impaired by exposure to mercury found in contaminated fish while they are still in the womb, research suggests.
There has been widespread concern that mothers who eat certain types www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18298
created on 2003-05-16
Germany slaughters more poultry on bird flu fears
Germany (May 16,2003) - German authorities said on Thursday they had ordered the slaughter of more than 11,500 poultry in two farms in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia due to concern about a possible new case of bird flu.
www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18299
created on 2003-05-16
EU extends poultry export ban to end - May
Belgium (May 16,2003) - The European Union on Thursday extended a poultry export ban until the end of the month for the three countries fighting bird flu -- the Netherlands, Belgium and part of Germany.
EU veterinary experts decided to keep www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18300
created on 2003-05-16
Obesity eating up US health budget - study
US (May 16,2003) - Obesity and related illnesses accounted for as much as $78.5 billion of the nation's annual medical bills in 1998, and taxpayers paid for about half of that bill, according to a new study.
The study, released on Wednesday www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18301
created on 2003-05-16
Organic food cheaper in Sweden
Sweden (May 16,2003) - Swedish consumers pay less than consumers in the rest of the EU for organically grown food, according to a report by the EU Organic Marketing Initiatives and Rural Development.
A study in the report compared prices of www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18302
created on 2003-05-16
Dutch lift some bird flu transport bans after lull
Netherlands (May 16,2003) - A lull in the number of new cases of bird flu has enabled the Netherlands to relax agricultural transport restrictions in some areas, authorities said on Thursday.
Poultry in areas of the central Gelderland province, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18303
created on 2003-05-16
Dreyer's deal seen near approval, Nestle mum
Switzerland (May 16,2003) - U.S. regulators are nearing approval of Nestle's $2.8 billion takeover of Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Inc., sources close to the deal told Reuters on Thursday.
U.S. antitrust regulators are seen dropping major www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18304
created on 2003-05-16
China's primary corn-producing Jilin province hit by drought
China (May 16,2003) - China's primary corn-producing region, the northwestern province of Jilin, is suffering from a severe drought that will extend into June, with half the farmland in the region affected, the China Daily reported, citing a local www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18305
created on 2003-05-16
States ready to block GM canola
Australia (May 16,2003) - The nation's first genetically modified food crop is likely to gain federal approval within weeks, but faces potential rejection at state level.
A variety of GM canola could be approved as safe for human health and www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18306
created on 2003-05-16
Mexican senators bring NAFTA complaints to US Senate
Mexico (May 16,2003) - Mexican farmers are losing their domestic market to low-priced U.S. exports, eight Mexican senators told members of the U.S. Senate on Thursday in an increasingly vocal dispute among NAFTA partners.
Mexican Sen. Jose www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18307
created on 2003-05-16
Exported foodstuffs guaranteed SARS-free by WHO
Bangkok (May 16,2003) - The World Health Organisation issued a letter yesterday to guarantee that Thai food was safe from severe acute respiratory syndrome to allay worries of exporters about the impact of the deadly virus on their products. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18308
created on 2003-05-16
Farmers still cautious about release of GMOs
New Zealand (May 16,2003) - Farmers remain cautious about the use of genetically modified organisms in New Zealand, according to a new Lincoln University study.
Half of the New Zealand farmers surveyed believe the genetically modified www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18309
created on 2003-05-16
UK workers are snack happy
UK (May 16,2003) - The lunch hour at work is fast becoming a thing of the past according to a new report.
Many workers are forgoing a lunch hour in favour of grabbing quick snacks throughout the day said the report by market analysts www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18310
created on 2003-05-16
WTO reforms ‘would benefit 4 food sectors
Bangkok (May 16,2003) - Exporters of rice, chicken, fishery and livestock products will enjoy a boost in the event of tariff cuts in the United States, European Union and Japan.
Producers of these foods are deemed the likely www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18311
created on 2003-05-16
Nigeria aims to be top rice exporter in 10 years
Nigeria (May 16,2003) - Nigeria will be the largest exporter of rice in Africa by 2012, an official from the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RFAN) said Wednesday.
Speaking at the workshop on "the Effective Application of Chemicals in Rice www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18312
created on 2003-05-16
Philippine agricultural output grows slower in 1st quarter
Philippines (May 16,2003) - Philippine agricultural output in the first quarter of the year grew much slower than that in the same period last year due to much less rainfall caused by the El Nino phenomenon, the government announced Wednesday. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18313
created on 2003-05-16
Indonesia may see no rice imports until September
Indonesia (May 16,2003) - Indonesia's state logistics firm, Bulog, said on Wednesday it had asked the government to halt rice imports until September due to a bountiful rice harvest and to help protect local farmers against cheaper imported www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18314
created on 2003-05-16
Mozambique exports more fisheries products but profits less in 2002
Mozambique (May 16,2003) - Mozambique exported a total of 19,500 tons of assorted fisheries products in 2002, but the earning dropped to about 93.5 million US dollars, local media reported on Thursday.
This data comes from a report presented www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18315
created on 2003-05-16
S.Koreans eat more kimchi believing it will ward off SARS
South Korea (May 16,2003) - With SARS killing hundreds in neighboring nations, many South Koreans are eating more of the traditional dish kimchi - fermented vegetables flavored with spices and lashings of garlic - believing it will ward off the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=18316
created on 2003-05-16
