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2001-05-28 to 2001-05-30
Palm oil refiners upset that project may be axed prematurely Bangkok (May 28, 2001) - Efforts to persuade the government that biodiesel is a viable alternative fuel appear to have come to nought, according to the Palm Oil Refinery Association.
After years of working with the related ministries - Commerce, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3618
created on 2001-05-28
Minister urged to remove soybean import limits Bangkok (May 28, 2001) - The Thai food industry wants the agriculture minister to give the green light to soybean imports without a quota limit.
Companies such as soybean oil manufacturers, chicken farms and animal food industries were affected by an www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3619
created on 2001-05-28
Pineapple leaves find new life Lampang (May 28, 2001) - Pineapple growers in Lampang are being encouraged to convert the trees' leaves into gift items and souvenirs made of paper to boost their earnings between harvests.
For about a year, some 50 members of the Lampang Pineapple www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3620
created on 2001-05-28
U.S. albacore fishermen need not fear the Canadians this year Canada (May 28, 2001) - U.S. albacore fishermen have nothing to fear from Canadian fishermen this year, said one prominent Canadian albacore tuna troller.
Bill deGreef, president of the Pacific Coast Fishing Vessel Owners Guild, said that with www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3621
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Black Canyon may set up franchise operation in Singapore Bangkok (May 28, 2001) - Black Canyon (Thailand) Co Ltd, a local coffee-house chain, is negotiating with a Singapore-based food company, Apex-Pal International Pte Ltd, to set up a franchise operation in Singapore.
The step would be the first by the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3622
created on 2001-05-28
Hilltribe blend to hit Starbucks Bangkok (May 28, 2001) - Starbucks Coffee, the Seattle-based coffee-chain operator, is to source local Thai coffees from hill tribes and add them to its coffee menus in Thailand next year, before making them available to Starbucks' customers in other www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3623
created on 2001-05-28
Move to halt crop trials near organic farms U.K. (May 28, 2001) - Environmentalists are taking legal advice to see if they can stop all trials of GM crops near organic farms, after one near Europe's biggest research centers for pesticide-free farming was scrapped last week.
The anti-GM www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3624
created on 2001-05-28
Corn-fed humor adds flavor to IBP, Tyson legal battle U.S. (May 28, 2001) - An irreverent judge and bushels of corn-fed humor added some flavor to meatpacker IBP Inc.'s legal battle to force chicken giant Tyson Foods Inc. to follow through with a proposed merger.
An unassuming Delaware Chancery Court www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3625
created on 2001-05-28
Canned tuna makes a resurgence U.S. (May 28, 2001) - Connoisseurs of fresh tuna snatch up yellowfin tuna steaks for a backyard barbecue and quite often proceed to char the heck out of it, despite paying US$ 19.99 per pound. Restaurant-goers cough up close to a day's wages for www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3626
created on 2001-05-28
Minor vessels to be prevented from operating at sea Mexico (May 28, 2001) - The Federal Bureau of Environmental Protection (Profepa) has warned that minor fishing vessels (or 'pangas') will not be allowed to catch shrimp at sea because the current regulations have not been modified.
Bonoso Vega www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3627
created on 2001-05-28
Profepa pleased with Campeche inspection operatives Mexico (May 28, 2001) - On May 22, authorities from the Federal Bureau of Environmental Protection (Profepa) seized a shipment of 400 kilograms of fresh octopus, 200 kilograms of top shell and 200 kilograms of finfish in Tajonal, Champoton (state of www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3628
created on 2001-05-28
E.U. partially lifts ban on Chinese poultry China (May 29, 2001) - The European Union said today it has partially lifted a five-year ban on chicken imports from China in a move welcomed by Beijing as a boost for Sino-E.U. trade relations.
An E.U. spokeswoman said the relaxation covered frozen www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3629
created on 2001-05-29
Satellite photos used in bid to improve rice cultivation methods Japan (May 29, 2001) - Farm researchers in Hokkaido, northern Japan are trying to improve rice cultivation methods by using satellite photographs to analyze the quality of rice plants, the researchers say.
According to the researchers, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3630
created on 2001-05-29
China’s WTO entry to benefit Australia’s grain farmers Australia (May 29, 2001) - Australian grain growers stand to benefit from China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), according to the head of AWB Ltd, formerly the Australian Wheat Board.
Trevor Flugge, speaking at an Asian food www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3631
created on 2001-05-29
Philippines to allow Pakistan’s TCP to bid for rice imports Pakistan (May 29, 2001) - The Philippines has officially allowed the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) to participate in their rice import bids, which ushered Pakistan into the Filipino Ini-6 market.
TCP said that National Food Authority (NFA) www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3632
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Sinaloa shrimp farmers can’t pay water bills Mexico (May 29, 2001) - Fish farmers in the state of Sinaloa say the National Water Commission (NWC) is issuing ridiculously high bills for the use and supply of salt water.
The president of Canainpesca’s aquaculture division Sergio Escutia said that www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3633
created on 2001-05-29
Farmers seek out new uses for agricultural commodities U.K. (May 29, 2001) - Once coffee belonged in a cup, potatoes on a plate and wool on one's back but soon they may crop up in more unexpected spots like roads, medicines or roofing.
Driven by historically low prices across agricultural commodities, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3634
created on 2001-05-29
Seoul to cope with onion oversupply South Korea (May 29, 2001) - The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said yesterday that the government will buy or scrap 24 per cent, or 260,000 tons, of the nation's estimated onion production of 1.07 million tons this year for fears of www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3635
created on 2001-05-29
Activists stun Nestle in dawn raid on Hong Kong plant Hong Kong (May 29, 2001) - Greenpeace activists chained themselves to the Nestle Dairy Farm factory in Yuen Long yesterday, claiming the firm had reneged on its promise to stop using genetically modified (GM) ingredients in its products.
Two www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3636
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Dairy farmers in New Zealand enjoy a boost in pay New Zealand (May 29, 2001) - The Dairy Board's announcement yesterday of a record payout means the average dairy farmer earned about NZ$ 345,000 (US$ 145,000) this season.
But after depreciation the farmer will have about $ 145,000 to feed the family www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3637
created on 2001-05-29
Saudi Food Products Co in merger talks Saudi Arabia (May 29, 2001) - Saudi Arabia's Food Products Company said it has approved in principle a merger offer from another Saudi firm to form a regional food producing and marketing giant.
Food Products said in a statement yesterday that its www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3638
created on 2001-05-29
Fishermen await vessel repair loans Mexico (May 29, 2001) - Industrial fishermen in port Campeche expect FIRA (Fideicomiso Instituido en Relacion con la Agricultura) and the Bank of Bajio to authorize loans of US$ 21,000 per vessel during the next two weeks, says Agapito Ceballos Fuentes, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3639
created on 2001-05-29
Pork exporters eye Hong Kong market Bangkok (May 29, 2001) - Thailand's pork exporters are looking to benefit from Hong Kong's misfortune in the wake of its "bird flu" outbreak. It is thought Hong Kong residents will quickly turn from chicken to other types of meat, particularly pork, in a www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3640
created on 2001-05-29
Pakistan to allow foreign vessels to fish its waters Pakistan (May 29, 2001) - Pakistan's military government said yesterday it would allow deep sea fishing by foreign vessels, a move local fishermen said would drive them out of business.
"We have decided to allow deep sea fishing in line with www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3641
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China seen as solution for falling exports Bangkok (May 29, 2001) - With Thailand's two major export markets - the U.S. and Japan - in decline, economists yesterday urged the government to look to China as a substitute to help meet export targets.
Somphob Manarungsarn, a Chulalongkorn University www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3642
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Fishermen call for compensation over diesel problem New Zealand (May 29, 2001) - The fishing industry has called for the withdrawal of suspect diesel fuel stocks and compensation for operators who are staying in port out of safety concerns.
"This could be a multi million dollar problem if it's not www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3643
created on 2001-05-29
Greenpeace slams Nestle for GE food Bangkok (May 29, 2001) - Nestle{AAC} must stop using genetically engineered ingredients in baby food, Greenpeace Southeast Asia demanded yesterday. "Thailand should not risk our children's health with GE-contaminated food. The Thai public would be sorry www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3644
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Khon Kaen group an example for others Khon Kaen (May 29, 2001) - Strong rural communities attribute their success to a self-sufficient economic philosophy, according to Sansern Wongcha-um, secretary-general of the National Economic and Social Development Board.
Internal and external factors www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3645
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Visanu set to be National Fertilizer chief Bangkok (May 29, 2001) - Visanu Nivesmarin, the legal adviser to National Fertilizer Plc, is expected to be named the company's chief executive when its board meets today. He would succeed Kamolchai Pattarodom, who resigned earlier this year.
Visanu has www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3646
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Trend toward hypermarkets Bangkok (May 29, 2001) - Supermarkets face dwindling traffic as urban shoppers shift to hypermarkets citing convenience as a prime factor, according to a survey released yesterday by ACNielsen Co, a market research firm.
The survey found that 70 per www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3647
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Mackerel shop steams into e-commerce Bangkok (May 29, 2001) - Mackerel has always played a major role in Thai cuisine. Now, thanks to the Internet, frozen salted, steamed mackerel can be ordered online through www.platumahachai.velocall.com.
The site, owned by the Platu (mackerel) shop www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3653
created on 2001-05-29
Australia ends ban on Japanese tuna boats Australia (May 30, 2001) - Australia has ended a long-standing ban on Japanese tuna fishing vessels entering Australian ports after resolving a dispute with Japan over southern bluefin tuna fishing, Conservation Minister Wilson Tuckey announced yesterday. www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3654
created on 2001-05-30
Insect trap patented with aim of protecting fruit crops U.S. (May 29, 2001) - A fruit fly lure and trap that combines chemical and visual stimuli to more effectively control fruit flies - including the Mediterranean fruit fly, or medfly - has been patented by Agricultural Research Service scientists in Miami, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3648
created on 2001-05-29
Food Empire Holdings wins Singapore Star Award Singapore (May 29, 2001) - Singapore-listed Food Empire Holdings Ltd’s unit Future Enterprises Pte Ltd was awarded the Singapore Star Award earlier this month for innovative design and packaging for Cosenza Cappuccino, FesAroma coffee mix and Klassno www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3649
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Xiamen to Host 2001 International Fruit & Vegetable Expo China (May 29, 2001) - The Organization Committee of the China International Fruit & Vegetable Industry Expo recently announced in Beijing that the 2001 Expo, scheduled for October and co-sponsored by the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3650
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Taiwanese farming operators investing in mainland China Taiwan (May 29, 2001) - Taiwan government statistics show that local farming operators' investments in mainland China have topped US$ 2 billion, and the figure will continue to rise.
Analysts say that in the past two years, the development of Taiwan's www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3651
created on 2001-05-29
IBP makes gains on Tyson in lawsuit U.S. (May 29, 2001) - After a two week trial, IBP Inc.'s suit to force Tyson Foods Inc. to honor their US$ 4.7-billion merger agreement has gone from a long shot to a dead heat.
"IBP has made up a lot of ground," one legal expert watching the trial www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3652
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China welcomes E.U.'s lifting of poultry meat ban China (May 30, 2001) - China has welcomed a decision made by the Commission of the European Union to lift a ban on importing poultry meat from China.
"This will be favorable for the further development of economic and trade relations between China www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3655
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'Mad Cow' fears create a new market U.S. (May 30, 2001) - If you studied in France for a semester or spent a summer touring Britain as far back as 1980, soon you won't be allowed to give blood at the American Red Cross.
The agency badly needs more donors, but last week it said it will www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3656
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California rice mill faces sale or bankruptcy U.S. (May 30, 2001) - A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has set a hearing on June 4 on motions by California Pacific's lender, Union Bank of California, that could put the state's third-largest rice milling company out of business.
The company, known in www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3657
created on 2001-05-30
Concerns expressed over sagging markets for farmed shrimp Mexico (May 30, 2001) - Mexican shrimp farmers are worried about the depressed foreign and domestic farmed shrimp markets. They say they could have difficulties selling the first harvests from Sinaloa in June and July.
According to the ex-president www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3658
created on 2001-05-30
Satellites to track E.U. vessels fishing in Madagascar E.U. (May 30, 2001) - The European Union and Madagascar agreed on Monday to put in place a satellite monitoring system that will keep track of the activities of E.U. fishing vessels operating under the E.U./Madagascar Fisheries Agreement. The Agreement, www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3659
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Value of Indonesian mushroom exports up Indonesia (May 30, 2001) - The value of country's mushroom exports rose by 17 per cent to US$ 34.88 million last year from $ 29.72 million the previous year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
Sumarno, the director-general of horticultural www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3660
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Bird flu compensation package expands Hong Kong S.A.R. (May 30, 2001) - Bigger loans and rent concessions are being offered by the Government in a last-ditch attempt to secure its compensation package for members of the poultry industry affected by the mass cull following the bird flu www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3661
created on 2001-05-30
Newfoundland shrimp fishermen unhappy with prices Canada (May 30, 2001) - There are plenty of shrimp out there, but the trouble is that the small ones are mixed too often with the higher-priced large ones and the fishermen's negotiators haven't been able to get the processors to agree to a different www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=3662
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