Cheaper sugar ingredients could be on the way for food makers in
Europe as draft plans for tough changes to the much criticised
sugar regime come to light.
Findings from a new report from the Geneva-based World Trade
Organisation suggest today's highly processed food industry will
continue its thirst for ingredients, writes Lindsey Partos.
And it is in Asia Pacific, where countries...
Switzerland's sweet and savoury biscuit sector saw a return to
growth in 2003 due entirely to a strong upswing in export sales -
but domestic sales fell for the second year in succession as a
result of cheaper imports from the...
With accession of the new Member States due on 1 May 2004, the EU
is making appropriate arrangements to ensure a sufficient supply of
bananas to all consumers in the EU. To this end, the current import
volumes for bananas will be...
Australia has warned the EU that it may retaliate against recently
imposed subsidies on European pork exports. A formal complaint was
made this week by agriculture minister Warren Truss about the
reintroduction of export refunds.
The bird flu outbreak in Texas is beginning to hurt poultry
producers. Shares in a number of US chicken processors have already
fallen, prompted by announcements by the European Union, Mexico and
South Korea that they are determined...
Trade in food and drink has been a traditional mainstay between
Poland and Russia, but as accession looms ever closer Poland's
position on future trade outside of the European Union has still
not been made clear, authorities...
The European Commission has set up a new online help desk for the
development of trade from developing countries. The Commission says
the tool aims to assist the likes of food and drink manufacturers
in Central and Eastern Europe...
The Russian cheese market is expanding at a faster rate than any
comparative market in Europe as a whole, yet still the majority of
cheese sold there is produced by western European companies. In an
attempt to gain a stronger hold...
EU Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler told a press conference
in Rome this week that he believes preliminary WTO farm trade talks
have established a viable platform for future negotiations. "The
European Commission's...
German confectionery and bakery producers have strongly criticised
the current EU system designed to keep sugar prices artificially
high, arguing that it makes European companies uncompetitive when
it comes to exports.
The new task force set up by the Food Standards Agency to combat
the illegal meat trade could be too small to be effective, claims a
leading UK daily newspaper.
Agilent Technologies has launched a new method for testing
Nitrofuran Metabolites in food animal products, said to be the
fastest and most effective of its kind.
Samosas, spring rolls and onion bhajis will be among the culinary
creations created by British food companies at the World Ethnic
Food Show being held in Paris on 17 and 18 June 2003.
Spain is set to be the first European country to start producing
Crown Cork & Seal's SuperEnd end for beverage cans, following
its successful launch in a number of other world markets.
Price discounting in Germany and the strength of the Swiss franc
severly reduced exports of biscuits and crackers from Switzerland
to Germany, by far the most important foreign market.
Public Citizen, the US consumer advocacy organisation, has said
that it is extremely disappointed that the Bush administration has
decided to approve a rule that will permit the import of irradiated
fruits and vegetables.
A dispute between the Peruvian fishing industry and the European
Union over the labelling of sardines has been resolved,
surprisingly, in favour of the South American country, according to
a report on FT.com.
The European Union has said that it will be maintaining its
investigation into Brazilian exports of tin plate, which is widely
used in metallic food packaging.
The Tuna Canners Association of the Philippines is urging the
United States to reassess its trade law and create a level playing
field for tuna product imports, according to a report on Fis.com.
In South Africa a Competition Tribunal has announced that its
recent approval of the R1,97 billion (€194m) packaging merger
between Nampak and Malbak was in part designed to stop
multinational customers for the packaging products...
Asia is producing more and more packaging and nowhere is this more
pronounced than in Thailand. In particular it is plastics packaging
for food that is now paving the way forward - according to a report
in the Bangkok Post.
Vastera, the leading provider of solutions for Global Trade
Management, has been licensed by the Packaging Machinery
Manufacturers Institute in an effort to enhance its members trading
capabilities.
Filipino processed food exporters said in a recent statement that
they expect the government to finally give them the go signal to
directly import sugar as raw materials for their export products
without having to pay high import...
Argentina has reopened 32 meat processing plants in the past four
months thanks to a recovery in beef sales to the European Union
(EU) and devaluation of its currency, Cabinet chief Alfredo
Atanasof said on Monday.
