Vice President urges rural reform, food safety (China Economic Net)

Posted by - October 31st, 2008

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping has called for enhanced rural reform, food safety and development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) during an inspection of the easter Zhejiang Province.

Vice President urges rural reform, food safety (People’s Daily)

Posted by - October 31st, 2008

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping has called for enhanced rural reform, food safety and development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) during an inspection of the eastern Zhejiang Province. Xi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, told the province to grasp opportunities and cope with challenges in face of the …

Summary Box: Business braces for more regulation (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Posted by - October 31st, 2008

NEW REGULATION: Analysts expect the financial meltdown and concerns about climate change, food safety and other issues will lead to a wave of new regulation next year, no matter who is elected president.

EU panel OKs 2 genetically modified corn products (San Francisco Chronicle)

Posted by - October 31st, 2008

The European Union’s food safety agency approved two genetically modified corn Friday, putting renewed pressure on EU nations to drop their objections to the use of biotech crops. Scientists at the Parma, italy based European food Safety author ty, or EFSA…

EU food safety agency panel approves 2 genetically modified corn products (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Posted by - October 31st, 2008

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union’s food safety agency approved two genetically modified corn Friday, putting renewed pressure on EU nations to drop their objections to the use of biotech crops.

EU panel OKs 2 genetically modified corn products (AP via Yahoo! News)

Posted by - October 31st, 2008

The European Union’s food safety agency approved two genetically modified corn Friday, putting renewed pressure on EU nations to drop their objections to the use of biotech crops.

EU agency says French GMO maize ban unjustified (Environmental News Network)

Posted by - October 31st, 2008

PARIS (Reuters) - Europe’s top food safety agency said on Friday that France’s ban on a genetically modified maize developed by U.S. biotech giant Monsanto was unjustified. Monsanto’s MON 810 is the only GM crop grown in the European Union, unlike in the United States and Latin America, where they are more common. Many European countries doubt the safety of using the genetic technology in …

LRQA Joins Kraft, Danone, Nestle and Unilever in Development of New Food Safety Specification PAS 220 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Posted by - October 31st, 2008

HOUSTON—-For the past 6 months, Cor Groenveld, Global food Safety Manager and Sector Specialist of Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance , has worked along side representatives of Kraft, Danone, Nestlé, Unilever, McDonald’s and General Mills in a collective steering group aimed to develop the new food safety Publicly Available Specification 220.

EU agency says French GMO maize ban unjustified (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Posted by - October 31st, 2008

Europe’s top food safety agency said on Friday that France’s ban on a genetically modified maize developed by U.S. biotech giant Monsanto was unjustified.

Fighting for food safety rights in China (Radio Netherlands)

Posted by - October 31st, 2008

In the wake of the melamine scandal, Chinese consumers no longer trust that the food they buy in stores is health . And some of them are even trying to fight for their rights.

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