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Stevia-sweetened soft drink launched in New Zealand

06-Nov-2009 - for use as high intensity sweeteners in 2008, in line with JECFA (Joint WHO/FAO Expert Committee on Food

Global food safety group meets with Chinese envoys

04-Nov-2009 - the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Cargill, General Mills, Ecolab with the FAO, a visit to a Cargill oilseed crushing facility near Amsterdam, and two days in Washington, DC

US wheat industry underlines pro-GM wheat stance

16-Oct-2009 - , because of the FAO’s (Food and Agriculture Organization) warning that food production needs to double

PepsiCo launches stevia drink under natural health product rules

15-Oct-2009 - in food and beverage products in many countries under widely recognized JECFA (the Joint FAO/WHO Expert

Sugar and stevia industries unite

30-Sep-2009 - (the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives) approval in other parts of the world, including

Cereal prices could rise, suggests Credit Suisse report

15-Jun-2009 - the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) show that the beginning of all previous post -war recessions has coincided with a fall in total crop production. The FAO figures reveal that calorie

Debate heats up on climate change and meat

30-Mar-2009 - the latest FAO statistics show that China produces the largest volume of meat, at 28.5 percent of global

Bumper rice harvest will ease prices, says FAO

25-Feb-2009 - Bumper rice harvest will ease prices, says FAO ... be two or three years before prices sank back to pre-2008 levels. The FAO report says most prices affordable, the FAO predicts that they may have to intervene again in 2009 – this time to sustain

Global knowledge strengthens flavor safety, says FEMA

30-Jan-2009 - (EFSA) and the FAO/WHO Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) have generally come into line

Food firms should tap opportunities in developing countries

16-Nov-2009 - countries, says the FAO's director general. ... countries, says the FAO's director general. ... 's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said in Milan last week that "with privatisation organised for the private sector by the FAO sought to draw the global food industry into the dialogue ... developing countries, FAO, hunger

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Food price crisis not over yet, FAO

10-Nov-2009 - Food price crisis not over yet, FAO ... , warns the FAO, as it gears up for next week’s Hunger Summit. ... , warns the FAO, as it gears up for next week’s Hunger Summit. ... FAO assistant director General Hafez Ghanem. The situation is worst in counties that are net food ... FAO, food prices

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Private-sector forum seeks solution to world hunger

06-Nov-2009 - Organization (FAO), will precede the World Summit on Food Security in Rome. The forum is designed to allow

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Smart salt distribution can cut salt without extra additives

06-Nov-2009 - from WHO/FAO of 5 grams per day to control blood pressure levels and reduce hypertension prevalence

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Salt reduction may also benefit bone health

02-Nov-2009 - from WHO/FAO of 5 grams per day to control blood pressure levels and reduce hypertension prevalence

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EFSA recommends reduction of inorganic arsenic intake

23-Oct-2009 - higher – up to 4µg/kg. New guidance and info needed The WHO/FAO’s Joint Expert Committee on Food

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Benefits of salt reduction clear, despite brain claim

16-Oct-2009 - world, between 10 and 12g, vastly exceeds recommendations from WHO/FAO of 5 grams per day to control

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Special comment

Fat chance for action on World Food Day

16-Oct-2009 - emanating from the FAO today are not much different from those in previous years: Invest in agriculture

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World Food Week

Real-time food insecurity info would prompt action

15-Oct-2009 - in developing countries, but some 15 million are thought to be in developed countries. FAO Director . They are based on the FAO’s food balance sheets, which estimate per-capita availability of calories ... food insecurity, FAO

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World Food Week

Invest now for food security in 2050

12-Oct-2009 - problem by 2050, says the FAO. ... problem by 2050, says the FAO. ... that not everyone works in offices and factories,” the FAO says. “The crisis is stalking the small-scale farms

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