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US reignites trade battle with EU over beef imports

12-Jan-2017 By Louis Gore-Langton

US trade representatives have heeded calls from the country’s meat industry to act on ‘unfair and discriminatory’ rules on US beef imports to the EU – threatening to reopen a 20 year dispute and put sanctions on European products.

BREXIT REACTIONS

Britain votes to leave the EU: What now?

24-Jun-2016 By Niamh Michail

Britain has voted to leave the European Union and Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned as a result. Across Europe and the UK, the food industry is coming to terms with the outcome.

dispatches from RAFA 2015, Prague

RAFA: Nano, EU projects and US food safety work

05-Nov-2015 By Joseph James Whitworth

Methods to analyse nanoparticles, food safety from the US perspective and insight into a range of EU projects were key topics during the second day of a conference in Prague.

EU and Vietnam free trade deal will unleash export potential for wine and spirits

05-Aug-2015 By Rachel Arthur

Wine and spirit producers in Europe are welcoming an EU-Vietnam free trade agreement, saying the new deal will boost exports to a growing market. 

Better than veggie: Eat chicken to fight climate change

02-Apr-2015 By Niamh Michail

We have vegetarian, pescetarian, fruitatarian, vegan… and pollo-tarian? Ditching beef and dairy for poultry products is the best diet to combat climate change, according to new research.

Senators object to EU claim on cheese names

14-Mar-2014 By Rachel Arthur

US senators have objected to an ‘absurd’ European initiative to protect local cheese names, which would force changes to common names in the States.

Banned foods: USA vs European Union

13-Aug-2013 By Fiona Barry

US and EU regulations clash over food safety bans. Are these dishes deadly or delicious?

EU-US beef import extension eases transatlantic dispute

08-Aug-2013 By Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn

A two year extension of US zero-duty access to the EU beef market is the latest step in the longest running trade dispute dividing Europe and America.

Green bull? ‘Natural energy’ grows health claim wings

24-Jun-2013 By Diana Cowland

The EU energy market is set to grow by €1bn by 2017 and much of that could come from ‘natural energy’, a sub-sector that has been boosted by recent health claim approvals, says Euromonitor International analyst, Diana Cowland.

Mondelez moves to patent degradable gum

25-Mar-2013 By Oliver Nieburg

The number two gum player Kraft (now Mondelez) has filed a patent for a degradable gum composition that is similar to one currently being assessed for novel foods approval in the EU.

Is dairy ready to steal some of the stevia limelight from beverage?

02-Dec-2011 By Jane Byrne

Cargill is looking beyond beverage to dairy as it flags up pending product launches for Truvia in both table-top and as an ingredient on the EU market next year.

PureCircle sales fall, awaiting EU stevia approval

21-Sep-2011 By Sarah Hills

PureCircle said that a “delay” in regulatory approval for stevia in the EU was a factor contributing to lower-than-expected sales for the year.

Natural pigments could be produced from fungus

13-Sep-2010 By Nathan Gray

Biosynthesized pigments from fungi could be used as a reliable source of natural colorants, according to a new review.

EU dairy industry turns to cheese as market recovers

19-May-2010 By Guy Montague-Jones

Dairy processors in the EU are turning to cheese in an effort to put the market turbulence of a year ago behind them, according to a US government report.

US contests EU chicken restrictions

19-Jan-2009 By Jane Byrne

EU restrictions on US chicken imports have been challenged by Washington, which is demanding that the World Trade Organisation (WTO) intervene in the dispute.