EU Farm Ministers to Take on Sugar Reform
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European Union farm ministers meet Monday to discuss urgently needed reform of their sugar sector, which has been criticized for impeding fair trade and hurting the economies of developing nations while providing poor service for European consumers.
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The European Commission said Wednesday it was considering tightening food advertising and nutrition labelling rules if companies failed to improve consumer awareness about unhealthy foods.
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The European Union&#039;s chief agricultural trade negotiator has urged Washington to make new concessions on subsidies to US farmers, saying the move was crucial to reviving stalled talks on liberalising global commerce.
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Europe's longstanding scheme to   subsidize school milk may soon come in for an overhaul to stop   too much public cash being spent on less healthy high-fat dairy   products, European Commission officials said on Monday.
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The EU is to appeal against a World Trade Organisation ruling that its sugar subsidies breach world trade rules.
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The European Commission is urged to relax rules on using animal carcasses in farm feed.
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Food flown into Britain from developing countries must meet strict ethical trade standards or risk losing its organic status, if proposals from the Social Association Thursday go into force.
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The European Union's health chief wants to introduce tougher food labeling rules to combat the growing problem of obesity across Europe, but is facing stiff political and industrial opposition.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 25 (IPS) - An EU âaction planâ to soften the blow from  proposed sugar reforms is not good enough, some of the poorest  developing countries say.
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The European Union said Wednesday it would consider appealing a World Trade Organization ruling that found its subsidies to European sugar producers violate global trade rules.
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Gordon Brown is due to report to MPs on the Lisbon summit at which EU leaders agreed a new reform treaty.
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Brussels said on Wednesday it was weighing an appeal after the World Trade Organization again declared a big part of the European Union&#39;s multi-million-dollar sugar exports illegal.
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A major government food campaign is aiming to persuade Britons to limit their sugar intake.
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The European Union is likely to  toughen up entry requirements next week for U.S. long-grain  rice to avoid an unauthorized biotech strain, possibly making  EU governments conduct compulsory rather than just random  testing.
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European finance ministers are meeting Tuesday, with talks focusing on the thorny issue of alcohol taxes.
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The EU industry chief unveiled plans on Friday to revise the bloc's toy safety standards with a ban on some chemicals and on packaging toys as giveaways with foods such as sweets or cereals.
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) has again declared some European Union sugar exports illegal, dealing a new blow to the bloc&#39;s lavish system of farm subsidies, a trade source close to the case said Wednesday.