Food firms want binding rules for safe imports
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Top U.S. food companies, worried recent import scares may turn away customers, launched a plan on Tuesday to add teeth to existing safety guidelines and increase funding for bare-bones federal regulators.
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Europe's food and drink industry could face new regulations if it does not try harder to tackle obesity.
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The lowering of trade barriers has pushed food companies to scour the globe for the cheapest ingredients to compete in a global marketplace.
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Far-reaching safety rules on tens of thousands of chemicals used in everyday items from car seats to face cream took effect in the European Union on Friday, obliging firms to show their products comply.
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The World Trade Organization could impose trade sanctions because of restrictions on GM crop imports.
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Europe&#39;s food and drink industry must  step up its fight against obesity over the next three years or  face new regulations, a spokesman for the European Union&#39;s  health chief said on Wednesday.
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European Union governments should work together in deciding rules for using biotech foods, rather than forge their own policies and risk inviting legal action against the 27-member bloc, the EU trade chief said Thursday.
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By Diao Ying  The Chinese Government is telling enterprises to prepare to meet the latest European Union regulations on chemical substances, another of many international standards that stifles China's manufacturing-heavy foreign trade.
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The Canadian government called on the food industry on Wednesday to tightly limit artery-clogging trans fats, and threatened mandatory cuts if enough is not done in the next two years.
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Â· Trade group urges ban for chemical additivesÂ· Anger over burden on parents to check labels
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City officials are promising to be gentle when it comes to enforcing the first-in-the-nation ban on trans fats, which restaurants will have more than a year to rid from their food.
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China tightens food safety standards amid a string of scares over toothpaste, pet foods, and other goods.
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SHOPPERS want clear âtraffic lightâ labels on food to help them choose healthy items, according to the Governmentâs food watchdog.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  said on Monday that suppliers of its private label and certain other food items, like produce, meat and fish, must comply with Global Food Safety Initiative standards.
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From fast-food chains to Congress, moves are afoot to reduce animal suffering and ensure food safety
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President Bush on Wednesday established a Cabinet-level panel to recommend how to guarantee the safety of imported food and other products brought into the country and how to police them better.
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The proposed rules are in response to the outcry over dangerous imports from China and other unsafe products.