The WTO and animal welfare-related trade restrictions Animal welfare concerns were raised at the International Meat Secretariat Veal Committee meeting in mid June 2014 over the possible implication for... 17/08/2014
Prospective trends in the future location of global cocoa production With the expansion of global cocoa consumption largely driven by market developments in Asia and Latin America, the question has been raised of whe... 24/07/2014
Sugar industry corporate profiles - Introduction EU sugar sector reforms have not only impacted on sugar prices and the market access arrangements for ACP sugar, but have also resulted in major co... 23/07/2014
Tereos - corporate profile Ownership structureTereos, a cooperative owned by 12,000 French sugar beet producers, came into being following a period of consolidation among sug... 23/07/2014
British Sugar/Associated British Foods - corporate profile Ownership structureBritish Sugar, the sole processor of the UK sugar beet crop (UK quota 1,056,474 tonnes), is owned by Associated British Foods (A... 23/07/2014
Suiker Unie/Royal Cosun - corporate profile Ownership structureSuiker Unie is a subsidiary of the farmers’ cooperative Royal Cosun (known as Cosun). Cosun was set up in the early 20th century... 23/07/2014
Tate & Lyle/American Sugar Refining - corporate profile Ownership structureIn October 2010, American Sugar Refining (ASR) completed its takeover of Tate and Lyle’s sugar division, involving the acquisiti... 23/07/2014
USA moves to full cost recovery for agricultural quarantine inspections The United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced changes to the fees it charges for con... 13/07/2014
FAO adopts international guidelines for sustainable small-scale fisheries The 31st session of the Fisheries Committee (COFI 31) of the FAO was held 9–13 June 2014 in Rome. Prior to COFI 31, the FAO published the 2014 edit... 04/07/2014
First international standard to be developed for environmentally and socially sustainable fisheries The French standardisation agency, Afnor (Agence française de normalisation), has suggested that there is a need to create an internationally recog... 04/07/2014