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April 2003
Date	Headlines
30	Zambia sets out biotechnology strategy TNS renames consumer panel
29	Convenience and home cooking are hot Commercial GM crop “co-existence” impossible Link food safety to public health goals – IM People Kroger goes natural and organic Minute Maid gets calcium, vitamin D boost Ahold sells Indonesian operation for E12m P&G improves Wella offer, seeks other targets McDonald's reverses loss Bunge has record 1Q, but warns of trouble Short arms and shallow pockets
28	What are we missing? Global patent needs US OK Seeing the light in quality control
25	More details for innovation tenderers Bayer hopes steady growth continues Ball on a roll Profits hard to find Wrinkle cream stretches to cosmetics Frito-Lay woos organic market Guilt-free chocolate?
24	Food industry rubbishes WHO fat report Sell the feeling, not the fact Sprite splashes out on Tropical Sprite Remix Here, felix Diabetes drug has anti-ageing effects
23	US NFPA launches safe food web site Europeans slash four of five GM crop trials Key information highways are social, not physical Wrigley chews up competition MeadWestvaco loses 38 cents/ share for 1Q2003 Sonoco wraps up down under Developers hit by world events UK gives £1.3m for alternative medicine research Fat cell receptor revealed Breeders adapt soy to US tastes Grow your own hydrogen fuel Dixie’s To-Go range takes it away Tyson Foods to close Maryland chicken plant
16	CadSchweppes shuffles US beverage top deck Wipes clean up Hats off to caps market Kraft Foods’ profits up 22% ABF grows operating profit 14% Invensys to sell more assets US DoJ sticks up EU-approved label deal Nutrition facts free for download
15	Interbrew pubs open to other beers Spaniards use ion exchange to cut waste Liikanen sees biology as model for sustainability
14	Boring products take gloss off cosmetics sales New software cuts NDP costs, time to market Researchers develop antimicrobial food packaging Goldilocks did the right thing Eve’s recipe for an Ipanema figure
11	Eden Springs open for Danone Peanuts offer heart benefits Insurer targets speciality food makers New drug reference standard packaging released Faster DNA with new preparation scheme Freshness the key to foodservice growth Food production and trade under the microscope
10	Suppliers, retailers at odds over trade promotions Hershey picks Hernquist Javo goes Wild for coffee Kroger weaves supply chain web GBG Awards itself ICS P&G to raise Wella offer?
08	Pesticides poison 25m/y, threaten trade Bell to boss FSA Brits vote for GM foods Americans silent on weighty issu Coca-Cola buys into college TV channel
07	Application is the new game Kraft Foods boss fears GM transfers to food US GMA wants FDA rules relaxed Megabrands built on trust - ACNielsen Nappy makers dump load, prices Evaluation guide to FP6 proposals US resumes Ukraine chicken run
04	FSA’s Krebs slams UK food industry for ‘resounding silence’ Anheuser-Busch to raise Tsingtao stake Bioterror food rules go too far - NFPA New EU members like science but can’t afford it EC seeks better outreach proposals
02	FDA puts investigations operations manual on-line Cornwall votes to go GM-free Heineken finalises Croatian brewery dea Hershey goes sugar-free to fight fat, diabetes Smell gets the message through Packaging problem? Tap IoP’s knowledge tree Sensor to monitor intracellular activity?
01	Deposit scheme threatens “thousands” of German jobs More GM crops planted in US Public optimistic on GM promises Cadbury Schweppes swallows Adams Dupont slips Teflon charge Brie squares up to sandwich market New pesto sauces debut Male teens show sensitive side Sensor market to double to $4bn Changes at Lonza Bring ‘em back with colour