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in anticipation of final approval by the european parliament of the proposed directive relating to food supplements, the european union scientific committee on food (scf) has issued it's first opinions regarding the tolerable upper intake limits (ul) of vitamins and minerals. uls are the maximum level of total chronic daily intake of a nutrient judged to be unlikely to pose adverse health effects.

signs that european industries are gaining confidence on the internet were evident this week when a new report released by forrester research projects that online trade will account for 22 per cent of all european business trade in 2006. according to the report, at the end of 2001 online trade revenues totalled €77 million, the equivalent of less than one per cent of total business trade in the eu.

the importance of food safety was emphasised this week when us supermarket chain giant food announced that it has launched an internal program to focus on re-emphasising the importance of food safety by ensuring that all of its store associates sign a food safety pledge. the program incorporates the four fight bac! messages: clean; separate; cook and chill. these practices protect perishable foods and prevent food borne illness.

a combination of eating soy foods on a regular basis during adolescence together with a regular intake during adulthood could signficantly reduce the risk of breast cancer, according to a new study of asian-american women released this week. scientists at the keck school of medicine, university of southern california carried out a study on asian-american women who consumed soy foods on a weekly basis during their teen years and adulthood.

cheese and nutrition remains a focus for irish food ingredients company glanbia but difficult international dairy markets had a negative impact on the financial year, the company confirmed in a statement this week that accompanied its interim results. "glanbia has delivered a solid performance in the first half of 2002 in what were extremely difficult international dairy markets," said john moloney, group managing director.

dutch food company wessanen reported sales of €1,449.5 million for the first half of 2002. net sales remained close to figures for last year's first half, while ebita decreased to €36.6 million from €43.2 million in the same period a year ago. european activities through tree of life europe produced satisfying results, although us operations were disappointing, said the company. mac zondervan, chairman of the executive board, said: "as we announced in february, the results for the first half-year have been clearly influenced by the divestment of our us dairy companies, gfi, and our participation in campari.