AgraFood Europe

摘要

Romania Bulgaria will become the 26 and 27th members of the EU on January 1 2007 assuming they meet certain accession criteria laid down by the Commission. The long standing issue of GM-tolerance levels dominated the agenda at last month's Farm Council meeting, which ended with the Council still at odds over proposed thresholds. The EU plans to open a public consultation on the future of the fruit and vegetable market that could lead to a radical reform of the whole sector. A trio of Asian countrieshave banned imports of Danish poultrymeat after the country was struck by its first case of H5N1 avian influenza. Belgium is to increase its biofuel production by over 30% after the government approved a draft amendment to the biofuel law. Consumers andnot price should dictate the future of the EU poultry sector according to the keynote speaker at Agra Informa's World Poultry Conference. World wheat and grain coarse stocks are forecast to sink to their lowest levels in 20 years as production fails to keep pace with rising world demand.