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                    [Title] => RP tuna industry pleads case with EU on lead levels in fish
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The local tuna industry will ask the European Union (EU) to reconsider its move to change the current regulation on lead levels in fish, saying the move effectively discriminates tuna exports from the Philippines.  


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-07-19 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix
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                    [ArticleID] => 342144
                    [Title] => EU may relax lead content rule on tuna shipments from Asean
                    [Summary] => The European Union (EU), the world’s largest importer of agricultural and fishery products from Southeast Asia, is now willing to work out a compromise on the enforcement of stricter sanitary and phytosanitary standards (SPS) intended to make it tougher for exporters of tuna and other marine products to penetrate the European market.


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-06-16 00:00:00
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                    [ArticleID] => 295157
                    [Title] => RP tuna exporters fear loss of business due to stricter EU food standards
                    [Summary] => GENERAL SANTOS CITY  – The Philippines’ $400-million tuna industry is being threatened anew by determined moves in the European Union (EU) to reduce the maximum allowable lead content in tuna and other fishery exports. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-09-05 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => Philippines stalls EU move to  enact stricter food standards
                    [Summary] => The Philipines effectively stalled moves  by some members of the European Union (EU) to enact stricter food standards that will make it tougher for exporters of  fish and marine products to  penetrate the European market. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-06-22 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => RP thwarts EC on tighter rules on fish products
                    [Summary] => The Philippines was able to thwart the bid of some members of the European Community (EC) to lower the maximum level (ML) for lead content in marine products that would have made it difficult for the country to continue exporting its fish and fishery products to Europe.


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                    [Title] => RP protests EU plan to impose non-tariff wall vs marine products
                    [Summary] => The Philippines will seek ASEAN support for its position to oppose a move by The Netherlands-based Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) to impose by 2003 more stringent rules for the entry of  marine products to the European Union (EU).


Philippine seafood exporters are currently firming up a position paper calling for a compromise with the CAC to settle the issue of what can be allowed as the maximum lead content of marine products exported to the EU.


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                    [Title] => RP seeks compromise with commish on marine products
                    [Summary] => Philippine seafood exporters will push for a compromise with The Netherlands-based Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) to settle the issue of what can be allowed as the maximum lead content of marine products entering the European Union (EU) market.


                    [DatePublished] => 2002-11-25 00:00:00
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                    [ArticleID] => 181688
                    [Title] => Creation of body urged to oppose EU treatment of RP’s sea products
                    [Summary] => The Seaweed Industry Association of the Philippines (SIAP) is pushing for the creation of a permanent private sector-led national committee that will oppose the European Union’s proposal to impose more stringent rules for the entry of the country’s major seafood and marine products by 2003.


                    [DatePublished] => 2002-10-28 00:00:00
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RP tuna industry pleads case with EU on lead levels in fish

By Rocel Felix | July 19, 2006 - 12:00am

The local tuna industry will ask the European Union (EU) to reconsider its move to change the current regulation on lead levels in fish, saying the move effectively discriminates tuna exports from the Philippines....

Business

EU may relax lead content rule on tuna shipments from Asean

By Rocel Felix | June 16, 2006 - 12:00am

The European Union (EU), the world’s largest importer of agricultural and fishery products from Southeast Asia, is now willing to work out a compromise on the enforcement of stricter sanitary and phytosanitary...

Business

RP tuna exporters fear loss of business due to stricter EU food standards

By Rocel Felix | September 5, 2005 - 12:00am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The Philippines’ $400-million tuna industry is being threatened anew by determined moves in the European Union (EU) to reduce the maximum allowable lead content in tuna and other...

Business

Philippines stalls EU move to enact stricter food standards

By Rocel Felix | June 22, 2004 - 12:00am

The Philipines effectively stalled moves by some members of the European Union (EU) to enact stricter food standards that will make it tougher for exporters of fish and marine products to penetrate the European...

Business

RP thwarts EC on tighter rules on fish products

April 22, 2003 - 12:00am

The Philippines was able to thwart the bid of some members of the European Community (EC) to lower the maximum level (ML) for lead content in marine products that would have made it difficult for the country to continue...

Business

RP protests EU plan to impose non-tariff wall vs marine products

By Rocel Felix | December 9, 2002 - 12:00am

The Philippines will seek ASEAN support for its position to oppose a move by The Netherlands-based Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) to impose by 2003 more stringent rules for the entry of marine products to the...

Business

RP seeks compromise with commish on marine products

By Rocel Felix | November 25, 2002 - 12:00am

Philippine seafood exporters will push for a compromise with The Netherlands-based Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) to settle the issue of what can be allowed as the maximum lead content of marine products entering...

Business

Creation of body urged to oppose EU treatment of RP’s sea products

By Rocel Felix | October 28, 2002 - 12:00am

The Seaweed Industry Association of the Philippines (SIAP) is pushing for the creation of a permanent private sector-led national committee that will oppose the European Union’s proposal to impose more stringent...

Business