The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
For the first time ever, the World Trade Organization (wto) recently opened its doors to the public for a hearing in a legal dispute. The three parties to the debate on the justification of us and Canada sanctions against eu ban on hormone-treated meat proposed opening the proceedings to the …
the Indian government and the country's scientific fraternity have reacted sharply to a proposal by two British researchers that the Mad Cow disease could originally have been caused by contaminated cattle feed imported from the Indian subcontinent. "The theory is based on a wild speculation and is not backed by …
think of growing chicken pieces without the chicken: no, this is no wild fantasy. In a paper published in the June 29, 2005 issue of the journal Tissue Engineering (Vol 11, No 5/6), an international team of scientists proposes two new techniques of tissue engineering that may lead to industrial …
last month's seizure of a meat consignment at Karachi port has been identified by the Sindh Wild Life Department (swld) as fresh water turtle, a banned export item. Since a Lahore-based company had booked the consignment for Vietnam, it is believed the turtles were caught in the Punjab province, where …
Quinolone antibacterials are veterinary drugs authorized for use in food animal production. The analysis of residual amounts of drugs in food from animal origin is important for quality control of products for consumers. For this purpose, Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) have been set up by a European Union Council Regulation …
In 2001, during the famed Pushkar fair in Rajasthan, Bagdiramji, a leader of the Raika community, summoned us to the Ram Raika Mandir. " Thousands of female camels have been bought for slaughter in Uttar Pradesh and other places. This must be stopped,' he pleaded. The Raika leader's request left …
Fighting for animal rights is a crime. At least the British think so. As part of the Serious and Organised Crime Bill, the government recently proposed up to five years of jail sentences for animal rights activists who impede the use of animals in medical research. "The simple fact is …
A method using liquid chromatography electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC/ESI-MS/MS) for the determination of trace levels of five macrolide antibiotics (spiramycin, tilmicosin, oleandomycin, erythromycin, and tylosin) in eggs is presented. Data acquisition under MS/MS was achieved by applying multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) of two or three fragment ion transitions …
It's the second week of March 2002. Morum, the annual Apatani spring festival, is in full swing at Hapoli, district Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh. The feasting includes voluminous amounts of barking deer meat. Flesh of common hill partridges, red jungle fowls, Assamese macaques and great barbets have also found their way …
the World Trade Organization (wto) has agreed to improve procedures for setting new health and safety standards on the import of plant and animal products. The revision adds emphasis on transparency. It aims to reduce arbitrary trade restrictions while allowing importing countries to protect the health of their consumers. The …
a scare of dioxin contamination in animal feed has gripped the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France and Spain. The Dutch farm ministry sealed off nearly 200 livestock farms recently after carcinogenic dioxin was detected in a potato feed product used in the country. About 96 of these farms were re-opened later …
Japan might ease its total ban on us beef. It is considering granting an exemption to us cows aged 20 months or younger from testing for mad cow disease before shipping. The proposal was recently submitted by Japan's agriculture and health ministries to the government's Food Safety Commission for approval. …
The use of the two macrolides antibiotics Spiramycin (S) and Tylosin (T) as growth promoters in animal feeding has been recently withdrawn in the European Union due to a concern about the outbreaks of farmacoresistance fenomena as a possible hazard for humans. For feed additives monitoring purposes, an analytical method …
After dolphin-friendly tuna now we have cheetah-friendly beef. The Cheetah Conservation Fund (ccf), a supposedly conservation-oriented group, has begun hardselling this product from Namibia; it is poised to enter the European Union. On the face of it, cheetah-friendly beef is an attempt to popularise non-violent options of protecting livestock. Beef …
It has been alleged that a recent recall of tainted meat products in the us is shrouded in secrecy to protect the food industry at the expense of public health. The newspaper Spokesman-Review had filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the identities of over 580 distributors, restaurants and …
construction halted: The Patna High Court has stayed the proposed construction of a shopping complex at the Sandies compound in Bhagalpur, Bihar, because the site lies in a green belt. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ravi S Dhavan and Justice S K Singh also asked the district administration to …
The Soil Association (sa), an organic farming group, has found that up to 20 million eggs sold in the uk each week could contain traces of a potentially dangerous drug. In tests, nearly one in eight egg samples contained residues of the antibiotic lasalocid, harmful to people with heart ailments. …
In a pre-poll move, the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to oppose the ban on shahtoosh trade in the Supreme Court. It will do so by filing its objections against a World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) petition, seeking a blanket ban on the trade. The decision followed a …
THE Jammu and Kashmir government has suddenly realised that there exist in the state disgruntled shahtoosh shawl weavers. The timing is perfect. Parliamentary elections are around the corner; weaving families are 50,000 strong. The previous state government rendered them jobless by banning the manufacture of shawls from the fur of …
