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major uk retailer j sainsbury plc this week announced an increase in sales for the third quarter ending 5th january 2002 boosted by record sales figures for the christmas and new year period. total sales grew by 7.4 per cent (excluding petrol) and like-for-like sales during the christmas period were up 6.8 per cent (excluding petrol) for 6 weeks to 5th january. sir peter davis, group chief executive, said: \"this is the fourth quarter of increasingly strong like-for-like sales growth in the uk.

a new hand-held electronic tongue aims to provide accurate and reliable taste measurements for companies currently relying on human tasters for their quality control of foods. according to a report in the science journal \'nature\' the device made by antonio riul of embrapa instrumentação agropecuária in são carlos, brazil(1), and colleagues rivals human taste buds and never tires. the electronic tongue can sense low levels of impurities in water.

denmark bowed to european union complaints on monday and said it would lift a 20-year-old ban on canned beer and soft drinks. the ban will end on january 23 on condition that retailers charge a deposit of 1.50 danish crowns ($0.18) per can, as on bottles, to ensure that customers return the empty cans to shops, the environment ministry said. the move, expected following centre-right parties\' victory in a parliamentary election last year, is likely to allow increased imports of beer and danish brewers say they are prepared.

the european commission has approved the creation of a joint venture called european salt company (esco) between german company kali & salz ag and solvay s.a. of belgium. esco will combine the parent companies\' businesses for the production and sale of salt thereby creating europe\'s second largest producer for crystallised salt behind akzo of the netherlands. after investigation the commission maintains that the concentration would not impede effective competition in europe.

an australian foot-and-mouth expert from the australian commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation (csiro warned this week that the highly adaptable pan-asian strain of foot and mouth disease (fmd), responsible for the uk outbreaks, is on the move in south-east asia. dr gleeson has returned to csiro livestock industries\' australian animal health laboratory (aahl) after spending four years in thailand working for the office international des epizooties (oie) - the world organisation for animal health.

french industrial output remained flat in november after hefty drops in the preceding two months, while manufacturing output continued to slide, but by a gentler 0.3 per cent, french statistics office insee said on tuesday. insee said total industrial output, excluding construction, was unchanged compared to october and revised the scale of the october fall to 0.8 per cent from the 0.7 percent dip initially reported.

the french market for organic dairy products is to show accelerated growth in the coming years as dairies raise production levels, according to a new report from market research group organic monitor. the report, the french market for organic dairy products finds that french organic dairy revenues expanded by 35.7 per cent in 2001 and that high growth was reported last year due to consumer demand for organic foods being elevated by the bse crisis.

a single genetic mutation allows people to tolerate milk after they leave babyhood, and is virtually the same in people of asian, european and african descent, researchers reported sunday. finding the tiny change in the genetic code should allow scientists an easy test for lactose intolerance, a painful digestive condition, and also offers insights into how some groups of people evolved a milk-drinking culture, the team of u.

the united states market for functional foods and beverages is currently worth more than $11 billion (€12.33bn) but trying to establish the size of markets for health-enhancing foods can be a gamble, claims a new report from uk research company new nutrition business. the report, strategies in functional foods & beverages 2002: the hottest topics , says that estimates by market analysts of the size of the market for functional foods and beverages can vary by more than a factor of 10.