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europe is edging slowly towards gm acceptance, according to monsanto ceo hugh grant, who underscored the continent's strategic importance and said his company is laying the groundwork should a policy-change come to pass. grant's comments, reported in the st louis post-dispatch, were made at the sanford bernstein strategic decisions conference in new york yesterday.

in a bid to push processors and other manufacturers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, the uk government yesterday unveiled a proposal to put "carbon footprint" labels on all products. the voluntary labelling scheme would help companies to measure the greenhouse gases associated with their their products and reduce them, said the environment minister, ian pearson.

a new review of what influences children's food choices will help food companies develop and market appealing products - and aid bodies that regulate marketing practices, says publisher ccfra. campden and chorelywood food research association (ccfra) has published a review that aims to bring together all the research on triggers for children's food choices - be it biological or physiological, or related to taste, hunger, appearance, family habits, schools, advertising, cost and availability.

prices for food and drink have risen sharply in the uk over the last year, in a sign that higher input costs are increasingly being passed down the supply chain. food and drink prices rose six per cent in the uk in the year up to april, more than double the rate of inflation, according to a report by the organisation economic co-operation and development oecd's.

the european commission yesterday adopted a white paper setting out a european strategy on nutrition, overweight and obesity, including plans to review progress in three years. the white paper, presented by health commissioner markos kyprianou, builds on existing efforts to address the problem of obesity, including the eu platform for action on diet, physical activity and health , initiated in 2005, and green paper on promoting healthy diets and physical activity published the same year.