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Japan supermarket giant AEON to accelerate China, Asia expansion

Posted - June 30, 2011

Japan supermarket giant AEON to accelerate China, Asia expansion

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China organic sales grow but regulation challenges retailers

Posted - June 30, 2011

China organic sales grow but regulation challenges retailers

Organic and natural food is a tiny sector in China that is benefiting from the middle- to upper-income, health-conscious consumer and overseas returnees, but misinformation, lax regulations and questionable business practices are proving to be major stumbling blocks, according to a report published by the Hong Kong TDC in May.

Sales have been growing at an average rate of 35 percent year-on-year at Beijing

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Environmental group files lawsuit over mislabeled organic cosmetic products

Posted - June 30, 2011

Environmental group files lawsuit over mislabeled organic cosmetic products

A recent investigation by Oakland, CA-based Centre for Environmental Health (CEH) found many mislabeled

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Spotlight on the Asian hotel and spa market at Natural Products Expo Asia

Posted - June 30, 2011

Spotlight on the Asian hotel and spa market at Natural Products Expo Asia

By Adriana Michael

The spa and hospitality sectors will be a major highlight at New Hope Media

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Natexpo will reflect healthy growth for French and other EU organic markets

Posted - June 30, 2011

Natexpo will reflect healthy growth for French and other EU organic markets

French, Swiss and German organic markets have shown healthy growth in 2010, and the upcoming NATEXPO, the bi-annual event held in Paris, will host a good number of organic certified exhibitors from French speaking countries and beyond, this coming October 15-17, eager to expand their markets. While a dioxin scare in Germany may have helped the market win new customers, the French Agency for organic agriculture, Agence Bio, announced in May sales in France rose to 3.4 billion Euros in 2010, a 10.8% up on the previous year, while organic food

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Peru Natura offers amazing display of superfoods and organic certified products

Posted - June 30, 2011

Peru Natura offers amazing display of superfoods and organic certified products

Once again Peru Natura will be one of the main highlights at the 3rd Expoalimentaria in Lima,
September 28-30. The pavilion will showcase the best natural and organic certified ingredients, fruits and vegetables, exotic products, herbs and cereals from Peru

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Natural and organic, adult & kid

Posted - June 30, 2011

Natural and organic, adult & kid

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EU and Canada reach agreement

Posted - June 30, 2011

EU and Canada reach agreement

In a move that is expected to lead to a significant rise in organic food trade between the European Union and Canada, the European Commission announced on June 27 that the EU and Canada have reached agreement on an equivalency in organic products.

The European Commission said on June 24 that respective decisions on organic equivalency followed long and intensive discussions between the European Commission and Canadian authorities. The EC said:

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Exposure to OP pesticides in pregnancy linked to IQ deficits in children

Posted - June 30, 2011

Exposure to OP pesticides in pregnancy linked to IQ deficits in children

Three independent United States studies released in April have reached the same conclusion

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Roundup and GM crop toxin link to birth defects

Posted - June 30, 2011

Roundup and GM crop toxin link to birth defects

O.W.N. News Network

According to a new report released on June 7 by Earth Open Source, Roundup and birth defects: Is the public being kept in the dark?, regulators knew as long ago as 1980 that glyphosate, the chemical on which Roundup is based, can cause birth defects in laboratory animals. But despite this and the European Commission having known since at least 2002 that glyphosate causes malformations, the information was not made public.

Instead regulators misled the public about glyphosate

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