ARGENCERT NEWS

* ARGENCERT Chile Ltda.: Beginning of activities Seminar and Inauguration cocktail in Las Condes - Santiago, CHILE November 6, 2008 Full text

* ARGENCERT IN SYDNEY Results of the EXPO-SYDNEY 2008, and fotos. Full text.

* ARGENCERT IN BOSTON Results of the BioFach America 2008, and fotos. Full text.

NATIONAL NEWS

* TRAINING OF SENASA’s PERSONNEL ON ISO 22000/2005 AND HACCP

Course for Lead Auditor of Standard ISO 22000/2005 and quality management systems given by UK’s Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association. Full text.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

* PERPLEXITY ON THE NEW COMMUNITARY ORGANIC REGULATION Doubts on the new EU regulation that is to become effective Jan 1st. 2009. Full text.

* AUSTRALIA: FIRST ORGANIC BEEF PRODUCER TO COMPLY WITH THE JAPANESE STANDARD. New Japanese organic beef standards still not mandatory for importers, but coming soon. Full text.

* THE FDA LANDS IN EUROPE New office to certify agrifood. Full text.

* THE UNITED NATIONS RECOMMENDATIONS TO FACILITATE ORGANIC AGRICULTURE Governments should take an enabling and facilitating role rather than a controlling one. Full text.

* USA: “ORGANIC” COSMETIC CERTIFIERS SUED. ECOCERT and OASIS sued to stop the certification and misleading labeling of organic personal care products. (N. of the E.: The organic personal care products still do not have internationally harmonized standards). Full text.

* GREAT BRITAIN: AN ECOLOGICAL ‘NEW DEAL’ TO SOLVE THE CRISIS UNDP suggests strong investment in green economy and organic production to induce easing off the financial crisis. Full text.

* ORGANIC COTTON: GROWS 152% According to data from Organic Exchange. ). Full text.

* ITALIAN AGRITOURISM FAIR 2008. Statistics in the agritourism market. Full text.

GMOs, HORMONES, NANOTECHNOLOGY, TECHNICAL NOTES

* EUROPEAN PRODUCERS REQUEST OPENING UP TO GMO SEEDS Otherwise the shortage of raw materials may cause a delicate situation in livestock feeding. Full text.

* TRANSGENICS: A NEEDED DEBATE. Recurring allergies and the abundant use of virus and bacteria with high recombinant potential may lead to new pathogenic cells and sicknesses. Full text.

* EU: NEW DEBATE ON GMOs. 27 member countries met in Brussels to debate the future of the European system for the evaluation and approval of transgenic crops. Full text.

* THE PERUVIAN MINISTERS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE WILL EVALUATE THE COUNTRY’S POSITION ON TRANSGENICS Ministers reiterated position that the future of Peru lies in the organics, the natural products and in its genetic resources. Full text.

* HARMONIZATION: ITF – ABOUT ITS WORK AND RESULTS The international Task Force developed tools for harmonization of organic standards and regulations. Full text.

* THE CONTROVERSY ON ‘BISPHENOL-A’ HEATS UP Scientists and consumers charge the FDA of connivance with the US plastic industry. Full text.

CONGRESSES, SEMINARS, MEETINGS, COURSES FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS

* WORLD CONTEST “MALBEC AL MUNDO” (MALBEC TO THE WORLD) Presentation of the Argentine single variety flagship wine to the world. Full text.

* M.S. IN ANIMAL SUBTOPICAL PRODUCTION. National North East University. Full Text.

* POSGRADUATE COURSE IN BIOCLIMATOLOGY (ANIMAL STRESS AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT) Within the M.S. currícula in Subtropical Animal Production of the National North East University Full Text.

* MOA: COURSE IN NATURAL AGRICULTURE IN THE FAMILY GARDEN. Natural Agriculture under the Mokichi Okata method. Full Text

* 1º COURSE WORKSHOP ON “COMMUNITARY TOURISM – “AN ALTERNATIVE FOR SOCIO-ECONOMICAL DEVELOPMENT”. Agriculture School of the National University of Buenos Aires. Full Text.

* DESIGN AND ORGANIZATION OF FOOD ROUTES AND WINE TOURISM. Agriculture School of the National University of Buenos Aires. Full Text.