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Articles in May 30, 2005 issue of Food & Drink Weekly

• EU approves cultivation and sale of Bt-11 GM corn
• House approves bill preventing obesity suits against fast food companies
• Galaxy Nutritional Foods
• Prospects for CAFTA passage remain murky
• Tim Groser, the New Zealand ambassador chairing the WTO's agriculture negotiations, has stepped down from his post to pursue a domestic political career, raising doubts whether he can continue to lead the farm trade talks into the organization's crucial H
• OIE revises BSE guidelines
• Cadbury Schweppes
• Wine exports to the United States rose considerably in the first three months of this year, according to recent figures
• Imperial Sugar Co. said last week that a New York investment company has expressed an interest in acquiring the company's outstanding shares for $17 per share
• U.S. closes border to Mexican cattle on fear of spreading bovine TB
• Chiquita Brands International, Inc. announced that it has obtained a 30-day extension from its financing institutions of their previously announced commitments to finance the company's pending acquisition of the Fresh Express unit of Performance Food Grou
• Sysco Corp., said it agreed to acquire Royalty Foods Inc., a specialty meat distributor in Orlando, Fla. Sysco did not disclose financial terms of the agreement, which its Sysco/Buckhead Beef distribution unit expects to complete May 29
• U.S. sugar beet output to decline
• ContiGroup Companies Inc. and Smithfield Foods Inc. have announced the successful completion of an agreement to form a 50/50 joint venture between their respective cattle feeding businesses ContiBeef and MF Cattle Feeding