May 22, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Ilse_aigner":
Society: 19 Mar 12
Germans are being urged to look beyond the best-before date printed on their food, and use their own judgement on whether to throw something away.
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Society: 13 Mar 12
Most food products aimed at German children is too sweet and fatty, making it “practically impossible” to give kids a healthy diet based on food designed for them.
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Society: 13 Mar 12
Germans chuck out nearly 82 kilos of food every year each, including fruit and vegetables that are the “wrong size” or do not look attractive, a new study has shown.
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Society: 19 Jan 12
The biggest agriculture show in the world opens in Berlin on Friday, with the dominant message being: Animal-friendly agriculture is possible, but it costs extra.
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Society: 9 Jan 12
Chicken sold in German supermarkets is often contaminated with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a spot test carried out by environmentalists who said the over-use of antibiotics in farming posed a danger to human health.
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Science & Technology: 11 Sep 11
Germany's consumer protection minister has warned her fellow cabinet members against using Facebook to promote their work citing data security concerns.
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Science & Technology: 8 Sep 11
Facebook said Thursday it would sign up to a voluntary code of conduct in Germany to protect user data, the first time the site has agreed to such measures in a nation known for vehemently protecting people's privacy.
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Society: 29 Jul 11
A dispute over foie gras has reached the highest levels of Franco-German ties after a Cologne food fair said the controversial French delicacy will not be allowed.
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Society: 20 Jul 11
A German internet site promising to serve up dialogue with food producers about their products has crashed immediately after launching after attracting a hailstorm of criticism.
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Business & Money: 15 Jun 11
German vegetable growers who have seen their businesses badly hit by the EHEC E.coli outbreak as people avoid cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce, have been told they will get half of what they have lost in governmental aid.
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National: 14 Jun 11
The German authorities on Tuesday said a two-year-old boy became the first child to die in an outbreak of a virulent strain of E. coli bacteria, taking the death toll to at least 37.
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National: 12 Jun 11
Karl Lauterbach, health spokesman for the opposition Social Democrats, has warned that some of those who have fallen ill in the E. coli epidemic could face severe health problems.
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National: 7 Jun 11
After mistakenly blaming Spanish cucumbers and organic sprouts for a deadly E. coli outbreak, criticism of the German authorities is mounting. The Local looks at who’s handling the health crisis.
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National: 7 Jun 11
Officials insisted Tuesday morning that the bean sprouts from a Lower Saxony farm are still chief suspects in the deadly E. coli outbreak, despite the first batch of laboratory tests turning up negative.
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National: 6 Jun 11
Germany will maintain a health warnings for sprouts as well as tomatoes, lettuce and cucumbers despite initial negative tests for deadly E. coli bacteria, Minister Ilse Aigner said Monday.
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National: 5 Jun 11
Bean sprouts have emerged as the new chief suspect in the hunt for the cause of the deadly E. coli bacteria outbreak, with health authorities issuing a fresh warning on Sunday.
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National: 1 Jun 11
Spain threatened Wednesday to sue Hamburg for damages after health officials in the northern German city pointed to Spanish cucumbers as the source of a lethal E. coli outbreak.
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National: 30 May 11
As Germany’s health and political leaders called a crisis meeting on Monday afternoon to discuss the ongoing E. coli outbreak, authorities confirmed a thirteenth person had been killed by the deadly bacteria.
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National: 25 May 11
Another woman died in Germany on Wednesday after being treated for infection with the virulent enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria on Wednesday, as government minister warned the situation remained "threatening."
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National: 25 Mar 11
Germany is demanding tougher inspections of Japanese produce following the partial meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant there, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Minister Ilse Aigner said Friday.
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National: 4 Mar 11
German politicians and the fuel industry bickered on Friday over who was responsible for the botched introduction of a new E10 gasoline-ethanol mix after confusion over its safety for cars created a rush on traditional super grade petrol.
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Society: 2 Mar 11
Germany's cabinet is expected to agree on a draft law on Wednesday that would prevent companies from charging customers while they are on hold on the telephone.
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National: 14 Feb 11
While the recent dioxin scandal in Germany has many calling for new agriculture and livestock practices, German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner has said better animal protection will result in higher food prices.
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National: 10 Feb 11
Germany’s farmers have expressed outrage over Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner’s planned animal protection legislation, saying her suggestions imply they don’t care about the issue.
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Business & Money: 7 Feb 11
The head of Germany's largest bank, Deutsche Bank, has drawn ire by saying that appointing more women to its executive board would make it "prettier and more colourful," a press report said Monday.
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National: 22 Jan 11
With about 80 tractors leading the way through central Berlin, thousands of people gathered Saturday to protest factory farming and GM technology, a day after the Green Week food and farming trade fair opened in the German capital.
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Politics: 18 Jan 11
Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner on Tuesday urged state officials to implement a federal action plan that aims to prevent future food contamination ahead of special government summit on the dioxin animal feed scandal.
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Politics: 17 Jan 11
As Germany tries to cope with the dioxin animal feed scandal, Chancellor Angela Merkel has stepped in to settle bickering over the issue between Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner and Lower Saxony premier David McAllister.
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National: 15 Jan 11
Nearly another 1,000 German farms have been closed as the scope of the dioxin animal feed scandal continues to widen, the government confirmed on Saturday.
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National: 15 Jan 11
German farmers reckon the dioxin contamination scandal is going to cost them around €100 million from reduced consumption and lower prices on eggs and pork.
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National: 14 Jan 11
Under fire for her response to Germany’s widening dioxin food safety scandal, Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner on Friday said she will implement tougher animal feed regulations.
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National: 12 Jan 11
Germany's dioxin contamination problems deepened Wednesday as China banned pork and egg imports and it emerged that tainted meat may be in circulation.
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National: 9 Jan 11
The German government vowed Sunday to get tough after a dioxin poisoning scare led to import bans on some of its farm products, as a survey showed one in five consumers in Germany avoiding eggs.
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National: 7 Jan 11
Samples taken from the animal feed firm at the centre of the dioxin contamination scandal revealed its products contained up to 77 times the safe level of the toxic chemical, authorities said Friday.
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National: 6 Jan 11
Germany's dioxin animal feed scandal has spread to Britain, where authorities are hunting for processed food made from tainted eggs, the European Commission said Thursday.
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National: 5 Jan 11
Some 3,000 tonnes of dioxin-contaminated fatty acids used to enrich animal feed have been distributed in at least four German states, according to official estimates. The authorities are shutting down more farms as a precaution.
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Business & Money: 27 Dec 10
The German government is planning to use undercover investigators to probe the quality of banks’ investment services.
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Society: 27 Dec 10
People disappointed with their Christmas presents have been delivered some bad news by Consumer Minister Ilse Aigner – they have no legal right to return unwanted gifts.
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Science & Technology: 18 Oct 10
German ministers have criticised social networking site Facebook for failing to respect privacy, following a report of a serious flaw that allowed non-subscribers access to private data.
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Science & Technology: 15 Oct 10
Time is almost up for German residents to opt out of having their homes or businesses shown on Google's controversial Street View service. The deadline is midnight on Friday for people living in the 20 cities set to go online later this year.
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Science & Technology: 20 Sep 10
German politicians on Monday called for comprehensive data protection regulations ahead of a summit in Berlin on handling hot-button issues such as geotagging and the controversial online mapping service Google Street View.
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Business & Money: 19 Aug 10
Cash machine withdrawal fees could be capped by the government under a plan being hatched to stop banks stalling on an industry-wide agreement to slash soaring fees, a media report said Thursday.
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National: 18 Aug 10
Coalition politicians are demanding Google be forced to gather residents’ consent to have their homes photographed for Street View rather than wait for them to object, as cabinet prepared Wednesday to discuss changes to the law.
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Science & Technology: 17 Aug 10
German Consumer Affairs Minister Ilse Aigner on Tuesday called on Google to improve the options for the country's citizens to opt out from having their homes featured on the internet giant’s online “Street View” program.
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Science & Technology: 12 Aug 10
As a growing number of German politicians said they would forbid Google from showing their homes on the internet giant's “Street View” service, the government on Thursday announced plans for a law to protect citizens' privacy on the web.
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Science & Technology: 10 Aug 10
Internet giant Google announced Tuesday it would launch its controversial Street View service in 20 German cities by the end of the year but would give residents the chance to opt out if they were worried about their privacy.
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Business & Money: 20 Jul 10
Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner has intervened with the European Patent Office, suggesting limits to protection for produce and livestock as the organisation begins reviewing a broccoli case with broad implications.
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Science & Technology: 12 Jul 10
Germany's consumer minister, who vowed to delete her Facebook account in protest at the networking site's privacy policies, called Monday for an Internet "honour code" to protect personal data.
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Business & Money: 7 Jul 10
A €5 limit on cash machine withdrawal fees offered by banks amid intense criticism and government pressure was dismissed Wednesday by the competition watchdog as not good enough.
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Business & Money: 19 Jun 10
The infuriating telephone queues on premium rate customer ‘service’ lines where the caller pays in full to hear music or repeated recordings telling them how valued their custom is, will soon be free.
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National: 7 Jun 10
Genetically modified corn has been grown in seven German states in breach of a national ban after contaminated seeds were sold to farmers, the environmental group Greenpeace revealed Monday.
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Science & Technology: 3 Jun 10
German Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner said Thursday she was deleting her Facebook account in protest because the social networking site's new privacy settings announced last week do not go far enough.
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National: 30 May 10
German consumer protection minister Ilse Aigner says that internet giant Google could face "more than 50,000" lawsuits in Germany because of its controversial virtual photo service Street View.
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Science & Technology: 19 May 10
Hamburg prosecutors opened an investigation into US internet giant Google on Wednesday following the company’s admission that it had mistakenly gathered personal data over unsecured systems with its Street View mapping service.
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Science & Technology: 1 May 10
Germany said Friday that Google had agreed to address thorny privacy concerns before launching its Street View navigation service in the country, ending a row between the firm and Berlin.
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Science & Technology: 16 Apr 10
As hoards of bloggers descended on Berlin for the re:publica digital social networking conference this week, Sabine Devins explored what the event’s success says about Germany's online presence.
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Science & Technology: 7 Apr 10
Anti-Facebook feelings in Germany grew Wednesday as a major consumer group urged people to abandon the social networking website unless it scraps planned changes to its privacy policy.
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Society: 5 Apr 10
Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner has attacked Facebook’s plan to pass users’ personal details to third parties and even threatened to shut down her own account with the social networking site.
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Business & Money: 26 Mar 10
German Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner said on Friday promised a solution to soaring cash machine withdrawal fees was on its way, as banks have signalled a willingness to agree to an upper limit.
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National: 17 Mar 10
German banking customers being stung by cash machine withdrawal fees of up to €10 may get some relief after parliament's consumer affairs official declared Wednesday he planned to investigate the soaring costs.
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Science & Technology: 1 Mar 10
German Consumer Minister Ilse Aigner on Monday warned of the growing power of internet companies like Google and Apple, as CeBit, the world’s biggest high-tech trade fair, prepared to kick off in Hannover.
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Business & Money: 14 Feb 10
Under threats of intervention from the government, Germany’s big banks are scrambling to hand out consumer information packs explaining the risks of various accounts and investments, a report revealed Sunday.
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Society: 7 Feb 10
Google's "Street View" faces a new hurdle in Germany, with Consumer Minister Ilse Aigner branding it on Sunday a “million-fold violation of the private sphere” and demanding the internet giant get additional consent from people photographed.
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Society: 25 Jan 10
Is the German penchant for cheap eats threatening more than the country's miserly gullets? AFP's Frederic Happe reports on how the trend towards budget victuals is affecting food producers.
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Society: 15 Jan 10
German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit on Friday opened the the 75th International Green Week food and farming trade fair amid protests against genetically modified crops.
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National: 14 Jan 10
Despite criticism from farmers who say they are barely scraping by, German discount grocery chains Aldi and Penny Markt on Thursday announced further markdowns in an ongoing price war.
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National: 29 Oct 09
A new study by Greenpeace discovered pesticides in more than a quarter of all conventional dried cooking spices sold in Germany, the organisation announced on Thursday in Hamburg.
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Science & Technology: 10 Aug 09
German consumers now have an easier way to determine if their food has been genetically modified after Agriculture and Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner introduced a new “No Genetic Engineering” logo on Monday.
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Business & Money: 24 May 09
The vice president of the National Union of Farmers (DBV), Udo Folgart, warned on Sunday that a fifth of all diary farms in Germany are threatened with closure on account of tumbling milk prices.
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National: 15 May 09
Ringing cowbells and shouting slogans, German dairy farmers are staging a hunger strike next to Chancellor Angela Merkel's offices demanding that she take action fight falling milk prices.
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Science & Technology: 27 Apr 09
Germany has agreed to allow test cultivation of Amflora, a genetically modified potato manufactured by chemicals giant BASF, the Agriculture Ministry said on Monday.
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Society: 23 Apr 09
The declining variety of German beers is encouraging many people to make their own at home, online brewing retailer Brauen.de reported in honour of Beer Day on Thursday.
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Science & Technology: 14 Apr 09
Germany has banned a controversial strain of genetically modified corn, marking the end of GM crops in the country, Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner said on Tuesday.
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Science & Technology: 18 Feb 09
The German government is mulling a possible ban on a specific strain of genetically modified corn because consumers and farmers are opposed to GM crops, daily Berliner Zeitung reported on Wednesday.
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