FRANCE: A CHOCOLATE FAIR IN PARIS IS PROVING A POPULAR EVENT FOR THE SWEET-TOOTHED

Record ID: 588513

  • Title: FRANCE: A CHOCOLATE FAIR IN PARIS IS PROVING A POPULAR EVENT FOR THE SWEET-TOOTHED
  • Date: 30th October 1996
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (OCTOBER 30, 1996) (RTV ) 1. LV EXTERIOR OF EXHIBITION HALL WITH EIFFEL TOWER IN BACKGROUND 0.04 2. SLV PEOPLE QUEUEING UP TO ENTER FAIR 0.07 3. LV INTERIOR OF FAIR 0.18 4. SLV CHEF PREPARING CHOCOLATE CANDIES (2 SHOTS) 0.26 5. SCU CHOCOLATE CANDIES 0.28 6. SLV PEOPLE LOOKING AT CHOCOLATES DISPLAYED 0.32 7. SMV SCULPTOR SCULPTING BLOCK OF CHOCOLATE INTO STATUE (2 SHOTS) 0.39 8. SLV SALESMAN CUTTING FRESH COCOA PODS WITH SICKLE 0.48 9. SLV VISITORS TASTING CHOCOLATE/ SALESWOMAN (3 SHOTS) 1.03 10. MV ASKED IF CHOCOLATE IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH, SALESWOMAN ANSWERS: "I DO NOT KNOW, BUT I EAT SO MUCH CHOCOLATE EVERY DAY AND I FEEL SO WELL" (ENGLISH) 1.10 11. SCU CHOCOLATE SCULPTURE 1.14 12. MV CANDY-MAKER SAYING: "FOR GOOD CHOCOLATE, YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE STUDIED AND SUFFERED A LOT. SUFFERING MAKES ONE LOVE MUCH MORE. WHEN IT IS GOOD, CHOCOLATE IS AN EXTRAORDINARY THING" (FRENCH) 1.32 13. SLV CHOCOLATE STANDS 1.37 14. MV SYLVAIN MARGOU, GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE FRENCH CHOCOLATE MAKERS ALLIANCE SAYING: "THE PROBLEM IN FRANCE IS THAT WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE VEGETABLE FATS, BUT OUR NEIGHBOURS ARE. BECAUSE OF FREE CIRCULATION IN EUROPE, THE FRENCH CHOCOLATE INDUSTRY IS AT A DISADVANTAGE. CHOCOLATE CONTAINING VEGETABLE FATS CAN BE SOLD IN FRANCE, BUT NOT PRODUCED THERE. (FRENCH) 2.04 15. SLV CHOCOLATE STAND 2.16 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 14th November 1996 12:00
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
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  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVA6PQGFG9ECWOQ005UHT2613LW3
  • Story Text: - INTRO: A chocolate fair in Paris is proving a popular event for the sweet-toothed.

    Chocolate lovers crowded into Paris's chocolate fair at the international Eiffel-Branly exhibition centre near the Eiffel Tower on Wednesday (October 30) to sample treats from around the world and admire chocolate sculptures.

    More than 55.000 visitors are expected to attend the trade fair which will last until November 3.

    French chocolate makers recently urged European authorities to harmonise chocolate rules to allow the use of non-cocoa fats in chocolate everywhere in the European Union and not leave that decision in the hands of individual governments.

    A majority of members of the French chocolate makers association favour the use of vegetable fats in chocolate throughout the European Union said Sylvain Margou, director general of the French chocolate makers' Alliance 7 association. Chocolate containing vegetable fats can be sold in France but cannot be manufactured there.

    "The French chocolate industry is at a disadvantage," Margau said.


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