Brussels, 30/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has cleared the acquisition by the American firm Cargill Inc, international leader in a variety of agricultural businesses, of 100% of the Belgian edible seed oil packer Associated Oil Packers (AOP). Until now, AOP was a 50/50 joint venture between Cargill and the Belgian company Vandemoortele, created in 1998 and consolidating the partners' European edible seed oil packaging and marketing activities. Under the agreement...