Nearly all food samples tested by European Union officials in 2013 contained legally acceptable amounts of pesticide residue, according to a recent report. The European Food Safety Authority's latest analysis examined nearly 81,000 ...
Tags: Pesticide Standards, pesticide violations, Manufacturing
World Health Day 2015 focuses on food safety The World Health Organisation (WHO) has dedicated World Health Day 2015, which it is celebrating today, 7 April 2015, to highlighting the challenges and opportunities associated with food ...
Tags: food safety, Food production, Food
Imports into Canada from Myanmar will now enjoy tariff free status after the Canadian government restored the country’s General Preferential Tariff (GPT) and Least Developed Country Tariff (LDCT). Myanmar’s eligibility for GPT ...
Tags: GPT, trading patterns, Apparel
It was reported on 25 March 2015 that new Country of Origin Labelling laws will be delayed until at least August 2015 despite the Prime Minister’s announcement on 16 February 2015 that country of origin labelling proposals for reform ...
Tags: FSANZ, dietary supplements, Food
Dutch brewer Heineken has revamped its leadership teams and regional strategy in a bid to improve revenues. Several executives will leave the group as it plans to restructure its business to focus around four geographic regions. This ...
Strengthened by previous positive vibes from the European Union, the Government of Sri Lanka has started the process to regain the generalised system of preferences plus (GSP Plus) status, according to an official statement. An ...
Dunlop Sports Co. said Bill Bird will temporarily assume the role of interim president of Srixon/Cleveland Golf/XXIO U.S.A. Todd Harman, the former president, was named EVP of baseball/softball at Performance Sports Group. Bird is already ...
Tags: Dunlop Sports Co., Bird, Sporting Goods
The European Union’s (EU) rapid alert system for dangerous consumer products (RAPEX) stopped numerous substandard toys from reaching European children last year, according to European Commission statistics released today. Toy ...
Greenpeace East Asia released its Detox Catwalk, an online platform report which assesses how effectively fashion brands are removing toxic chemicals from their supply chains and tackling water pollution. Inditex Group, Puma and ...
Tags: Puma, Valentino, fashion brands, toxic chemicals
A consortium of companies in the European process industry from the areas of biotechnology, renewable resources, chemistry, process engineering, equipment supply as well as research organizations recently launched project PRODIAS ...
Tags: BASF, European process industry, Renewable-Based Products
With the European Union (EU) deciding to remove three China-based PV module makers from the Minimum Import Price (MIP) framework for suspected circumvention of minimum import pricing and import quotas set in 2013, other China-based PV ...
Tags: PV Module, solar cell
The European Union (EU) will review its Minimum Import Price (MIP) framework for China-made PV modules on April 1 and plans to hike minimum prices by 5.66% from EUR0.53/W (US$0.56) currently to EUR0.56/W, according to industry sources. EU ...
Tags: PV Modules, minimum import price
Scania is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks and cfor heavy transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines. Core to Scania’s operations is to provide solid parts and service support as well as ...
Tags: Scania, trucks, heavy transport applications, buses
Tirupur Exporters’ Association (TEA) has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expedite the process for finalising a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union. A requisition letter has been sent to the Prime ...
Tags: Tirupur Exporters, FTA with EU, garment
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Chinese mainland jumped 17 percent year on year in the first two months of 2015, settling at 22.48 billion U.S. dollars, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced Tuesday. The pace slowed from a 29.4 ...
Tags: China's FDI, service sector