As the industry prepares for upcoming consumer safety regulations around certain non-food, non-healthcare products, the Product Traceability Expert Group, set up by the European Commission in 2011, recognised the adoption of GS1 Standards ...
Tags: Service
The Members of European Parliament (MEPs) have voted in favour of making ‘made-in’ labeling mandatory for non-food products sold on the single market, as a measure to tighten up product safety requirements and market ...
Tags: apparel, clothing accessories
Crown Holdings today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. First Quarter Highlights -Mivisa acquisition approved by European Commission -Income per diluted share $0.17; Before Certain Items $0.57, ...
Tags: Crown Holdings, Beverage segment
MEPs’ plans to tighten up single market product safety rules and market surveillance include mandatory "made-in" labelling to improve the traceability of non-food goods, a sharper focus on goods that appeal to kids, an EU blacklist of ...
Tags: safety rules, Product Safety
Crown has received the European Commission (EC) approval to acquire Spanish food cans and ends manufacturer Mivisa Envases from investment funds managed by affiliates of The Blackstone Group, N+1 Mercapital and management, for €1.2bn. ...
Tags: Food Cans, EC granted approval
Malaysia's export tax on crude palm oil will remain at 5.5% for May, unchanged from April, the Malaysia Palm Oil Board's website showed Tuesday. Biodiesel producers and traders said the tax rate would not impact Malaysian biodiesel ...
Tags: CPO Export, biodiesel, Biodiesel producers
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has today confirmed details of a new round of tests of beef products for horse meat contamination. The tests have been requested by the European Commission as part of the follow-up to last year's horse meat ...
Tags: FSA, certification, Agriculture, Food
On April 14, Mika Seitovirta, CEO of Finland-based stainless steel producer Outokumpu, stated at the company's annual general meeting that in 2013 the weaker-than-expected market and the remedy requirement set by the European Commission ...
Tags: Outokumpu, stainless steel
European coatings companies have been hoping that this year would bring a revival in their domestic markets as the European Union economies, particularly those in the eurozone, started to show signs of recovery around mid-2013. But the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Coating
The European Commission has announced the final result of the expiry review of the antidumping (AD) duty on ferrosilicon imports from China and Russia, indicating that the revocation of the duties is likely to result in continuation or ...
Tags: Ferrosilicon, Metallurgy, Mineral
The European Commission has opted to maintain antidumping duties on imports of ferrosilicon into the European Union from China and Russia following a market review, the EC said Thursday. In February last year, the EC initiated an expiry ...
Tags: Dumping Duties, Ferrosilicon
January 27, 2003, the European Parliament and the European Council adopted Directive 2002/95/EC, that is, "in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Restrictions on the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances Directive" (The Restriction of the use ...
Tags: RoHS certification, certification, RoHS
The European Commission announced the adoption of new rules on public support for projects in the field of environmental protection and energy. The guidelines will support EU member states in reaching their 2020 climate targets, while ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Pollution of the oceans and climate change has sparked concerns not just about the status of the marine environment but also about the impact on seafood safety and public health. In the global seafood market, European added-value lies in ...
Tags: Seafood, seafood market
Latest industry data – published today ahead of the European Commission 2012 figures expected at the end of 2014 – confirm average glass recycling rates in the European Union have passed the 70% mark. This means that over 25 ...
Tags: glass recycling rates, glass