The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) slashed key interest rate to a record low of 7 per cent at the weekend, laying a foundation for implementing growth-oriented economic policies in the country, the country’s media has reported. ...
Tobacco companies are reportedly launching a major legal assault against the UK government’s standardised packaging legislation According to the Daily Telegraph, the move could be one of the biggest ever legal claims ...
Tags: Tobacco Firms, Plain Packs
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has rejected appeal from the US regarding the country-of-origin labeling (COOL) on meat dispute between the US, Canada and Mexico. WTO said that labels carrying information about where meat is raised ...
Tags: Origin Labeling, labeling
Montreal is weighing a ban on plastic bags in what could become the first such drive by a prominent Canadian city if promulgated into law. Mayor Denis Coderre has initiated a public discussion on the matter recently. "We have to ...
Tags: plastic bags, Plastic Bags Ban
Florida Governor Rick Scott has signed a bill that will allow state breweries to sell beer in the 64-ounce refillable size called “growler” from 1 July The new law would see the end of long standing "growler" war over beer ...
Tags: 64-Ounce Growlers, craft brewers
All India pressing figures till April 30, 2015 are approximately 336 lakh bales, while all India arrivals have dropped to approximately 40,000 bales per day. CCI has sold 6.68 lakh bales through e-auctions out of their procured stock of ...
Tags: garments, Indian Cotton Arrivals
Members of European Parliament (MEPs) have lent support to include labels with calorie values on all alcoholic drinks. Justifying their demand, public health experts said that such labels were important for consumers to make informed ...
Tags: alcoholic drinks, drinks
In a move to check pollution, the European Parliament (EP) has voted in favour of limiting the use of thin plastic bags in Europe. As per the new law, EU citizens will have to reduce their annual average consumption of ...
Garment makers in Bangladesh have urged the government to collect 0.3 per cent tax at source on 10 per cent of their profits from exports, instead of overall profits, according to media reports in the country. The National Board of ...
Tags: Garment Exporters, apparel export
China's market regulators are investigating foreign medical-equipment makers over suspicion that they may have paid bribes or used illegal strategies to achieve market dominance, according to some people familiar with the matter. ...
The standing committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC) has amended the 2009 Food Safety Law in a bid to strengthen food security in the country, after a string of food safety violations in recent years. Xinhua reported ...
Tags: Food Safety Law, food security
The Indian Government has promised to push tobacco companies to manufacture packaging with bigger health warnings soon. The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda assured the Lok Sabha that the government would go ahead ...
Tags: tobacco packaging, Packaging
The North Carolina Senate has passed a bipartisan bill that would make child-resistant packaging and warning labels mandatory for liquids used with electronic-cigarette vaporizers. Once approved, the law that would be effective from 1 ...
Allied Bakeries has invested £31m in its Stevenage bakery, marking the completion of a £210m five-year programme across the Allied Bakeries portfolio. The bakery benefitted from the installation of a new bread line that is ...
Tags: Allied Bakeries, Stevenage bakery
The decision by the Federal Court of Australia to order Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd (Coles) to pay penalties of $2.5 million for making a claim that its par baked products were “fresh”, is likely to have broad ...
Tags: bakery products, bakery