Hazard analysis and critical control points or HACCP is a systematic preventive approach to food safety from biological, chemical, and physical hazards in production processes that can cause the finished product to be unsafe, and designs ...
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In the context of globalisation and international competition, many companies source labour-intensive goods from developing and newly industrialised countries. However, working conditions in these countries often do not comply with basic ...
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The ISO 14064 standard (published in 2006) is part of the ISO 14000 series of International Standards for environmental management. The ISO 14064 standard provides governments, businesses, regions and other organisations with a ...
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ISO 14001 sets out the criteria for an environmental management system. It does not state requirements for environmental performance, but maps out a framework that a company or organization can follow to set up an effective environmental ...
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SemiTEq JSC of Saint-Petersburg, Russia, which designs and manufactures high-vacuum and ultra-high-vacuum (UHV) equipment including molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) deposition systems, has sold an STE75 research MBE system to the Centre for ...
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The government of Bangladesh has entered into a financing agreement with the International Development Association (IDA), a unit of World Bank, to establish a food storage facility. As part of the Modern Food Storage Facilities project, ...
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Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal has announced its plans to invest UAH 12 million ($1.03 million) in 2014 in the improvement of safety at working places and for the provision of workers with improved personal protection equipment. The ...
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Based on the Commerce Department's most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that steel import permit applications for the month of March total 3,485,000 ...
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Spot imports of primary aluminum ingot into Japan were thin this week as buyers were waiting to see the impact from the postponment of LME's new warehouse process rules, Japanese market sources said Wednesday. Trade was thin also due to ...
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Debate about infant formula marketing monitoring continues Paediatricians from Australasia’s largest specialist college, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) have urged the Federal Parliament to legislate to ...
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The new Conti EcoPlus HS3 steer tire completes the company's line of third generation fuel efficient truck tires in North America The 2014 Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) is over. But there is still plenty to look forward to, says Paul ...
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'47 Brand, a privately-held premium sports lifestyle apparel and headwear brand, announced that Ryan Johnson has been hired as consumer marketing manager for the rapidly growing '47 Brand team. Johnson will oversee all consumer-facing ...
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Post recession, the earthmoving and construction equipment industry is loOKing at rapid growth once again. Investments in new facilities, innovation, new developments in machinery are being encouraged globally. Hydraulic equipment and truck ...
Chinese dairy producer Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group and Wageningen University will jointly develop a food security system. The announcement comes as part of a series of cooperative agreements aimed at supporting agriculture ...
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At the Satellite 2014 event in Washington DC (16-19 March), Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, has introduced the Optiva ...
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