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Scotland Becomes First Country to Implement Minimum Unit Alcohol Price
May 3, 2018The minimum unit price (MUP) for alcohol has come into force in Scotland, making it the first country in the world to implement such a law. The legislation has been welcomed by several health organisations including the Royal Society for ...
Tags: minimum unit price, alcohol
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Revised Legislative Package on Waste Recognizes Bioplastics Play Key Role in Achieving EU Recycling Goals
Mar 7, 2018European Bioplastics (EUBP), the association for the bioplastics industry in Europe, said said that revised legislative package on waste acknowledges that bioplastics play a key role in achieving EU recycling goals. The association said ...
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BTHA Briefing: Tackling Modern Slavery, Toy Safety and Toy Fair 2018
Sep 26, 2017BTHA's Rebecca Deeming gives us the lowdown on the latest issues facing the toy industry. It’s been a busy last month for the BTHA having held our second BTHA Training Hub seminar for members, taking on the topic of Tackling Modern ...
Tags: Toy Fair 2018, Toy Safety
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Audi Secures Automated Vehicle Testing License in New York
Jun 2, 2017Audi of America has secured approval from New York to carry out autonomous vehicle testing in the state. Audi intends to demonstrate and test vehicles in New York with Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE) Level 3 automation. It will ...
Tags: Audi, autonomous vehicle
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Survey Says Half of Alcohol Sold in Scotland Does Not Meet Minimum Pricing Legislation
Nov 15, 2016A new survey has found that about half of the alcohol sold in Scotland does not match the forthcoming minimum pricing legislation. Analysts Nielsen have found that 69% of the spirits presently sold fall below the 50p per unit threshold ...
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UN Food Agency Leaders Hail U.S. Law Aimed at Boosting Global Food Security, Resilience, Nutrition
Aug 12, 2016FAO and WFP say law will greatly enhance worldwide efforts to combat hunger and rural poverty 25 July 2016, Rome - Leaders of two United Nations agencies fighting hunger worldwide have applauded new legislation in the United States ...
Tags: WFP, President Obama, rural poverty
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US Senate Approves Nationwide Labeling Law for GMO Food Products
Jul 12, 2016The US Senate has approved a bill, which mandates nationwide labeling of food products containing genetically modified organisms (GMO). The bipartisan bill, which mandates GMO labeling contents with words, pictures or a bar code on the ...
Tags: GMO, food system
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Senate Passes Defense Bill with Amendment on Made-in-America Athletic Shoes
Jun 20, 2016The U.S. Senate passed a defense bill with language requiring the Pentagon to buy US-made athletic shoes for military recruits. ADVERTISEMENT The legislation is expected to benefit Boston-based New Balance, which has three factories in ...
Tags: athletic shoes, Pentagon, NDAA
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Is Your Toy Supply Chain Ready for The Modern Day Slavery Act?
Apr 5, 2016ICTI Care's Mark Robertson outlines how a raft of new legislation, coming into effect today, means toy companies must take a closer look at their supply chain. Modern Day Slavery continues to make the headlines, and for very good reason. ...
Tags: Modern Day Slavery Act, ITCT CARE
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Italy Set To Pass Bill To Reduce Food Waste
Mar 21, 2016Italy is all set become the second European country after France to pass a law to reduce food waste by encouraging supermarkets to donate unsold food to charities. Food waste which costs the Italian economy €12bn (£9.4bn) ...
Tags: Food waste, Law, Donation, Unsold food
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Self-Driving Car Development Hits Major Legislation Snag
Dec 21, 2015The development of self-driving car technology may have received a major blow after California outlined proposals for tough new legislation. Under the proposed regulations, any automated cars on the road in the US state would have to have ...
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Dietary Supplements Market Will Be Worth Usd$131 Billion by 2016
Nov 10, 2015The dietary supplements industry has been predicted to be worth a USD$131 by 2016 in a new report by Future Market Insight (FMI), an American research house. Demand for dietary supplements has been attributed to a strong Baby Boomer ...
Tags: dietary supplements, healthcare products, infant formula products
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Welsh Government Has Unveiled Plans for a New Legislation
Jul 20, 2015Welsh government has unveiled plans for a new legislation that will mandate a minimum alcohol price, preventing liquor to be sold for less than 50p per unit. The move comes in the wake of a research commissioned by Welsh Government in ...
Tags: agricultural products, beverage, alcohol
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Clariant Will Participate in Chinaplas 2015
May 20, 2015Clariant will participate in Chinaplas 2015, the largest plastics and rubber trade fair in Asia, with its special feature on sustainability-driven products and solutions dedicated to growing needs in the plastic industry for sustainable ...
Tags: Chinaplas 2015, Clariant, plastics, rubber
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Food Law and Policy Development
Apr 2, 2015It 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