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EU/WTO REGULATORY ROUND UP – EU TRANSFAT REGULATION RELEASED
THE EUROPEAN Commission has passed a new European Union (EU) regulation that will limit the amount of trans-fats that can be present within food products sold across the EU from April 2021.
This new rule, authorised under powers already granted to the EU executive, will impose a maximum limit of trans-fats of 2 grams per 100 grams of fat, excluding naturally-occurring animal origin trans-fats.…
FINNISH FAST FOOD CHAIN HESBURGER TAKES ON THE CHALLENGES OF EAST EUROPEAN MARKETS
Turku-based Hesburger is now building sales in Belarus, having announced it would move into this country in 2017. This follows launches in Ukraine in 2015, and Bulgaria in 2016. Having branched abroad into Estonia first in 1996, now has 207 overseas outlets in eight countries (also including Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, as well as Germany, close to 271 it has in Finland.…
FINNISH FAST FOOD CHAIN HESBURGER TAKES ON THE CHALLENGES OF EAST EUROPEAN MARKETS
A FINNISH burger chain that has taken the plunge into some of Europe’s most challenging eastern markets now has almost as many outlets abroad as in its home market.
Turku-based Hesburger is now building sales in Belarus, having announced it would move into this country in 2017.…
EU/WTO REGULATORY ROUND UP – NEW RULES AGREED ON EFSA TRANSPARENCY
AGREEMENT has been reached between European Union (EU) institutions on reforms to the EU general food law regulation ensuring that studies behind European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recommendations are made public. This would include data supporting a request for EFSA scientific advice.…
EU COUNTRIES FALLING SHORT ON BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP MONITORING
EUROPEAN Union member states are dragging their feet implementing the fourth anti-money laundering directive’s (4AMLD 2015/849) beneficial ownership rules. Only five countries met the June 26, 2017, AMLD4 deadline for having an ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) register under national law – Britain, Denmark, France, Germany and Sweden- according to the European Commission. …
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE NORDIC’S PAINTS AND COATINGS INDUSTRY AND MARKET
CONSUMERS in Nordic countries commonly prefer quality environment-friendly products and the paint and coatings sector is no exception.
Denmark is a case in point, being home to major Hempel A/S, which launched its advanced water-based technology range of decorative paints under the Crown Trades brand in January 2017, group president and CEO Henrik Andersen told PPCJ.…
NORDIC REGION SHOWS GROWTH IN PREMIUM NATURAL BEAUTY PRODUCTS
THE NORDIC region is associated with cleanliness, environmentalism and healthy living, so maybe it is no big surprise that sales of natural organic personal care products are strengthening in these markets. So engrained is this trend, say experts, colour cosmetics lines are increasingly being developed as natural organic products.…
ASIA REGULATORY ROUND UP - MALAYSIA ZERO RATES GST AFTER OPPOSITION WINS ELECTION
THE MALAYSIAN government has effectively scrapped the country’s Goods & Services Tax (GST) reducing its rate from 6% to 0%, effective June 1. The move follows the election of a new administration under former opposition alliance Pakatan Harapan, defeating the incumbent Barisan Nasional.…
SAUDI ARABIA’S PUSHES FORWARD WITH NUCLEAR POWER PLANS
Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with ambitious plans to build 16 nuclear reactors, both small and large, to generate 17GWe by 2040. While no tenders have yet been awarded, the kingdom is working with numerous international partners to develop its nuclear infrastructure and safety systems.…
INDIAN AUTO INDUSTRY GIVEN FAIR WARNING OF GOVERNMENT PUSH FOR E-VEHICLES
THE INDIAN automobile manufacturing industry, which already has an annual output of 25 million vehicles, is bracing itself for a comprehensive switchover to electric vehicles, with the government developing clear policy that it wants combustion engines off the country’s roads.
This push has been grounded in a report from the government’s key think tank NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India), which is headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and hence very influential.…