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INTERNATIONAL SUGAR ORGANISATION WANTS TO WORK WITH CONFECTIONERS IN FIGHTING ANTI-SUGAR JUNK SCIENCE
The executive director of International Sugar Organisation (ISO) wants his body “to work more with the confectionery sector”, as it strives to debunk junk science that derides the nutritional value of sugar. José Orive told Confectionery Production that ISO wanted to succeed in presenting “scientific evidence-based information” about sugar’s health impact so the reputation of confectionery products is not “blackened with funky fake data”. …
SE ASIA BEAUTY SECTOR LOOKS TO ESCAPE COVID 19
THE PERSONAL care product sector in south-east Asia has been looking ahead to how it emerges from the Covid-19 crisis, which has hit this diverse region in differing ways.
According to Finland-based Global Research & Data Services, sales of personal care products in Malaysia’s 31.6 million people market last year (2019) were worth USD557 million, based on UN data.…
CROSS-BORDER POLICE COLLABORATION IS KEY TO CRACKING DOWN ON INTERNATIONAL DAIRY CRIME
Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal is one of the largest ever embezzlement and money laundering cases, with Malaysian courts considering how at least USD4.5 billion was stolen and then spent or laundered from Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). Former Prime Minister Najib Razak has now been convicted of charges associated with the scandal.…
JAPAN BECOMING AN INTERNATIONAL BIOMASS ENERGY HUB
Japan is set to surpass its renewable energy targets well before its 2030 deadline, aided by a booming biomass sector benefiting from favourable government programmes and private sector investment.
Of Japan’s total 1.065 trillion kWH generated electric power expected in 2030, the Japanese government pledged that 22–24% of it would be sourced from renewable energy, of which 3.7% to 4.6% would come from biomass.…
CROSS-BORDER POLICE COLLABORATION IS KEY TO CRACKING DOWN ON INTERNATIONAL DAIRY CRIME
DAIRY products are supposed to be healthy, tasty, clean and legal, but unfortunately, as with other industries, criminals seek to exploit demand created by honest suppliers through smuggling, mislabelling, adulterating and selling unsafe stock.
These concerns prompt regular action by police, for whom food fraud and related crime is an increasing risk worldwide, and given the international nature of today’s supply chains, cross-border collaboration between law enforcement forces is of special value.…
ALUMINIUM CAN DEMAND SOARS DURING COVID-19, LEAVING CAN MAKERS EXPANDING CAPACITY TO DELIVER SUPPLY
UNPRECEDENTED demand for aluminium cans caused by consumers drinking at home during lockdowns and associated restaurant and café closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic, will not cause long term disruption to this key canning market, say industry experts. Instead, manufacturers will work closely with customers to maintain supplies, European and United States (US) industry organisations have told CanTech International.…
FINANCIAL REGULATOR PROBING 165 COVID-19 PHISHING SCAMS IN BRITAIN
A total of 165 phishing frauds are being investigated by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared, according to figures released under a government-authorised freedom of information (FOI) request. The think tank Parliament Street’s cyber research team said FCA data showed frauds based on phishing, including communications claiming to represent Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC), targeting companies seeking relief grants to support them due to the economic effects of the lockdown.…
TACKLING RISING DIGITAL IDENTITY FRAUD IN THE PANDEMIC ERA
With the fall out from the Covid-19 pandemic set to prompt an increase in already staggeringly high levels of digital identity fraud, financial institutions and businesses should develop more sophisticated tools to tackle the issue, researchers have warned. The fact the disease has hit when open banking applications are proliferating means fraudsters have more portals to target “particularly through identity fraud” attacks, suggests a July (2020) report from financial platform Finextra in collaboration with software providers Feedzai, headquartered in Portugal (https://www.finextra.com/finextra-downloads/research/documents/148/how-to-prevent-payments-fraud-amid-global-disruption.pdf).…
FORMER PRIME MINISTER CONVICTED OVER MALAYSIA’S USD4.5 BILLION 1MDB FRAUD
Former Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak, was convicted in Kuala Lumpur High Court on Tuesday (July 28) of seven charges linked to his role in the embezzlement of USD4.5 billion from the 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) government investment fund. The scandal, which helped defeat the Najib government in a 2018 general election, saw funds siphoned off, including around USD1 billion to the Prime Minister’s personal bank accounts.…
SE ASIA BEAUTY SECTOR LOOKS TO ESCAPE COVID 19
THE PERSONAL care product sector in south-east Asia has been looking ahead to how it emerges from the Covid-19 crisis, which has hit this diverse region in differing ways.
According to Finland-based Global Research & Data Services, sales of personal care products in Malaysia’s 31.6 million people market last year (2019) were worth USD557 million, based on UN data.…