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EU INSPECTORS FIND LABELLING AND CLASSICIATION ERRORS IN BIOCIDES, ADHESIVES AND WASHING PRODUCTS
A EUROPEAN Union (EU)-wide enforcement project assessing compliance with EU chemical legislation has concluded that 7% of checked biocidal products lacked valid authorisations, either under the EU’s biocidal products regulation (BPR) or related national legislation; also 17% of biocidal product labels did not comply with EU or related national rules.…
TEXTILE FINISHING CHEMICAL COMPANIES MUST COMPLY WITH NEW EU NANOSAFETY RULES
EUROPEAN Union (EU) textile finishing companies must now – from January 1 (2020) – comply with new EU legal requirements on ensuring products containing nanomaterials are safe. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has released two guidance documents to help EU companies undertake new duties to prepare registration dossiers covering nanoforms any chemicals used in a product.…
MIDDLE EAST DAIRY MARKET GROWS AND BECOMES MORE SOPHISTICATED AND PRODUCERS MUST RESPOND, CONFERENCE TOLD
WITH Middle East dairy sales expanding steadily, dairy suppliers from around the world are targeting its consumers, hoping to gain a foothold in an increasingly diverse marketplace that is often open to innovation.
Dairy Industries International attended the 4th Global Dairy Innovation Congress MENA 2020, held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), from January 20-21, where participants were encouraged by sales projections as from market researcher Euromonitor International that the Middle East (and Africa) dairy market should expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 3% between 2019 and 2023.…
KEEPING DAIRY SUSTAINABLE AND PROFITABLE ARE INDUSTRY’S BIG TWIN CHALLENGES, SAYS COPA-COGECA HEAD
SHOWING consumers that dairy farming is sustainable, while surviving the less than favourable economic situation which all agriculture faces today, are the industry’s biggest challenges for 2020 and beyond, Pekka Pesonen, secretary general of European farming organisation Copa-Cogeca, has told Dairy Industries International.…
DYSFUNCTIONAL CHILE DAIRY INDUSTRY IS FAILING TO PUNCH ITS WEIGHT IN EXPORT MARKETS
Wrangling between Chile’s dairy farmers and major dairies and process is over milk prices is threatening to overshadow the opportunities that this Potentially strong industry has to grow, especially in export markets. On a similar latitude to Australia and New Zealand, southern Chile’s Los Lagos and Los Rios regions offer almost ideal conditions for dairy farming, with plentiful rains, lush pastures, and mild winters.…
EU AND WTO REGULATORY ROUND UP – EU MINISTERS AGREE STRATEGY TO FIGHT FOOD FRAUD
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has called on its member States and other EU institutions to work harder to fight the scourge of food fraud, which can damage the commercial health of legitimate manufacturers and risk consumer health. In a detailed policy statement (called ‘council conclusions’ in EU jargon), ministers said an EU “legal definition of food fraud” should be created that would underpin future regulatory actions fighting such wrongdoing, which can include deliberate mislabelling and the use of illicit ingredients.…
UK DAIRY FARMERS FACE EXIT FROM EU AMIDST TIGHT PROFITS AND LOSSES AND DECLINING MILK CONSUMPTION
With UK dairy farm profits declining in the year ending March 2019 amidst falling demand for liquid milk, there are understandable concerns as Britain exits the European Union (EU) on January 31 – starting a 12 month countdown to its practical exit from the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).…
WEST AFRICA’S PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT MANUFACTURERS, RETAILERS SHIFT TO MEET DEMAND FOR NATURAL LOOK
Brands delivering natural skin care, hair and colour cosmetics items are responding to the growing sophistication of consumers in West Africa who are increasingly looking to purchase natural products. Businesses in the region’s beauty sector say quality levels are improving, with manufacturing executives telling Soap Perfumery & Cosmetics (SPC) at the Beauty West Africa Conference, in Lagos, on November 18-20 (2019), that local products are improving, with aromas and textures becoming more sophisticated, and products being delivered in increasingly eye-catching packaging.…
ITALY BEAUTY CONSUMERS START TO SPEND MORE AS COUNTRY’S ECONOMIC GROWTH INCHES FORWARD
ITALY’S cosmetic and personal care product market remained strong through 2019, with major players in the industry focused on strengthening digital retail and production strategies to further connect with consumers, while deepening their presence in foreign markets, particularly in Asia.
The year 2019 was also dynamic in terms of acquisitions, with a handful of Italian BPC (beauty and personal care) companies buying businesses that specialise in new and different products to extend their reach in new product categories, both domestically and abroad.…
RESEARCHERS, REGULATORS AND BRANDS KEEP PUSHIGN ADVANCES IN ARTIFICIAL SKIN MODEL TESTS TO MINIMISE ‘IN VIVO’ SAFETY CHECKS
THE DEVELOPMENT of life-like 3D models of human skin, so close to real life that they can accurately test the impact of personal care products, maybe better than by using live animals, is something of a holy grail for the cosmetics industry.…