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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE OILS and fats sector is becoming increasingly globalised and so as a result, the need for common standards and practices, relevant to the industry, its suppliers and its customers is becoming increasingly important.

The International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) (NOTE: ISO USES AMERICAN SPELLING FOR ITS NAME) is the global body coordinating and publishing this kind of professional advice.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MANY lessons have been learned from the tragic deaths of 2,974 people in the World Trade Centre attacks of September 11, and one of the most important for the construction industry could be that fire insulation of steel structures need better protection against major impacts.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, in Westminster
ENERGY experts, officials and politicians from around the word have told a senior London conference ‘The New Politics of Energy: Europe in a Global Context’ how with rapidly global energy markets changing rapidly at present, the European Union is becoming more disadvantaged in coping with the coming new realities.…

BY KARRYN CARTELLE
ASIA’S paint and coatings industry may be growing but South Korea’s share of the market is on the decline. Indeed, the South Korea sector’s annual sales of US$3 billion make a small contribution to the global industry, where demand is predicted to reach US$83 billion this year.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Dubai
THE CLOTHING market in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is experiencing stellar growth on the back of rising consumer spending, a surge in tourists, and 145% growth in retail space as new malls and shopping centers spring up.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Abu Dhabi
HOW to better regulate the popular Middle East and south Asian alternate remittance system (ARS) known as hawala, which has been linked to money laundering, organised crime and terrorist financing, was the focus of the recent Fourth International Conference on Hawala at the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Abu Dhabi.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GLOBAL food standards body Codex Alimentarius has drafted global rules setting maximum levels for tin contamination in canned food and drinks beverages. Final consultation is now under way for the guidelines, with concerned governments being asked to make comments to the Rome-based United Nations body by May 30, ahead of them being debated by the organisation’s ruling commission between July 2-7 session.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MANY international organisations have an impact on the seafood sector, although they tend to have quite a narrow remit, drawing up specialist health and environmental standards for the industry. However, the UN’s Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has a broader role, with freedom to pursue a wide variety of imaginative schemes promoting the seafood industry.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
ENERGY and the environment are probably the hottest policy topics for the European Union (EU) at the moment, with climate change and dependence on imported energy supplies foremost in the mind of EU leaders. As a result, any initiatives that tackle both problems at the same time are likely to receive a hearty welcome in Brussels.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IN today’s highly competitive global markets, utilities and their suppliers are always looking for an edge, especially in technology. So it can only be good news that the European Union (EU) will from this year until 2013 be spending Euro 2.3 billion on energy studies, Euro 1.8 billion on environmental research and a whopping Euro 9.1 billion on information and communications technology innovation.…