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Danone’s acquisition of the Indian nutrition business of Wockhardt Group will, if approved, give the French dairy multinational entry to a fast growing, infant formula market expected to reach USD 700 million by 2014-15.

"It is the largest segment of the baby food market in India," Pratichee Kapoor, associate director at Indian management consultants Technopak, told just-food.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, IN NEW DELHI

THE INCREASING popularity of corporate whistleblower services in India is prompting foreign accounting and advisory firms to introduce international best practices in the country for employees wanting to raise the alarm over corruption, fraud and financial malpractice.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

BETWEEN rising costs for raw materials and a global push towards more environmentally-friendly production, label converters and equipment manufacturers are becoming increasingly focused on getting things done right the first time; and getting them done quickly, at that.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD

FRANCE, due to its vast array of nuclear reactors and wide experimentation with alternative energy, is one of the lowest carbon emitters in the world. It is perhaps due to the success of nuclear power, though, that the country has not – until recent years – seriously considered developing carbon sequestration and storage (CCS) technologies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

PAINT and coatings companies and their suppliers are to face increased scrutiny by government inspectors charged with ensuring compliance with the European Union’s (EU) chemical control system REACH. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has launched a new online REACH Information Portal for Enforcement (RIPE), which gives inspectors Internet access to key information submitted by companies to ECHA.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

WHILE the introduction of personalised medication is still at a relatively nascent stage, the growing number of prescribing nurses means that when genetic testing is used widely to optimise treatment, patient care will become more sophisticated, necessitating more training.…

BY E BLAKE BERRY and MARK ROWE

NURSES working in Britain, and western Europe like to think their professional standards are high. And largely this is true. But what of nurses working in eastern Europe? With most countries in the region in the European Union (EU), it had been hoped EU nursing training and practice rules would raise professional standards.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE

TURKEY’S USD2 billion paint market may be forecast by manufacturers to grow between 12% and 13% this year on the back of a resurgent construction sector; however, paint exports are currently struggling. This is because of a combination of lacklustre market demand in Europe along with the troubles companies are facing in terms of implementing European Union (EU) regulations required as Turkey meshes with the EU’s REACH chemical control system.…

BY MONIKA HANLEY, LEE ADENDORFF, MARK ROWE, ALAN OSBORN, MINDY RAN, GERARD O’DWYER and MARTINA MARECKOVA

FOR an industry that generates energy, heat and maybe cooling, the European cogeneration sector has been operating on a decidedly low output in recent years.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE UK Treasury has published the entire British government accounts for the first time, increasing the possibility for fraud to be detected by outside financial forensics. They are currently unaudited, but fully audited accounts will be published in the autumn.…