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Concern about rapid increases in consumption in heated tobacco and the European Union’s (EU) stated ambition to reduce all tobacco use by 2040 so that less than 5% of the 27 member countries’ 447 million people is pushing EU policymakers towards tightening vaping and e-cigarette controls.…

The Chinese are eating more cheese than ever.

China’s cheese market size reached Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY/RMB6.32 billion in 2020 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 8% during 2020-2025, according to a 2022 report from GlobalData, the market researcher that owns Just Food.…

The need to reduce the environmental impact of the dairy sector, promoting sustainability, may limit the growth of the industry internationally, but the world’s largest milk producer, India, is projected to double its turnover within the next five years, a global conference has been told.…

The Greece higher education sector is sharply increasing the number of English-taught short-term higher education (HE) courses that operate in collaboration with foreign universities. According to Christos Michalakelis, co-founder and president of Study in Greece (SiG), the official organisation promoting internationalisation within Greek HE, short-term courses yielding student academic credits, is a stepping stone “towards internationalising Greek universities”.…

The Russian textile sector has been struggling to cope with the international sanctions from the US, European Union (EU), UK, Japan and others and the disruption caused by the exit of international companies from Russia, following its invasion of Ukraine.

Russia’s GDP declined 4% in the second quarter and will shrink by 7.8% throughout 2022, predicts the ministry of economic development.…

Textile businesses in the European Union (EU) will need to reinforce checks on the safety of chemicals used in textile finishing and the amount of chemicals used, following the entry into force of new EU product safety rules under a revision of the EU’s general product safety directive (1).…

Paint and coatings manufacturers and importers within the European Union (EU) will come under additional pressure to restrict the use additives and ingredients made from certain chemicals that can become persistent organic pollutants after disposal.

The EU Council of Ministers and the European Parliament have struck agreement on reforms to the EU’s persistent organic pollutant regulation, which will cut the maximum presence in waste of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA); perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS); hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD); polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE); and short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCP).…

THE BRITISH Coatings Federation (BCF) has continued to press the UK government to mitigate the problems caused by Britain’s Brexit withdrawal from the European Union (EU), as the country’s industry fights to preserve its income.

Both imports of raw materials and packaging supplies, as well as exports of finished products to and from the EU have been hindered by the red tape imposed on trade under the EU/UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) that underpinned Brexit, says the BCF.…

European Union (EU) member states are lagging in compliance with a requirement in the fifth anti-money laundering directive (5 AMLD) (1) to create public ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) registers by January 10, 2020. A European Commission webpage (2) on 5AMLD compliance last updated June 2 (2022) shows 12 governments are facing infringement proceedings either because they have not adopted legislation writing the directive fully into national law or because they have implemented it incorrectly.…