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BIRD FLU HINDERS ATTEMPTS TO OPEN CHINESE MARKET TO EUROPEAN POULTRY



THE OUTBREAKS of bird flu in Germany, Britain and the Netherlands is hampering efforts to create export markets in mainland China for these countries’ poultry and poultry products.

China’s Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) on November 27 banned any poultry products and birds from entering China if they were produced and reared in North-Rhine Westphalia.…

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CENTRAL AMERICA RAISES ITS AML/CFT GAME, BUT HAS MUCH WORK AHEAD



Central America’s increasing exposure to money laundering is at least being recognised by the governments on the region, who are working both individually and collectively to combat the problem.

The region has strengthened cooperation, for instance. A key initiative is the Central American Integration System (SICA), a regional political organisation which coordinates government actions for Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Belize and the Dominican Republic regarding certain policy development and programmes, notably improving law enforcement.…

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BIRD FLU HINDERS ATTEMPTS TO OPEN CHINESE MARKET TO EUROPEAN POULTRY



THE OUTBREAKS of bird flu in Germany, Britain and the Netherlands is hampering efforts to create export markets in mainland China for these countries’ poultry and poultry products.

China’s Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) on November 27 banned any poultry products and birds from entering China if they were produced and reared in North-Rhine Westphalia.…

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NELIPAK LAUNCHES NEW TABLE TOP HEAT SEALER



Dutch technology firm Nelipak Healthcare Packaging has launched a new table top tray heat sealer, used for packaging items in cleanroom environments, notably International Organization for Standardization (ISO) cleanrooms classified ‘seven’ (which ranges from 2,930 to 352,000 dust or other particles allowed per cubic metre of air) and ‘eight’ (29,300 to 3,520,000 particles).…

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NELIPAK LAUNCHES NEW TABLE TOP HEAT SEALER



Dutch technology firm Nelipak Healthcare Packaging has launched a new table top tray heat sealer, used for packaging items in cleanroom environments, notably International Organization for Standardization (ISO) cleanrooms classified ‘seven’ (which ranges from 2,930 to 352,000 dust or other particles allowed per cubic metre of air) and ‘eight’ (29,300 to 3,520,000 particles).…

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BRANDS AND MANUFACTURERS PUSH AHEAD WITH PLANS TO FORGE PAKISTAN ‘BUYERS’ FORUM’



THE CREATION of a consultative textile and clothing ‘buyers’ forum’ in Pakistan, linking brands with manufacturers, government and unions, has moved a step closer following an international meeting staged in Islamabad.
This first ‘buyers’ meeting’, was held on December 15 and 16, organised by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Dutch and Pakistan governments.…

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CONCERNED MEPS ASK COMMISSION TO DO MORE TO STOP THE SPREAD OF ASF



THE EUROPEAN Commission’s response to Europe’s African swine fever (ASF) crisis was criticised at the European Parliament yesterday (Tuesday Oct 7) for being too weak. The disease has brought about considerable economic damage to Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, members of the parliament’s agriculture and rural development committee warned in Brussels.…

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EU/WTO ROUND UP – AMERICAN CONCERN OVER CLAIMED EU BIOTECH FOOT-DRAGGING



THE AMERICAN government has complained of delays by the outgoing European Commission that leaves office on November 1 regarding the authorisation of new bio-tech food products and ingredients for use in the European Union (EU). In a strongly worded message to the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) disputes settlement body, the US said that the EU had failed to leave decisions to regulatory committees acting on European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) advice.…

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EU COUNTRIES STILL FAR FROM AGREEMENT ON TELECOMS REFORM



NATIONAL telecommunications experts and ministers from the 28 European Union (EU) countries are still far from agreeing the proposed ‘Connected Continent’ package of telecoms regulations, with intensive technical talks still taking place in the EU Council of Ministers. This is one of two EU legislators who must approve the legislation for it to take effect – it was proposed by the European Commission in September 2013.…

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BULK OF US BEEF INDUSTRY LEVY INVESTMENT IN 2015 TO PROMOTE DOMESTIC BEEF SALES



THE CATTLEMEN’S Beef Promotion and Research Board in the USA will spend USD10.5 million of its USD39 million investments planned for the fiscal year of October 1, 2014-2015 to promote beef sales in its domestic market.

The goal of this consumer information campaign is to “improve domestic preference for beef by educating consumers about things like beef safety, nutrition and health, convenience, taste and value,” the board’s communications manager Diane Henderson told globalmeatnews.com.…

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