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Norway’s ministry of agriculture and food has included poultry products in its investigation of meat production and retail prices following fresh data indicating a sharp 7.1% price rise, despite an over-supply situation, in retail chicken prices between March and August.

The report by the from the country’s directorate of agriculture, which advises the ministry on industry competition and agricultural policy matters, takes place while consumer organisations lobby government to introduce stricter fair trade practices and rules to stimulate retail price competition.…

A Maltese socialist – nominated as the new environment, maritime affairs and fisheries Commissioner of the European Union (EU) – has indicated that he would not move to ban the use of cyanide in gold, silver, platinum and cadmium production, should he be confirmed in his new job.…

Energy savings of up to 30% are possible if clothing and textile producers apply a “simple” system of cost assessment, a Brussels conference of industry experts has been told. Yet too many companies lack fine-tuned energy data and are certainly unable to quantify the money they are losing or know how to focus on the problem.…

THE PLANNED Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union (EU) and United States is raising concerns about democracy in the EU, but should ease sales of plastic medical devices across the Atlantic, a Philips executive told a Brussels conference on Friday.…

A RESEARCH project that has received EUR7 million in funding from the European Commission is working to bring more environmentally-friendly processes in the mainstream of the cosmetics industry in Europe. The OPTIBIOCAT (Optimised esterase biocatalysts for cost-effective industrial production) project, which began in 2013, wants to replace resource and energy-intensive chemical processes currently used in the cosmetics industry with less intensive ones, based on enzymes.…

When it comes to shipment of liquids in bulk, flexitanks are emerging as a viable alternative to traditional methods, and personal care product companies are taking notice. These huge, impenetrable and foldaway polyethylene bags that fit inside shipping containers can transport up to 24,000 litres of liquid at a time.…

AN AGREEMENT between the European Commission and Google over alleged abuses of its dominant market position – breaking European Union (EU) competition law – appears to have collapsed. Brussels today said it had levelled fresh allegations against the company. In February, Google promised to make changes to its commercial policy – in particular, to give equal prominence in search engine results to competitors in various sectors – in response to Commission competition law concerns.…

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) trade commissioner, Karel de Gucht, has welcomed the ruling by the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) appeal body against China’s restrictions of rare earths, tungsten and molybdenum exports.

This is “another milestone in the EU’s efforts to ensure fair access to much-needed raw materials for its industries,” he said in an Aug 7 statement of the European Commission.…

THE SALE to Russia of multi-directional, multi-dimensional knitting and interlacing machines, including adapters and modification kits, specially designed or modified for weaving, interlacing or braiding fibres, for composite structures has been banned by the European Union (EU).

This is because the EU considers such machines of potential use to the Russian military, which has been involved in the Ukraine crisis.…

THE ASSOCIATION of Southeast Asian Nations – ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF) has announced that the ASEAN framework for cross-border offerings of collective investment schemes (CIS) is now operational in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. The regulatory system allows fund managers working from these member jurisdictions to offer locally constituted schemes, such as unit trust funds, to retail investors in other member jurisdictions, using a streamlined authorisation process.…