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A GERMAN initiative designed to boost sustainability in the clothing and textile sector has been losing members, but a senior manager has told just-style it will continue working hard to extend its influence and would fix operation problems.

The Partnership for Sustainable Textiles, set up in 2014 by Germany’s federal ministry for economic cooperation and development, has seen members fall from 188 at the beginning of this year to 148 at present.…

CLAIMS by the Belgian authorities today (August 9) that the Netherlands knew about eggs contaminated with the toxic insecticide fipronil as early as last year are false, the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA – Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit) has affirmed.…

While moves in the knitwear sector are afoot to overtake ‘fast fashion’ with sustainable products and processes, the ultimate push to become certified organic is proving an unnecessary step too far for many producers.

There is widespread support in the industry to embrace sustainable business practices and boost eco-credentials for yarns and knitwear items.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission should do more to ensure stricter safety rules for coatings and varnishes coming into contact with food, industry experts have told Polymers Paint Colour Journal (PPCJ), following MEPs’ calls for European Union (EU)-wide measures last October.

Indeed, the European Union (EU) industry group CEPE (the European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink and Artists’ Colour Industry) has said: “An agreed harmonised protocol for risk assessment is urgently required,” agreed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the Commission, EU member states and Europe’s paint and coatings industry.…

Leather exporters in the north Indian production hub of Kanpur (in Uttar Pradesh) are facing closure of their tanneries over environmental concerns, even as they are trying to overcome the shortage of raw hides and loss of business to Brazilian companies.…

The European Commission will press trading partners at this week’s July 7-8 G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, to remove unfair obstacles to European Union imports, after a EU report detailed such restrictions, many affecting clothing and textile trades.

Referring to the Commission’s latest annual Report on Trade and Investment Barriers (TIBR), EU trade Commissioner Cecilia Malström warned G20 leaders it was prepared to launch World Trade Organisation cases if necessary: “We are taking action.…

STEPS are underway to improve airport security in Bangladesh after the European Union (EU) introduced strict checks on airborne cargo originating from Bangladesh. On June 1, the EU added Bangladesh to its list of high-risk countries it considers have inadequate airport security.…

INDUSTRY 4.0 and the Internet of Things are gathering pace, says Europe’s largest industry group for manufacturing systems engineering, Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V. (VDMA) in Germany. Elgar Straub, managing director at VDMA Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies said: “Thanks to digital textile printing, it is now possible to print apparel, shoes and technical textiles directly.…

EASTERN and central European food consumers have often complained that international branded food tastes worse in their countries than in western Europe – even when comparing the same brands in similar packaging.

But the question is whether these grumbles are effectively urban myths – or if there is evidence suggesting that these differences are real.…

THE OUTGOING director general of the European Union (EU) anti-fraud office OLAF has stressed how his agency will continue to proactively fight fraud once the new European Public Prosecutors Office (EPPO) is established.

Giovanni Kessler, writing in the last OLAF annual report in his seven-year mandate, has stressed that his agency’s role will be important, now that just 20 out of 28 EU member states have decided to work with the EPPO.…