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RUSSIA PLANT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is planning to lend Euro 15 million to NPO Petrovax Pharm, a Russian niche pharmaceutical company, so it can build a green field plant near Moscow making new generation influenza vaccines for the ex-USSR market.…
NEW COMMISSIONERS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WITH Greece and Cyprus are taking over the key European Commission jobs for the cosmetics, soap and perfumery sectors, the enthusiasm of Brussels for tougher environmental, consumer protection and animal welfare rules could wane.
Cypriot Markos Kyprianou has been appointed as health and consumer affairs commissioner in the new Commission that takes office in November.…
ICC SECURITY GUIDE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has released a practical guide advising small and medium-sized businesses on improving their security for information technology and telecommunications. ‘Securing Your Business: Information security issues and resources for small and entrepreneurial companies’ tells companies how to implement 2002 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) guidelines on network and IT security.…
CODEX COMMISSION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD’S food standards body, the Codex Alimentarius, has approved an international code of practice on ‘good animal feeding’, establishing a global feed safety system for livestock “in order to minimise risks to the health of consumers.” It advises on reducing environmental health problems associated with particular feeds, (such as antibiotics).…
AFGHANISTAN ROSE OIL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
DESPERATE to offer Afghan farmers a lucrative alternative to growing opium poppies, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is working with French company HD Investment to develop a rose oil fragrance industry. HD has committed $100,000 in start-up funds for the enterprise, following presentations by the UNDP and Kabul-based Altai Consulting.…
HOUBARA BUSTARD
BY KEITH NUTHALL
*Bulky and long-necked, it has a 140cm wingspan, brown above and white below, with a black stripe down the sides of its neck.
*Three sub-species, in the Canary Islands, North Africa, and the Sinai Peninsula to Arabia, into Central Asia.…
IEA FRANCE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NECESSARY research that will allow France to maintain its nuclear power capacity should be carried out with Europe’s new liberalised electricity market in mind, the International Energy Authority has warned. In an assessment of French energy policy, it noted France’s “substantial government R&D in this field and the marketing and construction of French nuclear plants abroad…will help in keeping the nuclear option open.”…
CITES - FALCON
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ARAB sheik and his camel, riding the desert with a trained falcon, hunting for bustard migrating south to Africa; with skill and tenacity, he could catch 10 plump prey, a feast in a land where little grows.…
ISO PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has released two standards helping nonwoven manufacturers check the effectiveness of protective clothing and the materials used to make them. They lay down laboratory tests measuring the penetration resistance of clothing materials to blood, body fluids and other potentially infectious materials.…
RESEARCH PROTOCOL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE COUNCIL of Europe’s committee of ministers has adopted the “first international text harmonising ethical and legal standards in biomedical research”. Once ratified, the protocol will cover the non-EU council’s 45 council member countries, including Russia. It sets standards concerning acceptable risks for research participants, and details information they should receive before giving their consent.…