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HYDROGEN SET TO COME OF AGE IN EUROPE’S ENERGY SYSTEM
A new industry roadmap to advance the development of power-to-gas in Europe is just one reason advocates of hydrogen production and storage are optimistic about the next decade. The laying of foundations for larger-scale developments of power-to-gas (P2G) in Europe have gathered momentum throughout 2017, with the European Association for Storage of Energy (EASE) and the Joint Programme on Energy Storage under the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) laying plans.…
EU REGULATORY ROUND UP – EU PLOTS VIRTUAL CURRENCY FRAUD CONTROLS
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed a new revamped European Union (EU) directive on combating fraud and counterfeiting of non-cash means of payment, with a key aim of criminalising scams associated with virtual currencies.
This legislation, which updates now obsolete 2001 rules, would insist EU member states treat as crimes possessing, selling, procuring, importing and distributing a stolen or unlawfully appropriated counterfeited or falsified non-cash payment instruments.…
EASTERN CANADA HOSTS SWIFT FOR FOCUS ON SNOW REMOVAL INNOVATION
Upgrades and advancements in airport winter management technologies and techniques, especially regarding wet snow, were highlighted at this year’s SWIFT Airfield Operations Conference & Equipment Expo, which was staged at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, for the first time.
The largest city in Atlantic Canada has a reputation for receiving large doses of such snow at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, with high humidity from the Atlantic Ocean combining with the intense cold of eastern Canadian winters.…
HONEY BEES MAYBE DYING FAST, BUT GLOBAL DEMAND FOR NATURAL SWEETENER CONTINUES TO GROW
Customer willingness to pay a premium for the natural health qualities of honey appears to be outweighing price hikes for the natural sweetener amid falling production levels as beekeepers have battled catastrophic colony losses.
This has reduced worldwide bee numbers, prompting fears that confectioners might adapt production methods to replace honey with other naturally occurring sweeteners, such as stevia.…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY NEWS ROUND UP – EU/CHINA GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS DEAL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) and China have struck a geographical indications deal preventing the names of 100 traditional food and drink items from either jurisdiction being used by manufacturers based outside their historic production regions or following standardised production techniques. Without complaints from manufacturers, the agreement will be formalised later this year.…
EU MINISTERS WILL HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY MEETING AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER TO DISCUSS THE EGG CRISIS
THE EUROPEAN Commission is to hold a special meeting with European Union (EU) ministers and food safety authorities over the ongoing scandal about fipronil-contaminated eggs to gather information on how to manage such crises in future. The EU executive will stage the meeting on September 26, it told just-food today, allowing time for more information to emerge.…
DUTCH HEALTH AUTHORITIES IMPOSE CONTROLS ON CATTLE FARM OVER SECOND INSECTICIDE SCANDAL
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has told just-food it is blocking the movement of beef cattle from a Dutch veal and broiler poultry farm to allow tests on whether another unauthorised insecticide could pose health problems.
NVWA spokesperson Tjitte Mastenbroek explained that while Amitraz can be used as a veterinary medicinal product for cattle and pigs, its use as a pesticide is prohibited, because large doses can affect the nervous system.…
NETHERLANDS INCREASES CONTROLS ON FIPRONIL-TAINTED EGGS
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA – Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit) is acting to protect European consumers from buying Dutch-produced eggs contaminated with fipronil, a toxic insecticide, a spokesperson has told just-food. “We have printed a list of 137 egg codes from the 180 companies [a fifth of all Dutch poultry farms] investigated, so consumers can check if they have the right or wrong eggs in their fridge.”…
NETHERLANDS DENIES PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF FIPRONIL CONTAMINATION
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.…
NETWORKED TECHNOLOGIES AND BETTER PRODUCTION WORKFLOW FOR DIRECT-TO-GARMENT PRINTING BOOST MASS-CUSTOMISED PRODUCTION WITHOUT MISPRINTS
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.…