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CHINA has approved a newly developed inactivated vaccine for poultry against a strain of the H7N9 avian influenza – PR8. Developed by the National Reference Laboratory Avian Influenza, at Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, in north-eastern China, the veterinary vaccine is now reserved as “technology for emergencies,” China’s ministry of agriculture, said in a communiqué.…

Danish supermarket chain Dansk Supermarked has suspended all trade with domestic supplier Skare Meat Packers (SMP) following the discovery that salmonella infected ground beef was delivered by SMP to the retailer’s Netto-discount grocery stores in June.

The outbreak is being investigated both by the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (DVFA/ Fødevarestyrelsen) and Danish State Serum Institute (SSI/ Statens Serum Institut), Denmark’s state health research institute.…

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to work with the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction to help south Asian nations slow the spread of livestock diseases.

In India, livestock sector losses from foot-and-mouth disease alone are estimated at around USD4.5 billion a year, according to the ADB.…

A NEW flexible method of shipping liquids is poised to offer the petroleum industry advantages for moving fuel by-products and lubricants used in drilling. This involves using flexitanks, which are expansive, flexible (although sometimes rigid and foldaway) polyethylene bags that fit inside shipping containers, and are capable of transporting up to 24,000 litres of liquids at a time, say companies in the sector.…

DESPITE the huge risks involved in states funding weapons of mass destruction in breach of international non-proliferation rules, this problem has not received the same attention as anti-money laundering (AML) and combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) in compliance regimes. Only over the past two years has world’s senior AML body the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) started to address shortcomings, while the United Nations is moving from a decade of awareness building to pushing implementation.…

Multilateral talks over Iran’s nuclear power programme have partly and temporarily eased certain sanctions against the country. Yet while businesses worldwide are keen to get into the lucrative Iranian market to offer all kinds of good and services, the overarching sanctions regime put in place by the United States, the European Union  (EU) and the United Nations still remains, as do the risks of doing business with Iran, considered one of the world’s riskiest jurisdictions.…

GHANA continues to be recognised as one of Africa’s success stories. The country remains relatively peaceful and stable, and its economy has grown at an annual average of around 6% over the past six years. As a result, it is maybe not a surprise that Ghana was ranked healthily at 5.88 (10 being the worst score) in the 2014 Basel Anti-Money Laundering index, among the lowest in west Africa, only bettered by established democracy Senegal, with 5.43.…

AS China moves gradually onwards with the long-promised liberalisation of its currency exchange regime, increased use of offshore companies and bank accounts by Chinese officials is refocusing Chinese attention on the illicit outflow of funds from the country. These have been facilitated and even prompted by China’s ongoing efforts to encourage investment overseas while also liberalising its currency regime.…

Mexico, South America, and the United States are usually the focus of discussions about money laundering, drug-trafficking and transnational crime in the Western Hemisphere. However, as countries like Mexico and Colombia have upped their security game, criminals have taken advantage of their small Central American neighbours as weaker links for both the transport of drugs and the laundering of illicit funds associated with the trade.…

THE INCOMING European Union (EU) energy and climate change Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete and his boss, the future European Commission vice-president for the energy union Maroš Šefčovič have highlighted the need for smart grids and electricity interconnections as way to make Europe more self-reliant for energy.…