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After the recent announcement from the Spanish government that the country was finally exiting its five-year long economic downturn, book retailers were looking to the country’s long Christmas period for the proof of the pudding. Gift giving here traditionally takes place on January – the day of Epiphany – so the festive purchase period is longer than in many other countries.…

MEXICAN inspectors have visited 15 meat businesses in Spain as trade negotiations between the European Union (EU) and Mexico raise the prospect of greater exports to the Latin American country.

Mexico is already the main non-EU market for Spanish cured, cooked and preserved pork products and hopes are high that pork meat will be included in any deal with the EU.…

European Union (EU) beef production will be boosted next year (2014-2015) according to the European Commission’s annual market outlook report covering the next decade, published on Friday (Dec 5).

“After two years of sharp decline, EU beef production is expected to recover on the back of recent dairy herd increases.…

MILK will remain “white gold” for Europe’s food sector during the next 10 years, despite the current market difficulties, according to the European Commission’s annual assessment of the industry’s prospects. The report was launched at a one-day conference in Brussels on Friday, December 5.…

Soap and personal care manufacturers worldwide have responded to the Ebola epidemic with donations of their products to directly affected regions.     Their goal especially has been to promote cleanliness as a means of limiting the spread of the disease. For instance, the USA’s Avadim Technologies has donated its advanced Theraworx sanitation products to Liberia, in partnership with Eblen Charities, for instance.…

The Spanish cosmetics industry has welcomed a free trade deal struck between the European Union (EU) and Ecuador, which is set to benefit European cosmetics producers with increased market access in thus South American market. An EU communiqué noted that the agreement will “provide improved access to the Ecuadorian market for many key EU exports,” adding: “it will also create a stable and predictable environment that will help boost and diversify trade and investment.”…

INNOVATIONS in bottles and jar manufacture, from using waste food as feedstock to creating gas bubbles in traditional materials to lighten packages and reduce material inputs, are helping personal care product companies reduce costs and their environmental footprint simultaneously.

And where companies are really smart, they can use these innovations to improve aesthetics, and add functionality features.…

The European Union’s (EU) financial watchdog the Court of Auditors today (Wed 5/11) revealed the EU’s 2013 accounts were adrift by Euro EUR7 billion and urged a radically different approach to future spending to pinpoint fraud and mismanagement. Its assessment advised that: “Compliance and performance should be given equal weight.”…

The all-electric version of Nissan Motor Co’s NV200 mid-size van has been launched in the Japanese market, with executives expressing optimism about sales, even though manufacturing will be based at Nissan’s Barcelona, Spain, plant.  

This is to bring supplies close to the large European market, but Takao Katagiri, the company’s executive vice president, has said he is confident that the e-NV200 will quickly command niche sales in Japan.…

IRELAND has been especially hard hit by the latest expansion of Russia’s ban on European Union (EU) meat exports, figures released today by the European Commission reveal.
Moscow has expanded its existing import restrictions to cover beef offal and beef fats.…