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BY MONICA DOBIE

THE CANADIAN government has approved the use of advanced American technology to detect harmful noroviruses within the country’s prolific oyster beds. This ‘reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction’ method effectively separates norovirus genetic materials from within oyster tissues. Canada’s health ministry has recently published its details within its Compendium of Analytical Methods reference guide for scientists.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH, in Brussels

THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) pending directive on the control of pyrotechnic substances which activate safety devices in vehicles got a robust public endorsement from the auto supply industry today (3/21).

Addressing a "mini-hearing" of the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, Klaus Pilatus on behalf of the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA), told legislators of the industry’s "full support" of the legislation and would like to see it adopted throughout the 25 nation grouping as soon as possible.…

BY STEVEN SWINDELLS, in Johannesburg

ONGOING recruitment of South African nurses to the UK is pushing South Africa’s already hard pressed public health system close to the brink of collapse and putting patient care at risk, the country’s lead nursing union and health experts have warned.…

BY STEVEN SWINDELLS, in Johannesburg

THE FORTEEN countries of the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) have their AML/CFT work cut out. Under-funded, lacking resources, short of political will and working in a region that leaks money like a sieve…it is a demanding context for the group’s daunting tasks.…

BY MARK ROWE

THIS year marks the 20th anniversary of the catastrophic steam explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, when a plume of radioactive fallout from Chernobyl-4 drifted over the western parts of the former Soviet Union, Poland, Scandinavia, Britain and the east coast of the United States.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE UNITED Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced that from January 1, all vehicle fuels sold in sub-Saharan Africa have been lead-free, with the last country to abandon lead being the region’s most developed – South Africa.

ENDS…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

NEW global standards for processed cereal-based infant and baby foods – including detailed and comprehensive rules on labelling – have been released by world food body Codex Alimentarius. United Nations body Codex is consulting on the new guidelines, and is looking for comments from member government by March 31.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A BOOK detailing practical ways in which governments can reduce the costs of dealing with major challenges such bird flu, terrorism and climate change has been released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). *The New Public Finance: Responding to Global Challenges http://www.thenewpublicfinance.org/…

BY WESLEY GIBBINGS, in Port of Spain, Trinidad

WITH its multiple small jurisdictions, offshore tax havens and proximity to both drug producing countries in Latin America and the United States, the Caribbean has always been a focus of global anti-money laundering efforts.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A NORTH American Free Trade Area panel has ordered the United States department of commerce (DoC) to review anti-dumping duties imposed on US imports of oil country tubular goods from Mexican producer Hysla SA de CV. The panel found potential errors in calculations underpinning the 21.7% duty, imposed in 1996.…