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EUROPEAN oil and fats industry representatives are concerned and green groups angry that the European Commission is proposing to delay (1) implementation of the May 2023 European Union (EU) deforestation regulation (EUDR) (2) by a year. However, industry groups in Malaysia and Indonesia are hailing the delay as a sensible move, helping them prepare for the new regime.…

A new European Union (EU) Commissioner for agriculture and food has been told to draft an EU Vision for Agriculture and Food within 100 days of taking office, expected on December 1. Luxembourger Christophe Hansen takes on this key role in the second European Commission of president Ursula von der Leyen, which will work until 2029.…

Brazil, the world’s fifth largest country by size, with 60% of the planet’s rainforest, is investing in research to become an important bioplastics player, using its abundant natural resources. However, legislative obstacles are hindering its progress.

And there is plenty of room for improvement.…

When the UK left the European Union (EU) on 1 January 2021, it also left the EU’s comprehensive REACH chemical control system, which was formally replaced by a UK REACH system. This mirrored EU REACH, grandfathering existing registrations and restrictions to the national system, although GB companies lost access to EU databases run by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).…

Companies and researchers are increasingly offering innovative coatings to help businesses and governments fight climate change, providing insulation, heat reflection and other energy-saving functionalities. These products also aid compliance with burgeoning legislation targeting net zero emissions by 2050 and meet intensifying consumer concern about the impact of climate change.…

The UK government is poised to launch talks with the European Union (EU) on forging a sanitary and phytosanitary agreement (SPS) that could remove British and EU food health checks that impede the trade in dairy products.

Dairy UK chief executive Dr Judith Bryans told DII: “A new sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement with the EU has the potential to help in reducing trade administration costs for UK dairy exporters.…

Indonesia’s food and beverage industry is pushing for a delay implementing a new nutritional labelling system, warning that the regulations could have significant economic repercussions if rushed.

The government’s Regulation No. 28/2024 on health includes measures aimed at controlling sugar, salt, and fat content in processed foods as part of efforts to reduce non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and stroke (1).…

Belgium is a beer heavyweight in global markets, and hence a major source of canning demand, with 417 brewers according to the country’s industry association Belgian Brewers, providing nearly 7,000 jobs (1). It is the fifth biggest producer in Europe, producing 2.047 billion litres of beer in 2023, according to the latest European Union (EU) statistical agency Eurostat figures (2).…

China’s paint and coatings companies are struggling to make headway in a tough domestic real estate market, even though medium-term forecasts remain positive. In the first six months of 2024, the value of real estate sales fell by 26.4% year-on-year. The average prices of deals struck dropped 7%, according to the China Real Estate Information Corp which bases its data on the country’s 100 largest real estate developers.…

*UAE family-owned businesses still debt shy, says top CFO

In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), family-owned businesses contribute up to 70% of GDP, according to the ministry of economy, and continue to be a powerful force in the Gulf region, the ACT Middle East Treasury Summit 2024 was told.…