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The Russian clothing retail and manufacturing industry is suffering because of sanctions imposed because of its government’s invasion of Ukraine, but the sector’s close links to Asia and Turkey are likely to reduce the impact.

With the war continuing, Russian bombers today (March 17) bombed a theatre in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol, Svetlana Melnichenko, president of the Saint Petersburg-based Chamber of Textile and Fashion, noted that Russians were not in the mood to buy new clothes: “It’s spring.…

A new Chinese standard aimed at controlling excessive packaging that comes into force September 2023 will be painful for the cosmetics sector in the short-term but promote sustainability in the long run, say analysts.

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation’s China GB 23350-2021 ‘Requirements of Restricting Excessive Package–Foods and Cosmetics’, announced September 2021, (http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2021-09/03/content_5635105.htm)…

The Tunisian food sector is showing how an industry can leverage traditional halal practices in the domestic market to generate certification that enables its products to be exported to Muslim-majority markets worldwide.

“When we say a food product is halal and it is not haram (religiously forbidden), that does not just mean the absence of alcohol and pork, but also, and most importantly, it is halal because it does not harm the health of its consumers,” said Nawel Jebali, senior technician for the halal sector at Tunisian standards organisation, INNORPI (Institut National de la Normalisation et de la Propriété Industrielle), which issues renewable three-year halal certificates in the country.…

The Russian government’s bloody and destructive invasion of Ukraine has harmed operations of the metal packaging sector and their aluminium and steel suppliers in both Ukraine and Russia, having an international impact on the can manufacturing and filling industry. New records are being set for the international price of aluminium, up 28% in 2022, reaching USD3,849 per tonne (1) on March 4, then settling back to USD3,398, approximately level with the price following a spike that occurred on February 24, right after the invasion began.…

The CEO of the American company that has been awarded a halal certification for hemp products containing active CBD (cannabidiol) ingredients has said his business will be contesting false claims about CBD, a non-psychoactive compound treating pain and relieving anxiety.

Fareed Syed, CEO of HalalCBD, based in Las Vegas, USA, told Salaam Gateway, that his company sells CBD tinctures and gummies in three flavours.…

The Tunisian halal poultry sector has claimed its good practice has been preventing livestock from becoming infected with bird flu, that can infect human consumers. Tunisia’s vulnerability to the disease is particularly intense because the country lies on the key wild bird migration routes between sub-Saharan Africa and Europe.…

The proactive move by the mainly Muslim south Asian archipelago of Maldives to boost halal tourism will make this country a larger market for halal-certified food imports. Imported food sold to its permanent population of 540,500 must be halal food under Maldives Food and Drug Authority (FDA) regulations, said Dr Abdullah Shiham Hassan a senior Maldives lawyer and past head of law in the faculty of Shariah law at the Maldives National University: “This is checked and monitored by the FDA regularly.”  …

The United States, European Union (EU), Germany and the UK have reacted swiftly against Russian interests following its government’s recognition of independence of two breakaway republics in eastern Ukraine. The sanctions follow the announcement yesterday (Monday Feb 21) by President Vladimir Putin regarding the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s republics, into which he has openly sent Russian troops, as ‘peacekeepers’.…

EUROPE’S dairy production and trade must not suffer from the implementation of the European Union (EU)’s farm to fork (F2F) plans (1), announced May 2020 and at the heart of the European Green Deal to “make food systems fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly,” dairy experts have told Dairy Industries International (DII).…

The European Association of Sugar Manufacturers (CEFS) has attacked the UK government for extending until December 2024 an import quota of 260,000 tonnes for raw sugar, claiming this could disrupt the European sugar industry and market. “The UK’s approach is alarming, since it undermines existing concessions offered to sugar producers around the world,” said CEFS, notably European Union producers and those from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries who usually have some special access to EU markets (and formerly UK markets prior to Brexit).…