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AS companies and government organisations implement more stringent fraud detection programmes, they are recruiting the best and brightest anti-fraud experts. Universities in North America, Australia, Europe and Asia are responding to demand for anti-fraud expertise by offering fraud prevention classes in accounting, criminology, and business degrees.…

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.…

GUIDANCE has been released to European Union (EU) pharma companies to help them assess and control the emergence of mutagenic impurities in medicines that could help cause cancer.

This advice was original developed by the International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH), which also advises regulators in Japan and the USA, and has been assessed and released in the EU by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).  …

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.…

AMERICAN pigmeat analysts have conformed to globalmeatnews.com that the recovery in US pork production will be sustained, with the pigmeat industry recovering strongly from the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) outbreak.

The comments come after the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecasted earlier this month that American commercial pork production was set to reach 23.9 billion pounds for the year ending September 2015, exceeding the country’s beef output for the first time after 62 years.…

THE AMERICAN government has complained of delays by the outgoing European Commission that leaves office on November 1 regarding the authorisation of new bio-tech food products and ingredients for use in the European Union (EU). In a strongly worded message to the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) disputes settlement body, the US said that the EU had failed to leave decisions to regulatory committees acting on European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) advice.…

LIGNITE power station units are still being built and modernised in the European Union (EU), raising warnings from environmentalists that this could negate EU emissions controls. There are lignite projects in various stages of approval, planning or construction in Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Greece, and Slovenia, for instance.…

THE CONFECTIONERY and sweet bakery sector worldwide has benefited from technological development regarding sweeteners, but these new food technologies have had to undergo rigorous safety tests by food regulators.‏

Both the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) for the European Union (EU) and the USA’s Food & Drug Administration (FDA) have undertaken detailed assessments, amidst some public concern about their safety.‏…

Thailand’s paint and coating industry is facing a challenging time as its country grapples with economic and political difficulties. Thailand’s economic growth has slowed significantly over the last two years. GDP expanded by 6.6% in 2012, as the country recovered from the devastating floods of 2011, which hit northern, north-eastern and central Thailand, as well as parts of Bangkok.…

GROWTH in Sri Lanka’s paints and coatings sector is slowing down after years of rapid growth following the end of the civil war in May 2009. Producers are now facing greater competition and introducing innovations to attract new consumers.

Ruwan Weerasinghe, the secretary of the Paint Manufacturers Association of Sri Lanka, and director of Lankem Ceylon, which sells the popular paint brand Robbialac, said his company registered a 20% year-on-year growth after the war.…