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THE US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is set to release proposed reforms to the country’s National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), a decades-old cooperative federal-state-industry mechanism for controlling poultry disease threats.

APHIS said the revisions were discussed at the NPIP biennial conference held last June (2018) and will incorporate the latest science, technology and best practices in the sector.…

THE US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is set to release proposed reforms to the country’s National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), a decades-old cooperative federal-state-industry mechanism for controlling poultry disease threats.

APHIS said the revisions were discussed at the NPIP biennial conference held last June (2018) and will incorporate the latest science, technology and best practices in the sector.…

FOOD hazard reports relating to meat and meat products have been rising fast worldwide, according to data released by HorizonScan, a global food safety database which gathers food safety and inspection alerts from more than 115 sources in more than 70 countries.…

FOOD hazard reports relating to meat and meat products have been rising fast worldwide, according to data released by HorizonScan, a global food safety database which gathers food safety and inspection alerts from more than 115 sources in more than 70 countries.…

A 44-STRONG coalition of states in the United States (US) has filed a lawsuit accusing 20 major pharmaceutical manufacturers and 15 individuals of running possibly the largest cartel in US history for over 100 generic medicines. A May 12 [2019] statement from the office of Connecticut Attorney, General William Tong, which is leading the coalition, alleges that Teva, Sandoz, Mylan, Pfizer and 16 other generic drug makers have “engaged in a broad, coordinated and systematic campaign to conspire with each other to fix prices, allocate markets and rig bids for more than 100 different generic drugs.”…

United States (US) President Donald Trump’s announcement, May 10, to slap 25% additional tariffs on plastics exports to China could increase opportunities for European plastics exporters, experts have told Plastics News Europe.

Mike Boswell, managing director of UK-based plastics products supplier Plastribution, said: “Sales could increase to the US, depending on which items, as US products will become more expensive because of duty barriers.”…

THE LEGALISATION nationwide of recreational cannabis in Canada last October (2018) was a groundbreaking move – a first for a major western country – and from this coming October 17, at the latest, one that may have significant implications for the beauty business.…

INDIAN authorities have seized more than USD120 million’s worth of unaccounted cash during the six-week long general election that concluded in May [2019]. Law enforcers have warned that this could be for vote buying, making a future government susceptible to corruption, promoting graft in business.…

Businesses and their advisers, including accountants, are under increasing pressure to report money laundering as the problem continues to grow: according to the United Nations, between 2% and 5% of global GDP (US$800bn to US$2trillion) is laundered annually. In response, international organisations and national governments have created rules and guidance on fighting the problem.…

THE US government has increased its existing 10% additional duties on imports of automotive parts, engines and chassis from China to 25% from today (May 10), citing a lack of progress on ongoing trade talks.

These duties cover a wide range of China-made engines, chassis, and parts, although not assembled vehicles.…