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Quarter of substances in waste found non-compliant with REACH

Published: November 9, 2022

A pilot REACH enforcement project has found that one in four substances recovered from waste were non-compliant.

Shanghai to maintain restrictions as cases rise outside quarantine

Published: April 21, 2022

Authorities in Shanghai have reported that restrictions will remain in place for now even in districts which have cut Covid-19 transmission to zero.

U.S. handbag sales rebound

Published: October 7, 2021

Sales turnover for women’s bags in the U.S. from March to August 2021 was just 2% lower than pre-pandemic levels in 2019, research and market analysis company NPD Group reveals.

Mad cow cases halt exports from Brazil to China

Published: September 6, 2021

Brazil has suspended beef exports to China after confirming two “atypical” cases of mad cow disease (BSE) in two separate domestic meat plants.

Covid outbreak at ten Brazilian meat processing plants

Published: July 13, 2020

Brazil’s Ministry of Labour (MPT) announced it is investigating ten meat processing plants in the state of Mato Grosso after a record outbreak of Covid-19 infections.

Meat processors struggling to combat coronavirus

Published: May 11, 2020

As Brazil prepared to increase meat export to the U.S., which is facing a meat supply shortage, Brazilian meatprocessors BRF and Minuano have been ordered to shut down plants for 15 days.

Significant number of coronavirus cases at U.S. meat plants

Published: April 22, 2020

JBS’ beef facility in Colorado, Cargill’s meatpacking plant in Pennsylvania, Smithfield Foods in South Dakota and Tyson’s Columbus Junction plant in Iowa, are among those affected.

Tanneries in Pakistan hope to continue producing wet-blue

Published: March 27, 2020

Tanneries in Pakistan have been ordered to shut down as the number of declared cases of the COVID-19 surges across the country.

Tanneries in China slowly increasing production

Published: March 24, 2020

The current situation in China has been improved gradually with no new domestic coronavirus cases confirmed as of March 24, except in the area of Wuhan where one new case was confirmed. However, sources inside China state that the country is still under extreme pressure from new imported cases from people returning to or entering the country.

Confinement in Igualada could lead to unemployment up 50%

Published: March 16, 2020

Home to some of Spain’s major tanneries, Igualada has registered over 70 cases of COVID-19.