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TOBACCO has been grown, processed, smoked and traded within and between native Canadian and American communities for centuries, so it is no surprise that attempts to restrict how their reserves and reservations make and sell tobacco cause upset.

But in Canada, with tobacco control rules on health warnings, advertising and tobacco content in these First Nations jurisdictions often weak or non-existent, and tax and duty not collected on sales, there has been pressure on the federal and provincial government to crack down on what police and anti-tobacco campaigners regard as a legal free-for-all.…

FACED with the twin threats of Brexit and a new US President-elect who prefers bilateral relations to multilateralism, the European Union (EU) and its institutions are nonetheless pushing ahead with forging a collaborative system of anti-fraud law enforcement.

In a sign that such initiatives draw overwhelming backing from European Parliament political groups, the EU’s elected assembly, its plenary has backed by 545 votes to 91 a detailed call for the European Commission to review its legislation against corruption and organised criminals.…

BATHURST Regional Airport, in the Canadian Atlantic province of New Brunswick, is to be expanded through a Canadian dollar CAD6.28 million (USD4.63 million) project. The federal Canadian and provincial New Brunswick governments will both support the plan, spending CAD2.09 million (USD1.53 million) each.…

THE SIGNING of a Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement between the European Union (EU) and Canada (CETA) on October 30 will have a positive impact on the personal care product sector, industry associations have claimed on both sides of the Atlantic.…

THE LEADER of Europe’s farmers has warned that the European Union (EU)-Canada Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement (CETA), whose legal texts were finally signed on Sunday (Oct 30), will be “a painful exercise” for the EU meats sector, EU farm body Copa-Cogeca secretary general Pekka Pesonen has claimed.…

Sun protective clothing is continuing to move from its health-focused niche origins to become a general and versatile product, protecting consumers of all ages from the harm of prolonged sun exposure. What first began as products for children or for people with varying skin ailments, such as melanoma or xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), a rare disease where the body is unable to repair damage caused by ultraviolet (UV) light, the market has been expanding robustly.…

BRITISH company boards will have another Brexit-related issue to consider now that the European Union (EU) appears set to approve the controversial Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada. Will it apply in Britain once the UK quits the EU?…

LAW firms are at “high risk of misuse” for money laundering and terrorist financing in Canada, according to the international Financial Action Task Force (FATF). 

FATF inspectors scoured Canadian anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) provisions in a November 2015 visit and found: “All high-risk areas are covered by AML/CFT measures, except legal counsels, legal firms and Quebec notaries.”…

The market for packaged food with health claims is still small in Thailand, with the organics food sector being particularly tiny. But functional food sales growth rates have been picking up markedly on the back of an aging population translating into increasing awareness of health problems, such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, obesity and diabetes.…

Dairy processors have expressed their concern regarding a 2.76% increase in the minimum price for butter and skimmed milk powder sold in Canada. Imposed by the Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC), this came into effect on September 1. The Dairy Processors Association of Canada (DPAC) has voiced its apprehension to the CDC: “We expressed our concerns with a mid-year increase, and presented the potential impact of this not only for processors, but for the market and ultimately consumers,” said Jacques Lefebvre, president and CEO of the DPAC.…