Regulatory & Policy

By ensuring domestic processors retain access to scrap, local manufacturing is supported and reliance on imported refined metals is reduced.

Focusing on the border instead of retail, authorities aim to close a loophole letting importers bypass local bans with prohibited packaging materials from abroad.

The European Commission said the deal followed talks with the EU’s Consumer Protection Cooperation network, led by the Swedish Consumer Agency and Hungarian Competition Authority.

It sets EU-wide packaging and waste-receptacle labelling rules, helping consumers sort waste, spot reusable and DRS-covered packaging, and see recycled and bio-based content.

In health and nutrition, packaging claims carry real commercial weight as consumers rely on front-of-pack messaging, so regulatory scrutiny of these statements is critical to brand integrity.

Sappi argued that losses from falling global newsprint demand, overcapacity, and rising cheap imports threatened Ngodwana Mill, requiring tariff protection.

Enforcement actions started on 12 October—when local authorities began sealing retail outlets after verbal instructions via the Chief Commissioner and CDA chairman’s offices.

Order: sealed spice packaging before dispatch, no loose sales, open formats risk moisture/contamination, no traceable batch/origin.

Per the agency, seized items included counterfeit labels, corks, packs, and outer packaging bearing multiple brand names.