Japan increases checks for Vietnamese shrimp
Japan has increased checks for Sulfadiazine in Vietnamese shrimps being shipped to the country as of December 6, according to Vietnam’s National Agro-Forestry Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (NAFIQAD).
Sulfadiazine is an antibiotic.
According to the department, it received information from the Vietnam Trade Office in Japan and Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare related to the examination of Vietnamese seafood products exported to the country. Japan said it found traces of Sulfadiazine in Vietnamese shrimp products, and has decided to raise checks for Sulfadiazine in shrimp products from 30 per cent of batches to 100 per cent.
Accordingly, NAFIQAD requested local seafood exporters to keep themselves updated on Japanese regulations and proactively monitor Sulfadiazine limit (no more than 0.01 parts per millilitre), according to Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points. – Viet Nam News
Indonesia has high hopes
for gas manufacturing
The Indonesian government projected the non-oil and gas manufacturing sector will grow by between 5.3 to 5.6 per cent in 2017, compared to this year’s expected figure of between 4.67 and 5 per cent.
Industry Minister Airlangga Hartarto said the food and beverage subsector was expected to be the main driver of next year’s growth. The subsector made Rp25.81 trillion (Bt69 billion) in revenue during the January to November period and is expected to grow by 7.5 to 7.8 per cent next year. “We expect the food and beverage subsector to mark the highest growth [in the non-oil and gas manufacturing industry] and become the engine of growth,” he said at the ministry’s year-end meeting with the press. – The Jakarat Post
Malaysian minister lauds Singapore in 1MDB probe
Malaysia’s Second Finance Minister Johari Abdul Ghani has lauded the steps taken by Singapore’s financial regulators to solve money laundering issues linked to 1Malaysia Development Berhad.
“Very good. Because we want to make sure that all banks facilitate actions with regard to this," he said yesterday, adding that the process was also under way in Malaysia.
“So as far as Malaysia is concerned, we're going through that process.”
Johari was referring to the action taken by Singapore against several individuals and banks tied to alleged lapses involving 1MDB deals. On Wednesday, the republic convicted a third banker in the 1MDB scandal, former wealth manager with Swiss bank BSI, Yeo Jiawei, for obstructing 1MDB-linked investigations and witness-tampering. He was sentenced to 30 months' jail, yesterday. – The Star