Daily Chemical News Recommendation (Aug 14 2018)

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>> US dairy exports struggle amid a tariff hit environment

The US dairy industry is struggling under the weight of tariff measures in Mexico and China, with the full industry implications only just starting to come to light. Since the end of May 2018, tariff measures of 20 to 25 percent have been imposed on US cheeses going to Mexico, while tariffs of 25 percent have been put in place on US dairy products going to China, in addition to the 8-12 percent tariffs that China already imposed on dairy products from most suppliers around the world. [More]

 >> Indigenous anti-counterfeit ink developed by CSIR-NPL

Security inks are essential and crucial for printing of currency. They help prevent counterfeiting, and in such an event make their detection easy. The first step that we all follow in detection of a counterfeit is to scan it under UV light. One could then clearly see features that are normally not visible, since those features are printed with a special ink that glows – or fluoresces – only when exposed to UV radiations. However, many such inks in use need a special surface that is “UV bland” to be effective. In other words, they need a special paper that itself does not glow under UV light.[More]