United States: pork export rules to China updated
Pork and pork products must be derived from lots of hogs that have negative test results for ractopamine.
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European Union: RASFF 2013 Annual report
Of the 3 205 original notifications transmitted in RASFF in 2013, the vast majority (2 710, 84.6%) concerned food, 272 concerned feed (8.5%) and 223 notifications concerned food contact materials (6.9%).
Mexico: inauguration of the first public TIF abattoir in Jalisco
The abattoir has a slaughtering capacity of 3,800 cattle heads and 5,600 pigs per month.
Probabilistic approach for determining Salmonella spp. and L. monocytogenes concentration in pork meat from presence/absence microbiological data
The data collected in this study add new knowledge on this very important and difficult to control segment of the farm-to-fork chain.
Dominican Republic: The Ministry of Agriculture creates the Division for guaranteeing the agriculture and food products harmlessness.
The Ministry of Agriculture has created the Hazards Analysis Division.
EU: regulation on the maximum residues levels in food approved
The new regulation (400/2014) establishes the coordinated multiannual Community programme for 2015, 2016, and 2017 aimed to ensure the compliance with the maximum residue levels of pesticides and to assess the consumer exposure to pesticide residues in and on foods of plant and animal origin. Regulation (EU) No 788/2012, should be repealed in the interest of legal certainty. It should, however, continue to apply to samples taken in 2013 and 2014.
Denmark: plan for reducing the inspection costs in the abattoirs
The Ministry of Agriculture will work together with the abattoirs to reduce the cost of the public control in the next four years.
Italy: China opens its borders to Italian cooked meats
By the end of March, the Chinese authorities gave the green light to the imports of Italian cooked meats.
European Union: exceptional support measures for the pigmeat market in Poland
Producers of pigmeat may apply for the aid in respect of animals slaughtered from 26 February 2014 until 25 May 2014.
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NewsEFSA: Antimicrobial resistance remains commonly detected in bacteria in humans, animals and food
Bacteria most frequently causing food-borne infections, such as Salmonella and Campylobacter, show significant resistance to common antimicrobials.
Poland: the SCFCAH modifies the areas with restrictions due to ASF
The new voted Decision reduces the areas under severe restrictions and also modifies the restrictions put on the pig meat trade.
Argentina: development of public policies in the field of agriculture and livestock health and food harmlessness
The cooperation will be carried out in the areas of agriculture and livestock health, food harmlessness, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, institutional modernization, and emerging issues and emergencies related to the subject.
European Union: specific requirements for post-mortem inspection of domestic swine
EFSA also concluded that palpation or incisions used in current post-mortem inspection should be omitted in pigs subjected to routine slaughter.
Canada launches consultations to strengthen food safety enforcement
The proposed regulatory amendments will enable the issuance of monetary penalties for violation of these laws.
Mexico invests 650 million pesos to guarantee the harmlessness of the meat products
450 million pesos will be directed towards the subprogramme for the support of the slaughterings of cattle, goats, sheep and pigs.
Meeting between Argentina and Paraguay for favouring animal health
It was agreed to work together regarding the preservation of animal health, the promotion of the competitiveness of the sector for its development by means of the quality...