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The decision affects Ontario pork products produced before May 15 and after July 18, 2009, and means that Russia no longer has any H1N1-related restrictions on Canadian products.

Argentina's government declared on Friday a nationwide animal health emergency following the discovery of the new H1N1 flu virus in at least one pig herd.

The purpose of this document is to provide provisional guidance to the Member States on the appropriate measures to implement under different epidemiological scenarios promoting a harmonised approach for dealing with the situation as regards: a) surveillance/monitoring for the influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus in the pig Populations, b) the possible measures to be put in place if the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 enters EU pig farm(s).

Pork has been many Koreans' favorite source of protein for many years but its consumption has declined sharply over the past few months since the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza A.

While May was expected to be the month in which U.S. pork exports were most affected by A-H1N1 influenza, the impact has not been as negative as some analysts had predicted, according to an analysis of USDA statistics by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

The infected farm, an industrial-type holding with full production cycle applying biosecurity measures, is located in Cañuelas (Buenos Aires).

The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that it will make the master seed virus (MSV) for the novel H1N1 flu available to interested veterinary biologics manufacturers.

Some analysts have predicted that the U.S. pork industry could lose up to $400 million in the next few months, given lower market prices; others estimate that from 25% to 33% of U.S. hog producers may be adversely effected.

Ecuador, Kazakhstan, the United Arab Emirates and Honduras have lifted temporary restrictions on pork imports from Mexico, the Economy Ministry said Tuesday.

Since the appearance of the new swine flu in humans in several countries, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) has introduced new restrictions on the importation of pigs, pig meat and derived products.

The Egyptian government decided to spend 45 million Egyptian pounds (about 8 million U.S dollars) on compensating pig farmers as the authorities are culling all pigs in the country, Al Ahram daily reported Wednesday.

After the detection of the A/H1N1 virus in pigs in Canada transmitted by a human, FAO has again urged national authorities and farmers to carefully monitor pigs and investigate any possible occurrences of influenza-like symptoms in domestic animals.

The novel A/H1N1 influenza virus has been identified and being very closely related to the human strains based on the genes sequenced so far. Full characterisation is continuing and so is virus isolation in eggs. It is highly probable that the pigs were exposed to the virus from a farm worker who had recently returned from Mexico and had been exhibiting flu-like symptoms.