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EU Member States have yestarday backed a Commission move to close private storage aid for pigmeat, a measure that was opened on 9 March 2015.

Overall the conclusions on the system of official controls to ensure business operators implement requirements effectively were positive.

The negotiations were held on the initiative of the Belarusian side on the 13th of April and were devoted to resuming pork and beef imports from meat-processing plants of Belarus.

In particular, Poland is set on unblocking sale of pork. China introduced an embargo on Polish meat after detecting the first cases of African swine fever in the country.

Yevgeny Nepoklonov expressed his disappointment with the Chinese position emphasizing the fact that epizootic safety in Russia is ensured on a high level.

The selected programmes cover a variety of product categories, such as fresh fruit and vegetables, dairy products, quality products (PDOs, PGIs and TSGs), organic products, olive oil, meat, as well as combination of different product categories.

According to the latest Rabobank Pork Quarterly report, the global pork industry has been searching for stability during Q1 2015, with strong supply growth and relatively weak demand driving the market.

The 10 main slaughterhouses slaughtered a total of 44.69 million pigs, representing almost 76% of the total quota.

The Bill will help to materialise the market unity through the establishment of a common framework for the defense of food quality, and will help to improve the Spanish food system.

Brazil expressed interest to export meat (especially pork) to Ukraine.

Fresh/frozen pork products exported to Chile must have either undergone a Trichinae mitigation processes in accordance with 9 CFR 381.10.

Argentina and China are moving forward in the negotiation of protocols for the export of chilled/bone-in beef and pork.

Pork imports during the first trimester of 2015 have amounted to only 779 tonnes versus 13,000 in the first trimester of 2014.

According to BPEX, there was an increase in the amount of pork traded between EU countries during last year.

The French Minister of Agriculture, Stéphane Le Foll, met with representatives of the pig industry to consider the necessary measures to secure its future.