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Hong Kong’s 2014 pork market is forecast to be comparable to 2013 following some disruptions in 2011 and 2012 caused by high pork prices in China.

The Subcommittee, which is part of the National Advisory Food and Agriculture Standardization Committee pertaining to the SAGARPA (Secretariat of Agriculture, Stockbreeding, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food,) will be in charge of designing and revising the food and agriculture regulations regarding stockbreeding.

Four establishments situated in Kaliningrad oblast got the right to export finished beef, pork and poultry meat to the EU countries.

EFSA’s Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) has launched an open consultation.

The country’s total swine inventory as of January 1, 2013 was 11.8 million heads. This was 0.17 percent lower than last year’s inventory.

26th June 2013, with a view to preventing a spread of this serious epidemic disease, the order of director of the State Food and Veterinary Service No. B1-451 was issued.

The number of pigs increased to 8 million heads, or by 4.8%.

The inability of the United States to ship beef and pork to Russia continues to put a damper on U.S. red meat exports this year.

Global meat production is expected to grow at a moderate pace this decade, constrained by higher input costs and competing demand for land and water from alternative crops.

United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2013 was 66.6 million head. This was down slightly from June 1, 2012, but up 2 percent from March 1, 2013.

The Paraguayan meat exports have registered record figures during the first five months of this year.

China's top banking regulator said on Thursday that the country will provide more financial support for agriculture.

In 2012, China imported 522,000 tons of pork, increasing by 11.7%.

The ministry also expects to see pig production rise to 13.07 million, almost 2% up from last year.

The embargo to Brazilian pig meat was imposed by the Ukrainian government in March.