Page 16 of articles about meat quality

The National Pork Board has approved domestic and international marketing budgets that will help drive pork demand at a critical time.

The highest growth was seen in the meat/cold cuts sector.

In an effort to promote product safety, China plans to spend 72.02 billion yuan (11.35 billion U.S. dollars) during the 2011-2015 period on improving a quality inspection system for farm produce.

As fixing a MRL is considered as setting a threshold under which the use the product is considered as safe, the new standard fixed by the Codex can be considered de facto as an authorisation of using ractopamine below the fixed MRL in food producing animals.

The time it takes to obtain an EU quality label for farm produce from a given geographical area, or produced in a traditional way, could be halved by a regulation endorsed by Parliament on Thursday.

‘DNA certified’ Programme for pigmeat has begun, which will expose misleading labelling and provide an assurance for producers and consumers on the origin of pigmeat.

The aim is that within 2 years, retail development and sale of these products can be offered with 10% less salt and less than 5% fat.

The report reveals a general decrease in dietary exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs, comparing the period 2008-2010 with 2002-2004, of at least 16 % and up to 79 % for the general population.

24 percent of consumers said meat raised without antibiotics was not available at the supermarket where they usually shop. Of this group, 82 percent said they would buy it if it were available.

Following vote at the Codex Alimentarius, the European Union reaffirms its position that an international standard for ractopamine is not justified.

Later this summer, the Department will launch a new approach to its testing to protect the public from exposure to harmful levels of chemical residues in meat, poultry, and egg products.