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They focused on norovirus, the hepatitis A virus and the hepatitis E virus, which are of great public health concern in the EU.

On transitional measures for the application of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the accreditation of official laboratories carrying out official testing for Trichinella.

Spain ranks as the fourth largest global exporter of pork, surpassed only by Germany, the United States and the Netherlands, with a revenue of more than €4,000 M..

Analysing the EU export performance over the last twelve months per product category, export values increased in particular for pig meat (€+1.2 billion; +31% compared to export values in the 12-months period one year ago).

Carlos Furche, Minister of Agriculture, and Bernhard Url, Executive Director of EFSA, signed the Memorandum of Cooperation for an initial period of five years.

In the first half of 2016, Spanish pork exports increased 26 percent valued also 14 percent more than the same period of previous year, with important Spanish pork export growths to China.

During the first 8 months of 2016, the shipments of Dutch pork to China have trebled, reaching almost 200,000 tonnes.

Abundant supply and looming slaughter capacity constraints in the US are pressuring global pork prices, a situation exacerbated by slowing Chinese imports, according to the Rabobank Global Pork Quarterly Q4 2016 report.

Both the EU and the United States will be faced with slightly lower shipments to China in 2017.

New EU rules introducing a system of electronic certification for imported organic products have been published by the European Commission and will be applied in 6 months.

Agriculture and business representatives were generally supportive of the agreement, underlining that new market access would foster growth and competitiveness and boost employment.

The declaration “promotes scientific excellence and scientific networking, allows Member States to contribute to the EU risk assessment agenda and collect information on potential or emerging risks to food safety”.

Vietnamese technicians will visit Brazil to inspect its abattoirs, although the date is yet to be established.

Tariff or quota limits on the volume of pork traded between EU and UK could mean sharp price movements, affecting demand.

The Ministers of Agriculture of Colombia and Peru announced that the health reequirements for the exportation have become effective.