USA: red meat and poultry production in 2015 is projected to be above 2014
Pork production is expected to increase as producers respond to the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) by increasing farrowings and feeding hogs to heavier weights.
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Dietary CLA supplementation affects technological quality of backfat of pigs
More saturated fatty acids improve the technological properties of backfat.
Chile: increase of the EU tariff-free pork quota
The entrance of tariff-free frozen pork from Chile to the EU increases by 1,000 tonnes.
Japan authorises Costa Rica to export pork
Four Costa Rican companies have been authorised to export to Japan because they fulfil the health requirements demanded by the Japanese market.
Czech Republic: number of slaughtered pigs decreased
In Q1 2014 the number of slaughtered pigs decreased to 639 495 heads; i.e. by 1.7%, y-o-y.
Mexico: increase of the stockbreeding sector exports
The Statistics and Geography National Institute (INEGI) informed that the stockbreeding sector exports grew by 9.4% during the first trimester of 2014.
FAO Outlook 2014: world meat production is anticipated to grow modestly in 2014
Continuing several years of expansion, production of pigmeat is expected to grow by 1.1 percent to a record level of 115.5 million tonnes in 2014.
FAO: Weather and political tensions impact food markets but cereal stocks remain adequate
Weather conditions in various countries and political tensions in the Black Sea region have made food markets more volatile.
Rabobank: ongoing PEDv to have material impact on pork supply
Rabobank believes the outbreak of PEDv in the US, Mexico, Japan and South Korea will lead to a likely decline in global pork production in 2014.
China: Denmark allowed to export cooked pork
Denmark has now become the first country that has been allowed to export cooked pork products, including the sausage.
European Union: adopted exceptional support measures for the pigmeat market in Lithuania
The measures should cover the animals delivered to the slaughterhouse as from 17 February 2014, the date of adoption of the Lithuanian preventive measures.
Probabilistic approach for determining Salmonella spp. and L. monocytogenes concentration in pork meat from presence/absence microbiological data
The data collected in this study add new knowledge on this very important and difficult to control segment of the farm-to-fork chain.
Dominican Republic: The Ministry of Agriculture creates the Division for guaranteeing the agriculture and food products harmlessness.
The Ministry of Agriculture has created the Hazards Analysis Division.
Russia: Rosselkhoznadzor will inspect Lithuanian and Polish plants producing animal products
An inspection should be carried out within two months at the Lithuanian and Polish plants producing animal products and willing to export them to the CU countries.
EU: regulation on the maximum residues levels in food approved
The new regulation (400/2014) establishes the coordinated multiannual Community programme for 2015, 2016, and 2017 aimed to ensure the compliance with the maximum residue levels of pesticides and to assess the consumer exposure to pesticide residues in and on foods of plant and animal origin. Regulation (EU) No 788/2012, should be repealed in the interest of legal certainty. It should, however, continue to apply to samples taken in 2013 and 2014.
Brazil: rise of the pork exports in March
During the month of March, a total of 39,026 tonnes were exported: a rise by 5.65% in comparison with February.
