America to lift trade sanctions on range of European goods
Trade sanctions imposed by the US on a range of European goods are to be lifted as part of the settlement to a beef dispute that has raged for more than 15 years.
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Thailand - Pork price reduced by 5 baht/kg
The Ministry of Commerce has announced to decrease the recommended retail pork price by 5 baht per kilogram, starting today onwards.
Characteristics of immunocastrated pork meat and consumer acceptance
The objective of this work is to obtain a sensory description by way of a trained panel and determine acceptability on behalf of the consumer, of pork meat from boars, immunocastrated males, surgically castrated males, and females.
FAO - World food prices set to remain high
High and volatile agricultural commodity prices are likely to prevail for the rest of this year and into 2012 according to the latest analysis published today in FAO's biannual Food Outlook.
European Union - An overview of the food and meat industry
The agriculture industry contributed EUR 85.7 billion to the European economy, with the meat sector providing nearly 25 percent of that total.
Japan, Peru sign free trade pact
Japan and Peru signed a bilateral free trade agreement. Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto and Peruvian Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Eduardo Ferreyros endorsed the pact, which will abolish tariffs on more than 99% of the value of goods traded between the two nations within 10 years, Japanese officials said.
Russia - Results of inspections at slaughterhouses, on pig farms and at meat-processing plants
Pursuant to ASF Prevention and Eradication Plan adopted by the RF Ministry of Agriculture specialists of the Rosselkhoznadzor Administration for the Bryansk and Smolensk Oblasts in cooperation with the Prosecutor’s Office inspected 7 slaughterhouses, 25 pig farms and 1 meat processing plant in April-May this year in order to find out whether veterinary legislation requirements were observed there.
Ukraine bans pork imports from Lithuania, Russia's central district
Ukraine has banned imports of pigs and pork from Lithuania and the Central Federal District of Russia following an outbreak of classical swine fever and African swine fever there.
Russia - Temporary restrictions on import of animal products from three states of Brazil
As it was earlier reported, inspections of 29 Brazilian plants carried out by the Rosselkhoznadzor specialists in April 2011 demonstrated that control provided by the Veterinary Services of Brazil over compliance with the Customs Union and the Russian Federation veterinary and sanitary norms and requirements was significantly relaxed.
Increasing omega-3 levels through dietary co-extruded flaxseed supplementation negatively affects pork palatability
Feeding co-extruded flaxseed to increase omega-3 fatty acid content in trimmed loin muscle did not result in levels sufficient to meet label requirements and had limited effects on palatability.
United Kingdom - Research into country of origin labelling announced
The majority of meat and dairy products now feature information on where their ingredients came from or where they were produced, according to research announced by Food Minister Jim Paice.
Germany - Meat production in 1st quarter of 2011 stagnating at high level
In the first quarter of 2011, just under 2 million tonnes of meat were produced from commercial slaughtering in Germany.
The use of selenium enriched Enterococcus faecium as an alternative selenium source for growing-finishing pigs
The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of the feeding of selenium enriched Enterococcus faecium on selenium concentrations in muscle tissue and on meat quality indicators in finishing pigs.
Ukrainian exports of pork in 2011 shows a sharp rise
Ukrainian exports of pork in 2011 shows a sharp rise. So, in I quarter of 2011 were exported 4.3 thousand tons of pork and almost the entire amount purchased Russia.
Philippines can now export livestock, pork products
Filipino livestock and hog raisers, and meat processors can now export ‘Pinoy’ livestock and pork products to the rest of the world, as the entire Philippines was recently certified free from the dreaded foot and mouth disease (FMD) without vaccination by the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) or World Organization for Animal Health.
USA - Commercial red meat production down
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.87 billion pounds in April, down 4 percent from the 4.01 billion pounds produced in April 2010.
