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The Danish Minister and the Chinese Vice Minister met in Shanghai to discuss the possibility of a greater opening of the Chinese market to foreign pork. Pork is one of Denmark’s biggest exports and an agreement will increase Danish export opportunities to China. Furthermore, the Danish, Chinese and Finnish Ministers opened a conference in Shanghai focusing on food safety.

According to the latest results from the Food Distribution and Consumption Observatory carried out by the Spanish Minister of Agriculture (MARM), the quality of the product and vendors’ confidence are the aspects most valued by consumers when it comes to the purchase of pork meat.

According to the agreements previously achieved with the Veterinary Service of Ukraine, the Rosselkhoznadzor is going to carry out a joint inspection of Ukrainian plants producing products of animal origin.

Mexico added pork to the list of U.S. products against which it is retaliating for the failure of the United States to live up to its obligations under the NAFTA to let Mexican trucks haul goods into the United States.

Exports of pork are expected to increase by 20 % over the next year.

With the local and global demand for pork increasing, Botswana can have a stake in its production, according to a study released this week.

Russia’s government adopted a list of essential food goods to have retail price limits. The text of the document was published in the Rossiyskaya daily on Monday.

Members of a House Agriculture subcommittee expressed deep concern with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's proposed rule on livestock and poultry contracts and marketing arrangements, a regulation that would limit pork producers' options in selling pigs to processors.

Retail prices for meat and eggs rose for the sixth consecutive month in June, reflecting the contraction of the nation’s livestock herds.

Russia may export 60 times more pork and poultry by 2020, even as it seeks to build its food security by reducing dependence on imported meat, Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik said Tuesday.

Dominican Republic ’s Agriculture Ministry and pork producers will adopt the joint measures needed to declare the country free of Classic Swine Fever so that meat can be exported, especially to the United States.

In the last year in the EU-27, a total of 22.6 million tons of pigmeat was produced. Germany takes first place with 24% of the total, followed by Spain (14%), France (9%), Poland (7%), Denmark (7%), Italy (7%) y Holland (6%).

MEPs renewed their appeal for a ban on food from cloned animals when they voted on novel foods legislation on Wednesday.