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Food and feed trade associations, hauliers, farmers and veterinary and environmental health professional organisations have joined together to propose an urgent new veterinary agreement and streamlined processes to resolve restrictions to exports to the EU, Britain’s largest trading partner.

The largest pork-producing state in Brazil, Santa Catarina, maintains export growth.

The Food Industry Association (VdEW) and the Food, Beverage and Catering Union (NGG) reached an agreement during negotiations on minimum wages for meat industry workers.

In the first quarter of 2021, exports of live pigs and pork from Portugal increased by 20.1% and 39.3%, respectively, compared to the same period in 2020, with Spain as the virtually exclusive destination.

The sharp decline in exports of live pigs to Germany is increasing slaughter in Dutch slaughterhouses.

The federal court struck down a USDA provision allowing for faster harvest facility line speeds.

The Nutrition Report 2021 highlights that meat consumption is falling in Germany and animal welfare is gaining importance.

Trade is concentrated in Asia, which accounts for 78% of these traded volumes, and particularly in China.

Export revenue rose 14% to $207 million, of which pork accounted for 45%.

Between January and February, Spain exported 42% of the value of exports to the Philippines for all of 2020.

The social crisis affecting Colombia in recent weeks has halved pork production.