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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued a final rule allowing USDA to take action as needed, including levying civil penalties, against violators of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) and the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulations. USDA amends rules of Practice to Strengthen Enforcement of Livestock Mandatory Reporting and Country of Origin Labeling Programs

On 16 December 2016 the Commission launched a call for applications to select and designate an EU reference laboratory in the field of foodborne viruses.

On 6 July 2017, the European Union and Japan reached an agreement in principle on the main elements of an EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement.

The exports where better in terms of value but worse in terms of quantity with respect to the first semester of 2016.

Pork production totaled 2.05 billion pounds, up 2 percent from the previous year.

Global pork trade is facing new dynamics, driven by price developments, new trade deals, and more challenging business environments, according to RaboResearch’s latest Global Pork Quarterly.

Despite the important growth of the national production, the pork exports in the first semester of 2017 have risen 79,4% versus the same period in 2016.

It is the lowest pig census since November 2010.

Some ministers warned against mandatory origin labelling which would, in their opinion, not only be costly and burdensome but also detrimental to the internal market and free movement of goods.