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The purpose of the programme, besides the promotion of consumption, is to reduce the seasonal fall in the price of pork between the months of April and July 2017, that happens every year.

The outbreak was detected in a commercial farm with a total of 43,884 susceptible pigs, 150 of which were diagnosed.

In 2016, over €100 million from the EU budget is available to promote EU agri-food products in third countries and promote consumption outside and inside the EU.

On transitional measures for the application of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the accreditation of official laboratories carrying out official testing for Trichinella.

They focused on norovirus, the hepatitis A virus and the hepatitis E virus, which are of great public health concern in the EU.

The 16th Summit between the European Union and Canada held in Brussels marks a historic juncture in political and economic partnership, in the 40th year of formal cooperation.

The new Action plan will focus on supporting Member States, particularly in establishing, implementing and monitoring their National Action Plans and strengthening its leading role in global fora, notably within the international organisations and with major trade partners.

Spain ranks as the fourth largest global exporter of pork, surpassed only by Germany, the United States and the Netherlands, with a revenue of more than €4,000 M..

Kazakhstan has a low production and consumption because it is a country with a mostly Muslim population. Nevertheless, it has the potential to export to Russia and China, which opens an option for future business and investments in the Kazakhstani pig sector.

EFSA, the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control are to propose a list of indicators that will enable risk managers to monitor the reduction of antimicrobial resistance.

Negative global effects of climate change are already being felt in some cereal crop yields. Climate change will likely lead to a loss of nutritional content of some foods, such as declining zinc, iron and protein counts in staple cereals...

According to the WOAH, the disease has appeared in domestic pigs in the small village of Vanimo (West Sepik), near the border with Indonesia.

The text goes on to state that "as concerns the position of farmers in the food supply chain, in the light of the outcome of the ongoing work of the Agricultural Markets Task Force and the High Level Forum on the food supply chain, the Commission will consider further action as necessary."

In the first half of 2016, Spanish pork exports increased 26 percent valued also 14 percent more than the same period of previous year, with important Spanish pork export growths to China.

Carlos Furche, Minister of Agriculture, and Bernhard Url, Executive Director of EFSA, signed the Memorandum of Cooperation for an initial period of five years.

Analysing the EU export performance over the last twelve months per product category, export values increased in particular for pig meat (€+1.2 billion; +31% compared to export values in the 12-months period one year ago).