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On June 2, 2016, Manitoba’s Office of the Chief Veterinarian (CVO) confirmed that a second case of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) has been found in a finisher barn in southeastern Manitoba.

Canadian Pork Council and other provincial pork associations will continue to press the federal government to amend this regulation and allow transporters to wash at Canadian facilities.

Up to now only two states had the WOAH's certificate: Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina.

Pork consumption per capita in Peru hardly reaches 5.5 kg.

During April 2016, the pig slaughterings showed a high growth (+11% in terms of heads and +12% in terms of weight).

The EC welcomes the commitment by the G20 Agriculture Ministerial meeting to support sustainable agriculture for ensuring global food security and to fight antimicrobial resistance, including the phasing out of antibiotics as growth promoters in animals.

FAO raised its world cereal production forecast for 2016 to 2 543 million tonnes, just 0.7 percent below the record high of 2014.

Pork imports totalled 286,000 tonnes during the period, up 90.3% from a year earlier.

This is the first case of PED in southeast Manitoba since January 2015.

According to AsianAgribiz, China will maintain stable pork production in the next five years, targeting an output of 57.6 million tonnes by 2020.

Although year after year the number of farms has decreased, we must highlight the new trend started in 2014 and that has gone on in 2015.

Department of Defense notified stakeholders that had identified the first colistin-resistant mcr-1 E. coli in a person in the United States. A USDA and HHS search for colistin-resistant bacteria in food animals, retail meats and people also has found colistin-resistant E. coli in a single sample from a pig intestine.

During the first quarter of this year, the number of pigs slaughtered increased by 6% compared to the same period in 2015 (1,384,315 heads in 2016 vs. 1,306,373 in 2015).

This status will facilitate the access of the Russian agricultural products to the international markets.

The French year-over-year exports rate of all the products dropped by 2.5%, reaching 732,000 tonnes in 2015.

The Russian Agriculture Ministry prepares draft Government decree to extend food embargo until the end of 2017.