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The Mexican Council of Animal Protein (COMPA) was established on March 2 in Mexico.

United States and Canadian inventory of all hogs and pigs for December 2015 was 81.6 million head. This was up 1 percent from December 2014, and up 5 percent from December 2013.

Following Parliament's endorsement, the regulation can now be published in the EU Official Journal.

The Spanish market turnover in 2015 was €6,775 million, only 0.2% more than in 2014.

When applying the general requirements on the prevention of tail-biting and thereby a reduction of routine tail-docking Member States should take account of the best practices guidance based on scientific knowledge.

In 2015, a total of 5.52 million pigs were slaughtered. This entails a rise by 8.9% with respect to 2014.

Regarding swine, in 2015 the Spanish abattoirs slaughtered 46,379,926 pigs, producing 3.89 million tonnes of pork.

According to DEFRA, the total number of pigs in England has decreased by 3.6 % since December 2014 to just over 3.5 million.

The joint venture will process, package and sell at retail level fresh pork and beef products of French origin for human consumption.

Intermarché has decided to support the pig industry in the long term by ensuring the producers a purchase price of up to €1.50/kg.

55% of the pork produced by Chile was exported, reaching USD457 million, so the Chilean pig industry has become established as a meat exports leader.

The focus to date has been on fresh pork in supermarkets. Last year, we extended it to bacon and pork used as a raw material in sausages and ham.

The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would not raise competition concerns.

Pork was the most exported meat, with more than 1.25 million tonnes (+18% with respect to 2014) and a value of €2,704 million.

Due to weak demand and lower unit values, poultry and products are decreased $400 million to $4.8 billion, while pork is forecast $100 million lower to $4.3 billion.

The research is focused on one of the pig genes associated with African Swine Fever Virus infection called RELA. The gene causes the immune system to overreact with devastating effects.