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The situation of the pig sector in Uruguay is characterized by a decreasing importance of the national production and an increase of imports.

The Commission has withdrawn today the authorisation of 4 GMOs for food/feed uses, MON863 maize, MON863xMON810xNK603 maize, MON863xMON810 maize and MON863xNK603 maize.

Practical EU guidelines to assess the fitness of pigs for transport written by leading EU agri-food, veterinary, road transport, and animal welfare stakeholder groups, have been welcomed by the European Commission.

This agreement envisages the creation of a voluntary fund by pork marketing.

The veterinary authorities of Ontario (Canada) have reported two new PED outbreaks in the last month. No new outbreaks had been notified since July.

During the first six months of 2015 the Belgian pork exports grew by 4% in terms of volume.

In the first nine months of 2015 the exports fell by 8%.

Ukraine has announced it will ban food products from Russia starting on January 10, a response to a similar ban by Moscow.

After 10 years of negotiations, Brazil has finally been authorised to export, for the first time, pork to Korea.

The Canadian pork industry estimates that gaining access to this new market could be worth $2 million in the first year.

ABPA data show that pork exports from Brazil (considering all products, including fresh and processed) increased by 9.7% in 2015.

Human cases of listeriosis and campylobacteriosis rose once again in 2014, continuing an upward trend that began in 2008. Salmonellosis cases increased slightly for the first time since 2008.

The total population of susceptible animals in the holding is 670, of which 30 developed symptoms.

Finished pigs from controlled housing destined to be exported to the US frozen, no longer need to be tested for trichinella.

The future cooperation focuses on two main areas: the collection, analysis and sharing of technical data in risk assessment...

The Task Force will consist of 12 experts, all of whom have considerable experience and expertise from different aspects of the food chain.