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The areas in which animal health control measures against ASF are applied have been modified in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

The issues were related to food safety of marketed animal products under the conditions of ASF wide spread in Ukraine.

Although Seneca Valley Virus in swine is not considered to be a production limiting infection, the resemblance of its symptoms to Foot-and-mouth disease is cause for vigilance.

This agreement will remove nearly all tariffs on goods traded between the two economies.

Prices for major food commodities in July hit their lowest average monthly level since September 2009 as sharp drops in the prices of dairy products and vegetable oils more than offset some increases for those of sugar and cereals. Meat prices, meanwhile, remained stable.

Unprecedentedly, the French pig reference market cancelled its sessions during the second week of August due to the non-attendance of 2 of the main French meat industries.

African swine fever is still thriving in the Baltic states, and was is especially active during July and August. We must highlight the outbreak that affected a commercial farm in Ukraine, that entailed the killing of 60,000 pigs.

In response to the drastic situation hitting EU dairy, pork, fruit and vegetable and beef producers, Copa and Cogeca are holding a mass demonstration.

ICA declared a state of health emergency in several municipalities in the department of Sucre, where there have been outbreaks of Classical Swine Fever

Exports of meat, offal and pork fats exceeded 382,000 tonnes, a record high, in the first quarter of 2015.

Olive oil, wine, fresh pork, peaches, oranges and fresh strawberries are among the most exported products.

A significant percentage of U.S. pork production is ineligible to ship to China due to ractopamine use and other factors that conflict with China’s import requirements.

The Agriculture Minister, Katia Abreu, met with the Chinese Ambassador to Brazil, Li Jinzhang, with the aim of increasing the number of slaughterhouses eligible to export meat to China.

The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food, Mr. Martínez y Martínez, held a business meeting with producers and entrepreneurs of the Pig Producers' Organisation of Mexico (OPORPA).

Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 would prohibit state-level laws regulating the labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food.

This regulation will give all operators in the food industry a uniform treatment, regardless of their territorial jurisdiction.