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The last survey on animal welfare took place in 2007.

The Commission publishes two reports on origin labelling. Both conclude that the benefits from new mandatory labelling requirements do not clearly outweigh the costs and that voluntary labelling rules seem to be the most suitable solution.

During the first trimester of 2015, a total of 6,175,886 pigs have been slaughtered. This entails an increase by 2.4%.

In 2014, the imports of fresh and frozen hams (including the ones imported with whole / half carcasses) increased by 8.5%.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed a rule that would require animal drug sponsors of all antimicrobials sold or distributed for use in food-producing animals to obtain estimates of sales by major food-producing species (cattle, swine, chickens and turkeys).

Pork production will increase by 2.6% to 3.9 million tonnes, compared to 3.8 million in 2014.

The programme covers the period 2015 - 2018 and came into force on April 29, 2015.  

Canada’s top exports in 2014 were wheat, canola seed, fish and seafood, pork, canola oil, pulses, soybeans and beef.

WTO has confirmed Canada and Mexico’s long-standing position that the United States’ mandatory COOL requirements for beef and pork are blatantly protectionist.

This is the first time an FMD socioeconomic panel discussed the available methods and tools available for conducting FMD socioeconomic analyses required to support investments and provide evidence of FMD impacts in different production systems.

The specific areas of investment will include animal housing, slurry storage, dairy equipment, specialised slurry spreading equipment, animal welfare & farm safety, and specialised pig & poultry investments.

The Russian Government lifted duties on wheat exports beginning May 15, 2015.

Hog output expanded by 3.77 percent.

The production of the food and beverages sector has increased by 3.8% in 2014, and this translates into €93,238 million.

Croatia is a large pork importer, and in 2014, imports reached $236 million (79,447 MT), mainly from the EU.

The volume of pork, beef and poultry imported by China has surged to 6,000 tons.