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With the aim of controlling and eradicating CSF and to strengthen pig production in all Colombia, the ICA and Asoporcicultores have started an intense free vaccination campaign against this disease in the Atlantic Coast.

The proposal is aimed at revising the existing legislation on organic production and labelling of organic products so as to remove obstacles to the development of organic production in the EU.

The Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model provides detailed data on animal numbers, production and emissions.

Ukrainian Veterinary Authorities have confirmed the presence of African swine fever in a dead wild boar located near the natural border of Grabov.

They agreed that establishing sustainable food systems is essential to cope with growing challenges in food security.

Some delegations supported the initiative but others noted that considering the high level of EU standards for pig welfare.

The use of names such as ‘swine flu’ and ‘Middle East Respiratory Syndrome’ has had unintended negative impacts by stigmatizing certain communities or economic sectors.

The deadline for submitting applications for private storage aid for pigmeat under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/360 will be today, May 8, 2015.

"The world food import bill is forecast to reach a five-year low in 2015", the report says, mainly driven by a decline in international prices, low freight rates and a strong US dollar.

China and Hong Kong, along with Southeast Asia, USA, UK and Japan top a list of twenty countries shortlisted by the Spanish Food and Drink Industry Federation (FIAB), based on their potential and strategic interest.

The sustainable pig production with low carbon emissions to the atmosphere will be one of the priorities for the Ministry of Agriculture of Brazil in 2015 within the ABC (Low Carbon Emission Agriculture) Plan.

Ministers of Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden and Germany signed a joint declaration for a revision of the European directive on pig welfare, with the aim of improving it.

World production of pigmeat is anticipated to grow by 1.9 percent to 119.4 million tonnes in 2015.

Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Dan Jørgensen wants tougher punishment for tormentors of animals and aims at changing the law as soon as possible.

The plan's goal is to modernise the health and phytosanitary area regulatory framework and to restructure the laboratories for the testing for diseases and plagues.

In 2014, the United Kingdom imported 352,436 tonnes of cured ham, amounting to ₤1,220 million (some €1,700 million).