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The government of Belarus has confirmed that the country faces a shortage of pig meat due to the African swine fever.

The EC has adopted a communication encouraging Member States to look for ways to improve protection of small food producers and retailers against the unfair practices of their sometimes much stronger trading partners.

Estimates for 2012 showed a further improvement in the profitability of cereal crops.

The EU welcomes the recent decision by Moldova to accept imports accompanied by a veterinary certificate based on a template specified in the EU legislation.

The Italian Presidency gave a public presentation on its work programme in the agriculture and fisheries sectors.

During 2013, approximately 2.83 million pigs were slaughtered in Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine export-approved plants. This equates to a decline of almost 2.5% compared to 2012.

The Commission has considered it necessary to review the animal health requirements for the entry of consignments of porcine animals into the Union from the areas in which the disease caused by these viruses is present.

The outbreak is located in Songinikharikhan district (Tuv), with 993 susceptible pigs of which 451 cases. All pigs were destroyed.

The parties discussed possibilities to conduct training in transboundary diseases for Russian specialists of West Eurasia involved in FMD roadmap under the EuFMD umbrella.

In the first trimester of 2014, the Russian meat imports underwent a drop by 27.1% with respect to the same period in 2013.

According to the OIE, four and two new outbreaks of African and Classical swine fever have been detected in one pig and wild boars.

The Commission Regulation (EU) 601/2014 modifies appendix II of the Commission Regulation (EU) 1333/2008 with respect to the categories of meats and the use of food additives in meat preparations.

The European Commission adopted the Communication "Towards a circular economy: a zero waste programme for Europe" and annex to establish a common and coherent EU framework to promote the circular economy.

It is estimated that during this year the EU pig meat exports to UE China will exceed the Chinese imports from US.

With respect to the meat exports, 72% of them were of pig meat.

According to the Commission's Summer 2014 Short-Term Agricultural Outlook published yesterday, after two years of tight supply, EU meat production is expected to grow again.