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The Hungarian cabinet decided on November 8 to reduce the VAT on live hogs and slaughtered pigs from 27% to 5%.

TAC accepted the recommendations and the changes to the protocol will come into effect on November 14th 2013.

Current strain has no relation with the strain eradicated in 2007; therefore, it would be a new strain of the virus.

It is expected that the signing of the protocol takes place next December 12th, taking advantage of the meeting between the President of France, Mr. François Hollande, and the President of Brazil, Ms. Dilma Rousseff.

EuFMD (The European Commission for the control of Foot-and-Mouth disease) has developed a new e-learning capacity which will substantially increase the reach and depth of the training programme.

As a part of the transaction, Sigma has signed purchase agreements with certain Campofrío stockholders that, on the whole, own 45.8 % of the capital.

Pig meat exports grow by 7 %.

In 2012, The Netherlands used approximately 20% less antibiotics in pigs than Denmark.

In the period between January and September this year, pork imports into Hong Kong fell by 6%.

In the last 10 years production grew by 109%.

The deadline for completion of work under the TAMS Sow Welfare Scheme has been extended from end-September 2013 to Friday, 28 February 2014.

Meat placed second in terms of sales, reaching 13.96 thousand million dollars.

The Never Fed Beta Agonists Program provides confirmation to customers that require verification of a marketing claim that beef and pork meat is derived from animals that were never fed beta agonists and is free of beta agonist residues.

The containment zone fulfils the requirements of the Terrestrial Code to be lifted allowing a full recovery, with effect from 1 November 2013, of the status of the FMD free zone where vaccination is not practised.

In an effort to improve pre-harvest traceability and improve national disease surveillance in the pork industry, many major U.S. packers and processors will require a USDA-approved, official premises identification number swine tag as a condition of sale for breeding stock beginning Jan. 1, 2015.

Among the main Chilean products that will benefit from the coming into force of the agreement with a zero tariff we can find pig meat.