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As of today, USDA has neither found nor been informed of anything that would indicate that this incident amounts to more than a single isolated incident in a single field on a single farm.

The outbreaks are located in Smolenskaya (1 outbreak), Voronezhskaya (14) and Volgogradskaya (2).

World meat production is forecast at 308.2 million tonnes in 2013, a modest increase of 4.3 million tonnes, or 1.4 percent on 2012.

For the Court, the designations of vulnerable areas are insufficient in the Adour-Garonne, Rhône-Méditerranée, Rhin-Meuse, and Loire-Bretagne basins.

As from 1 July, data collection and submission of real welfare assessment becomes mandatory for Red Tractor compliance.

Large farm size is a factor of high economic performance for most types of farms across countries.

The number of farms producing pigs has declined by just under two-thirds in the last decade, but production has risen from just over 20 million to over 29 million pigs.

China has confirmed the appearance of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the town of Heping (Yunnan) and in Tibet.

Taiwan has issued a permission to 21 Polish companies that will allow Poland to export pork to this Asian country as of this summer.

Last May three new regulations, whose purpose is to increase the monitoring abilities of the SAG (Agricultural and Farming Service) on animal welfare, were approved.

The demand for protein sources of European origin is increasing, but none of the current available European protein sources has a price – quality ratio that is competitive with soybean meal from South America.

The Work Group has pointed out that, although tail biting is a complex multifactorial problem, it seems possible to stop tail docking in piglets in the long term.

When asked about the most and least important factors that they take into account when purchasing meat, the most important factors for consumers are sensory cues, price and origin.

The Supreme Court has issued an order blocking imports of consumer-ready cuts of raw pork until it hears an appeal from the Pork Industry Board.

The association would oversee the operations of pig farmers, for instance, on whether they followed standards and helping them access local markets.

Of the 3,516 original notifications transmitted in RASFF in 2012, 332 concerned feed (9.4%).