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The package will introduce a single piece of legislation to regulate animal health in the EU based on the principle that "prevention is better than cure".

The two countries will work more closely together focusing combined defences against the threat of FMD.

According to the kind of meat, beef, with 60 kg (61.1%); poultry, with 20 kg (20,4%); pork, with 14 kg (14.4%); and lamb, with 4 kg (4.1%) stand out.

The Retail Council of Canada believes that sows should be housed in an environment where their pregnancy, health and well-being are taken into highest consideration.

The importation of pork or pork products from these areas presents a low risk of introducing swine vesicular disease into the United States.

Total Income from Farming is estimated to have fallen between 2011 and 2012 by 14 per cent (£737 million) in real terms after adjustment for the effect of inflation, to £4,704 million.

The exportations of pork products (cured ham, cured sausages, etc.) have grown by 12%, reaching 2,908 million euros.

A defect in a gene called dystrophin is the cause of a newly discovered stress syndrome in pigs, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have found.

The FVO makes a number of recommendations to the Bulgarian competent authorities, aimed at rectifying the shortcomings identified.

No samples collected from poultry farms so far have tested positive for the H7N9 strain of avian influenza, and the virus has not been detected in pigs either.

The total budget of the programmes, the large majority of which will run for a period of three years, is € 71,94 million, of which the EU contributes € 35,97 million.

The French Minister of Agriculture, Stéphane Le Foll, during his visit to China, has signed a cooperation program concerning food safety together with his Chinese counterpart Minister ZHI Shuping.

Czech Republic has requested the Commission to authorise the replacement of the formulas used for grading pig carcasses and to be authorised to provide for a presentation of pig carcasses different from the standard.

Infections from Campylobacter has risen up to 14 percent in 2012 compared to 2006-2008.

With the new regulations, the companies and the farmers will have the chance to be entitled to use the internationally recognised "Brazil Certified" seal.

The carbon footprint per pound of dressed carcass produced has been reduced 35% from 3.8 kg/CO2e to 2.5 kg/CO2e.