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The supply of swine meat in wet markets all over Western Visayas has dropped to alarming levels, the outcome of which is the high prices of pork.

Commercial hog slaughter totaled 113.2 million head, 2 percent higher than 2011.

Beijing is closely watching poultry at 900 farms and migratory birds at 287 water areas for possible H7N9 infection.

The consumption of beef, pork, lamb and goat meat has increased.

Since the appearance of the foot-and-mouth disease in the Andean territory more than 50 years ago, outbreaks were detected every year. This tendency was broken in 2012, the first year without outbreaks.

The country’s largest producer of pig semen is investigating how blue ear disease has entered its boar stud.

The French Minister of Agriculture, Stéphane Le Foll, brought together, early this week, all the parties in the swine industry to develop a plan for the future of the sector.

The Korean government seeks to cull up to 100,000 sows to help stabilize pork prices.

A Decision to harmonise information to be submitted annually by Member States on inspections carried out to ensure compliance with EU legislation on animal welfare during transport was adopted by the Commission.

Temporary restrictions are imposed on the supply of animal products for human consumption to the Customs Union market as today, April 18th 2013.

The European Medicines Agency will provide advice on the impact on public health and animal health of the use of antibiotics in animals.

The Board of EEC took a decision to exclude fresh, chilled or refrigerated pork, poultry meat and edible byproducts from the List of goods originated and imported from developing and least developed nations.

The outbreak is located in Hailipaiquke Village (Luopu, Hetian).

All answers and contributions will now be analysed to feed the ongoing review of the political and legal framework for organic agriculture in Europe.

With pig slaughtering declining by over 1m head during 2012 (from 20.4m to 18.9m), it was no surprise to see a decline in exports of Danish pig meat over the year.

Japan is the twelfth destination of the Spanish pork exports, with more than 28,000 tons, and it is placed in the eighth place in terms of the value.