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Singapore will introduce a new register for regionally-specific and recognised foodstuffs, wines and spirits, known as Geographical Indications.

Export value exceeded $600 million for the first time, breaking the previous high ($597.85 million).

In 2012, China published 88 new standards on food safety and expanded the monitoring network on chemical contaminants and pathogenic microorganisms in food.

The agreement aims to facilitate and strengthen cooperation between the two organizations, in particular with the regards to the prevention and management of infectious diseases, including zoonotic disease.

The increase in the value of animal production is mainly due to an increase in prices (+3.9%) while volume slightly decreased (-0.2%).

Urgent action must be taken to fight them, by developing new drugs, using existing ones more carefully and improving animal husbandry.

The total number of pigs has fallen by 1.6%.

It has been decided that the tariff quotas for the Russian meat imports will be 430,000 tons.

The Safe Food for Canadians Act, S-11, was adopted by the Senate on October 17, 2012 and passed by the House of Commons on November 20, 2012.

The remedy is to enforce existing rules properly, step up inspections and impose more dissuasive penalties on offenders, say MEPs in a resolution passed on Wednesday.

The production in carcass weight reached 1.35 million tons, and this means a fall by 5.5%.

On the pork side, duties of 60 percent to 70 percent on most cuts will be eliminated through a duty-free tariff-rate quota (TRQ).

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to amend the meat, poultry, and egg products import regulations to provide for the Agency's Public Health Information System (PHIS) Import Component.

The Forum recommended maintaining a multi-stakeholder dialogue on priorities such as the improvement of the European Food Prices Monitoring Tool.

The EU approves aids for the pig farms subject to restrictions due to the health measures imposed for the control of the ASF.

Imported controlled meat and meat products must be accompanied with a document issued by exporting country which confirms that the products were manufactured without using ractopamin.