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The French Ministry of Agriculture has decided to evaluate the possibility of creating a new veterinarians' national center federating the four existing veterinary medicine universities.

China intends to require U.S. exporters to show that a third party has independently confirmed that no ractopamine residue is present in meat, according to USMEF.

MEPs agreed on the need for credible penalties and better enforcement.

Specifically, in the case of pork, in 2012 the production was almost 5.5 million tons: 2.5% less than in 2011 (-140,700 tons).

The new Catalogue, for the first time, sets limits for residues of processing aids in by-products for feed use, for example from the food industry.

European Commission called on Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland and Portugal to take action to address deficiencies in the implementation of EU legislation concerning the welfare of animals.

The first document issued by the new Chinese authorities has focused on agriculture, integrating matters such as food safety, irrigation, technology, the regulation of the markets or the rural development.

During last year (2012), the pig meat exports reached a record value of US$ 538 million.

The FAO Meat Price Index averaged 176 in January, down marginally from December. Quotations of all meat categories were generally stable, although a slight weakening in poultry and pig meat prices was evident.

Since the 1990s, meat consumption in Sweden has increased by 40%.

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will aim to go beyond the classic approach of removing tariffs and opening markets on investment, services and public procurement.

The AgriMarketing Program is designed to help industry improve its capacity to adopt assurance systems, such as food safety and traceability, to meet consumer and market demands.

In December 2012, swine inventories totaled to 11.1 million head, a 15 percent drop in comparison to the same period of previous year.

A Commission Regulation to re-authorise the use of processed animal proteins (PAPs) derived from non-ruminant farmed animals (i.e. mainly from pigs and poultry) in fish feed entered into force last week.

For 2013, USMEF forecasts volume and value of pork exports to increase 5 percent.

The main practice sanctioned was the concerted set up of the quantity of pigs bought by five major Breton slaughterers.