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There are 7480 susceptible animals, 389 cases and 389 deaths.

The European Commission adopted a new four-year strategy (2012-2015) that aims to further improve the welfare of animals in the European Union.

Because of the rapid deterioration of the epizootic situation of African swine fever (ASF) in Russia, the Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs of Belarus calls on regional authorities to take additional measures to prevent spreading of this disease on its territory, reported in the ministry.

The EU-27 accounted for approximately 12 million farms and 170 million ha of UAA in 2010. These figures, which are only partial, show that almost 3 million farms were lost between 2003 and 2010

The scientists found markers for meat quality that could be used, so now it is just a matter of developing tools for practical use.

In the years 2007-2010 the total sales of antibiotics decreased by 23%.

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According to the latest report by Italian veterinary authorities to the SCFCAH, from 06.12.2011 to 03.01.2012 four outbreaks of ASF in domestic swine and 1 in the wild boar occurred in the Province of Nuoro (high-risk zone).

Two timely nutrient data sets provided by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are being used by the beef and pork industries to provide new Nutrition Facts labels for their products.

Pork production in the January-September 2011 period fell 0.6% to 35.68 million tonnes.

European Commission has adopted new regulation (EU) No 16/2012 of 11 January 2012 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the requirements concerning frozen food of animal origin intended for human consumption.

The FAO Meat Price Index averaged 179 points, slightly down compared with November. The decline was mainly driven by pig meat, whose price dropped by 2.2 percent

The South African Department of Agriculture has informed the OIE of an outbreak of African Swine fever in Delmas (Mpumalanga)

According to the Resolution, the TRQ for pork is set at at 400,000 MT.

With 33.6 kg per inhabitant pig meat still is the favored meat for French consumers ahead of beef with 25.8 kg and poultry 24.7 kg.

The medium-term prospects for EU cereal markets are characterised by tight market conditions, low stock levels and prices remaining above long term averages.