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The derogation granted to Italy to authorise the dispatch of pig meat from Sardinia to areas outside Sardinia, is suspended.

Pork production totaled 2.03 billion pounds, up 2 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 9.91 million head, up 2 percent from October 2010.

The European Commission has published the Decision 2011/838/EU of 13 December 2011 amending Decision 2008/855/EC as regards the period of application of animal health control measures relating to classical swine fever in certain Member States.

The swine regulation, approved by Alberta's cabinet this week, will mean all of the province's 2.5 million pigs must come with travel documents as they're moved from farms to abattoirs.

In two follow-up reports sent to the OIE, Botswana notified that no new foot and mouth disease outbreaks have occurred since April and May 2011.

Research undertaken in 2010 indicated that 70% of Danish producers now comply with EU legislation effective from January 2013, which will ban the use of traditional stalls for pregnant sows.

Pork production should be up 1 percent in 2011 and prices for hog feeders are forecast to increase 17 percent.

The total number of pigs in Ireland in June 2011 was estimated at 1,555,100. This represents an increase of 2.4% since June 2010.

One pig with vesicular lesions was found in a detention pen (only one pig in that pen) of the slaughterhouse in Tao Yuan County.

The outbreaks are located in the departments of Jutipa (1 focus), Chimaltenango (4), Suchitequepez (1), Guatemala (1), Santa Rosa (1).

Prysiazhniuk says that during a meeting with EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Dacian Ciolos they reached agreement on stepping up control over movements of animal products, grain from the Russian territory affected by African swine fever, and also control over migration of wild animals.

A new pilot program to conduct inspections in plants in-country will help facilitate trade between the U.S. and Canada and prevent delays at the border.

The Philippines may begin pork shipments to Malaysia by early next year if a triple A slaughterhouse facility in Cavite gets the approval from Malaysian regulators to export such products there, Agriculture officials said.

In 2011 there was a 4.9% increase in pig production compared to 2010.

A weakening of the highs of 2011 in the price of grain is anticipated, but is unlikely to reach the levels of 2008/09

In Lugansk region, in order to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) from the border regions of the Russian Federation, a total of 14,000 pigs have been killed.