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A comprehensive set of guidelines for managing and expediting the export of red meat products to Mexico has been updated by USMEF-Mexico.

Savings arising from these changes are likely to be in the region of £2.4 million per annum.

The InterPIG report, which has been produced annually for the last nine years, looks at the figures from a dozen countries across Europe plus Canada and Brazil.

China’s Ministry of Agriculture has issued the 12th Five Year Plan for the animal husbandry sector, which attaches importance to the country’s self-sufficiency.

Of the 1 billion pigs being raised in the world, about half are in China, where pork consumption is increasing as the Chinese economy develops. As a result, pork prices are rising, a trend that is impacting the world economy.

The outbreak occurred within a fenced subzone in Ngamiland district, on the FMD vaccination zone.

Retail pork prices rose by 3.1% in July, according to the RPI index, compared with a year ago says the latest BPEX quarterly category report.

A national programme of Half-Day Health and Safety Training courses, organised by Teagasc and the Health and Safety Authority, was launched by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney. The courses assist farmers to complete a comprehensive farm health and safety risk assessment as required under safety, health and welfare at work legislation.

After 20 years of struggle, Honduras was finally declared CSF free in August.

The OJEU has published, COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) Nº 931/2011 of 19 September 2011 on the traceability requirements set by Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council for food of animal origin

Government support to agriculture in OECD countries fell to 18% of total farm receipts in 2010, a record low linked to high commodity prices. Support to producers stood at $227 billion (EUR 172 billion) in OECD countries in 2010. Most government support is still given in ways that distort production and trade while doing relatively little to improve productivity and competitiveness, ensure sustainable resource use or help farmers cope with risk.

Pigs livestock in Ukraine as of September 1, 2011, made up 8.102 million heads, which is 3.2% less against the same period of 2010.

The British Standards Institution, BSI, launches a new Publically Available Specification (PAS) for animal food and feed to further reduce food safety risks along the food supply chain.

President Obama introduced Monday the deficit reduction and economic growth plan. Some excerpts of the Agricultural Chapter are reproduced here.

Thaumatin at a recommended use range of 1 to 5 mg/kg complete feed is safe for all animal species with a considerable margin of safety.

FDA announces the Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation (CORE) Network – created to manage not just outbreak response, but surveillance and post-response activities related to incidents involving multiple illnesses linked to FDA-regulated human and animal food and cosmetic products.