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Pig gestation stalls (sow crates) will be phased out by December 2015, Agriculture Minister David Carter announced.

Pig numbers in Wales have increased for the second consecutive year, rising by 21% to 27,000 head, according to the June livestock survey.

The Council adopted a decision on the EU position on Decision No 1/2010 of the Joint Veterinary Committee set up by the agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products regarding the amendment of annex 11 to the agreement (15674/10).

The Senate on Tuesday approved the biggest overhaul to the nation's food safety laws since the 1930s. The 73-to-25 vote gives vast new authorities to the Food and Drug Administration, places new responsibilities on farmers and food companies to prevent contamination, and -- for the first time - sets safety standards for imported foods, a growing part of the American diet.

An increase in the morbidity/mortality has been observed in the area of Amphur Ban-Ra-Kam (Phitsanulok province) and PRRS is suspected based on clinical signs.

The Department of Agriculture may propose raising the tariff rate on imported pork offals, an official said.

According to the Minister of Agriculture and Food of Rostov region, the region will produce 38.000 tons of meat less in the coming year because of African swine fever outbreaks, due to which the number of pigs in the region was reduced by almost three fold.

Realized net farm income (the difference between a farmer's cash receipts and operating expenses minus depreciation, plus income in kind) fell 11.2% to $3.3 billion in 2009.

According to the reports of the Territorial Administration of the Rosselkhoznadzor for the Voronezhskaya and Volgogradskaya Oblasts and the Veterinary Department of the Administration of the Volgogradskaya Oblast, on November 20, 2010 the SI Volgogradskaya Regional Veterinary Laboratory made a preliminary diagnosis of African swine fever (further ASF) according to the results of the examination of the pathological material taken from dead pigs from a private backyard in the settlement Zimnyatskiy, the Serafimovichskiy Rayon, the Volgogradskaya Oblast.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has reported two outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in South korea.

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1099/2010 of 26 November 2010 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the increased level of official controls on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin.

Prices of meat in Vietnam particularly pork, will increase between 15% and 20% from a year earlier during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday.

Guiding principles on country-of-origin labelling for processed meat products have now been agreed by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and meat retailers and manufacturers.

The Government of the Russian Federation is not going to sell grains from the Intervention Fund due to the unstable situation on the market, announced Victor Zubkov, the First Vice Prime-Minister of the Russian Federation, on November 22.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced today that the Government of Canada has taken yet another step to strengthen Canada’s food safety system by appointing seven highly qualified advisors to the Ministerial Advisory Board (MAB) of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

High-ranking officials from all OIE Member Countries in the Americas, including the Caribbean, and from national, regional and world organisations, including the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), attended the 20th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for the Americas, held in Montevideo (Uruguay) from 16 to 19 November 2010.