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The output of meat maintained steady growth and the total output of meat in 2009 reached 75.09 million tons, up by 5.0 percent. Of this total, the output of pork was 48.89 million tons, up by 5.8 percent.

This is the first time that results of scientific life cycle assessment (LCA) studies of animal products are compared based on aspects of environmental friendliness.

After recent Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) inspection missions to Spain, the Commission considers that there is a systematic and persistent failure of the Spanish authorities to comply with the relevant EU provisions.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is beefing up its meat and poultry inspections after a USDA request to increase inspection frequency to meet U.S. food-safety standards.

A new report by an international research team explores the impact of the global livestock industry on the environment, the economy and human health.

The United States and China have reached an agreement to reopen the Chinese market to U.S. pork and pork products, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced.

Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal sciences University (GADVASU) Ludhiana is making all out efforts for the development of the livestock sector in the state by strengthening its extension programmes.

The American Veterinary Medical Assn. (AVMA), as part of its ongoing effort to bolster the number of food animal veterinarians in the U.S., announced a new initiative to help reverse that downward trend – an educational debt relief program for those veterinarians whose job it is to keep our food animals healthy and our food supply safe.

MEPs want the country of origin to be stated for meat, poultry, daily products, fresh fruit and vegetables and other single-ingredient products as well as for meat, poultry and fish when used as an ingredient in processed food.

A field study with a vaccine against the pork tapeworm, in spite of its name one of the tapeworms affecting humans, was able to break the infection cycle. It is the first time a vaccine against a parasite can eliminate transmission. The study was carried out in Cameroon by Emmanuel Assana, researcher at the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp.

A total of € 346.5 million of EU farm money unduly spent by Member States is claimed back as a result of a conformity clearance procedure decision adopted by the European Commission. The money returns to the EU budget because of non-compliance with EU rules or inadequate control procedures on agricultural expenditure.

The latest National Statistics on the levels of agricultural activity in the UK produced by Defra on behalf of the agriculture departments of the United Kingdom shows land use and livestock numbers on agricultural holdings.

Bureau of Animal Industry Director Dr Davinio Catbagan said that currently, there is no need for any additional chicken and pork imports.

With the aim of developing the monitoring of trends over time in zoonotic agents, the Task Force on Zoonoses Data Collection was asked by the European Food Safety Authority to identify for which zoonotic agent/animal population or food category combinations the monitoring of trends would be useful either at Community or Member State group level.

The Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishing and Food (SAGARPA), the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Federal District Government signed a collaboration agreement of in the matter of animal health with the aim of working together in the training, education and modernization of veterinarians.

The latest national statistics produced by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on GB Animal Feed were released on 11th March 2010 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. Statistics on GB Animal Feed include data for the period November 2009, December 2009 and January 2010 with percentage change for corresponding period last year.