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Belarus lifts import ban on pig meat

14-Jan-2010
Following interventions by the Commission Belarus has lifted all temporary import restrictions, imposed on animals and animal products from certain EU Member States, based on measures due to pandemic H1/N1 influenza virus.

Development of harmonised schemes for the monitoring and reporting of Trichinella in animals and foodstuffs in the European Union

13-Jan-2010
In European Union Member States, most of the biomass of Trichinella parasites is circulating among wildlife and many human infections originate from the consumption of untested game meat. Annually, hundreds of millions of fattening pigs test negative for Trichinella in the European Union. The preliminary harmonised monitoring scheme proposed in this report relies on compartmentalisation to identify regions and categories of animals at lower risk of Trichinella infection in which reduced testing could be carried out.

Ukraine cancels unnecessarily strict inspection requirements on imports of animals and animal products

13-Jan-2010
During summer 2009, Ukraine announced new inspection requirements which put European exports of animals and animal products at risk. These requirements were scheduled to enter into force on 14 January 2010. The European Commission immediately expressed concerns on this proposed measure and held co-operative and constructive discussions with the Ukrainian authorities. Early in January 2010 Ukraine announced the cancellation of its proposed inspection requirements.

France – Decrease in feed production

12-Jan-2010
According to figures from Coop de France Nutrition animale/Snia, the production of animal feed has suffered a reduction of 5.6% during the third quarter of 2009, although this reduction is not as big as that observed in the two previous quarters in which the decreases were by 7.7% and 7.2%.

German production to grow

11-Jan-2010
Total German pig production will grow in 2010 by 3% to 57.8 million head says the German organisation for agricultural and retail companies Deutsche Raiffeisenverband (DRV).