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Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response was released July 15 by the Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (C.I.F.O.R.). Providing model practices used in foodborne disease outbreaks, including planning, detection, investigation, control and prevention, the guidelines are targeted to local, state and federal agencies.

Belarus has imposed a temporary ban on importing pigs and pork products from Lithuania, reported the Belarusian Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs on Tuesday.

Pork has been many Koreans' favorite source of protein for many years but its consumption has declined sharply over the past few months since the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza A.

The latest figures from INEGI show a 0.1% decrease in meat production in Mexico in 2008 compared to the previous year. The most affected sectors were ovine, with a 13.9% decrease, pig meat, with a 3% decrease while beef production increased by 1.65%.

European farmers and agri-cooperatives have estimated the 2009 cereals harvest in the EU-27 at 309.4 million tonnes.

The Food & Drug Administration's second highest ranking official, Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, testified that his agency "supports ending the use of antibiotics for growth and feed efficiency in the United States."

While May was expected to be the month in which U.S. pork exports were most affected by A-H1N1 influenza, the impact has not been as negative as some analysts had predicted, according to an analysis of USDA statistics by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

Canada's federal, provincial and territorial Ministers of Agriculture held their annual meeting in Niagara-on-the-Lake this week to discuss issues affecting the sector and their ongoing support for farmers and the agricultural and agri-food sector across the country.

Thailand’s Department of Internal Trade (DIT) at the Commerce Ministry has revealed a new formula to calculate pork prices locally after mounting complaints from consumers on high prices. Under the new method, wholesale pork price is set at a farm-gate price plus 10% while the retail price is the wholesale rate plus 7%.

USDA Price forecasts for 2009 are lowered for cattle and hogs. The hog price forecast is also lowered for 2010.

The veterinary authorities have sent a final report to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

Pig production costs in Holland have come down over the last six months. Producing a piglet now costs £43.55 (at today’s exchange rates) and producing a kilo of pork costs 138p.

Commerce Minister Porntiva Nakasai pointed out the rising price of pork was due to the economic crisis.

The infected farm, an industrial-type holding with full production cycle applying biosecurity measures, is located in Cañuelas (Buenos Aires).

The Meat Hygiene Service is set to be taken in-house by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The FSA has announced that planning for the merger between it and the MHS, which is currently an executive agency of the FSA, will commence shortly, with the operational work of the MHS forming the core of a new FSA Operations Group.

United States trade officials have gained substantial ground in recent days to reduce the number of states suspended from exporting pork to Russia due to A-H1N1 influenza. But even when the influenza-related suspensions are fully removed, the U.S. must still resolve the issue of having more than 30 pork plants delisted by Russia for other reasons – a problem that has severely limited the flow of exports over the past several months.