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Last Monday night, in Mayenne and Côtes-d'Armor, refrigerated lorries were intercepted in order to control the origin of the transported meat.

Global pork production is revised upward 2.7 million tons to a record 107.4 million.

Pork production is forecast to increase more rapidly than in 2013 as lower forecast feed costs provide incentives for producers to expand farrowings and increase carcass weights from 2013 levels.

The Council adopted Conclusions on organic farming. It pointed out in particular the importance of an appropriate regulatory framework for the development of this sector.

In March Ukraine imported 9,294 t of pork, which is 30% lower than in the previous month.

It is meat that comes from pigs raised in the regions of Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées, and Poitou-Charentes.

According to the kind of meat, beef, with 60 kg (61.1%); poultry, with 20 kg (20,4%); pork, with 14 kg (14.4%); and lamb, with 4 kg (4.1%) stand out.

The importation of pork or pork products from these areas presents a low risk of introducing swine vesicular disease into the United States.

The exportations of pork products (cured ham, cured sausages, etc.) have grown by 12%, reaching 2,908 million euros.

The French Minister of Agriculture, Stéphane Le Foll, during his visit to China, has signed a cooperation program concerning food safety together with his Chinese counterpart Minister ZHI Shuping.

The total budget of the programmes, the large majority of which will run for a period of three years, is € 71,94 million, of which the EU contributes € 35,97 million.

With the new regulations, the companies and the farmers will have the chance to be entitled to use the internationally recognised "Brazil Certified" seal.

Infections from Campylobacter has risen up to 14 percent in 2012 compared to 2006-2008.

Commercial hog slaughter totaled 113.2 million head, 2 percent higher than 2011.

The supply of swine meat in wet markets all over Western Visayas has dropped to alarming levels, the outcome of which is the high prices of pork.