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Belarus changes pork import quota distribution terms for 2010

Conditions of distribution of the pork import tariff quota have been changed in Belarus in 2010. The relevant decision is laid down by Council of Ministers resolution No 615, representatives of the Council of Ministers Office.

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Hog cash receipts down 10% in 2009

According to USDA’s annual Meat Animals Production, Disposition, and Income report released this week, 2009 gross income from cattle and calves, hogs and pigs, and sheep and lambs for the U.S. totaled $59.0 billion, down 10 percent from 2008. Total 2009 cash receipts from marketings of meat animals decreased 10 percent to $58.6 billion.

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Czech Republic - Year-on-year decrease in pork production

In the 1st quarter 2010, 130 881 tonnes of meat were produced, i.e. by 3.6 % less than in the same period of the previous year. A decrease of production was shown in beef (by 7.4 %), pig meat (by 4.7 %), and poultry (by 0.1 % only).

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New applications of fatty acids in pig nutrition

One way to increase the intake of specific FA without changing the nutritional behavior of the consumers would be to fortify traditional food items such as meat and meat products with n-3 PUFA

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Philippines - Gov’t prods pork imports, cites shortage

The government is encouraging the importation of up to 5,000 metric tons (MT) of pork up to the end of June under a tax subsidy scheme to cover a shortage in supply due to storms and diseases that hit last year and the current dry spell.

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Danisco covers the whole meat counter

An all-round display of meat capabilities awaits visitors to the Danisco stand at IFFA 2010.

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Pigeon pair for pork CRC at PPPE

Although pigs can’t fly, healthy pigs and healthy people are, effectively, a ‘pigeon pair’ when it comes to Australia’s Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) and its focus as a sponsor of the upcoming 2010 Pan Pacific Pork Expo (PPPE) on Queensland’s Gold Coast from June 16 to 17.

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Spain - Pigmeat exports increased by 1.2%

The latest figures offered by the Spanish Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs show that in 2009 Spanish pig meat exports increased by 1.2% reaching a total of 1.25 million tonnes.

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Screening of Salmonella antibody in pigs : comparison of the results obtained on serum and meat juice, and influence of freezing duration of meat juice

The best sensitivities and specificities, with the serum as reference, were obtained with the sterno‐mastoid muscle sampled at the end of the slaughter chain and analysed after 1 month of freezing.

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Bulgaria - Organic Farming Department will be established in MAF

Organic Farming Department will be established at the Plant Growing Directorate of MAF.

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World Pork Outlook

According to FAPRI 2010 U.S. and World Agricultural Outlook, recovering from a 12 per cent drop in 2009, pork trade grows by 2.8 per cent (122,000 metric tons; mt) annually in the next decade, reaching 5.52 mmt in 2019. Pork production increases in the next decade at a rate of 1.9 per cent (1.85 mmt), reaching 115.46 mmt in 2019.

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Ireland - Tough times for Irish meat exports

Irish exporters struggled to compete with supplies from the UK market, where the average price in euro terms fell by 7% due to sterling weakening. Volume shipments to the UK declined by 5% as a result, but the UK market share of total Irish exports remained unchanged at 51%.

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Malaysia - Move to stabilise price of pork

The Veterinary Services Department has licensed eight companies to import a total of 1,600 tonnes of frozen pork from foreign abattoirs.

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Brazil – Increase in the value of pig meat exports in the first quarter of 2010

During the first three months of this year, the exports of pig meat reached 125,466 tonnes, which is less than the 134,800 tonnes exported during the same period of 2009.

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