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After negotiations between the Agriculture Ministeries of Brazil and the Phillipines, Brazil can begin exporting refrigerated pig meat from Santa Catarina to the Phillipines. (Original in Portuguese. Read Google translation here).

The Council took note of the request made by the French delegation and supported by other delegations to reintroduce export refunds in support of the pig meat sector.

Australia is gradually restoring its positions of one of the major red meat exporters to Russia and the CIS countries (former Soviet states), most Russian experts believe.

Nearly two-thirds of China’s consumers stopped eating pork in the early stages of the H1N1 influenza outbreak this year, and more than one in five consumers in the world’s largest pork market still believe that eating pork can result in catching the flu virus, according to a survey of 1,200 Chinese consumers commissioned last month by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced USDA's intention to purchase an additional $30 million in pork products in FY 2009 for federal food and nutrition assistance programs.

Russia may raise quotas for beef imports and cut allocations for pork and poultry next year.

The Caribbean has been a bright spot for U.S. meat exports so far this year, with pork, beef and lamb exports all showing double-digit volume increases over the first half of 2008.

After the evaluation of the Mexican veterinary services, el Agriffod and Veterinary Authority of SINGAPUR (AVA) informed Mexico of the possibility that it may export pig meat and pig products. Singapure will now begin the process of creating a listing of TIF establishments as these had asked for.(Original in Spanish. Read Google translation here).

The Spain Agribusiness Report Q309 looks at the domestic farming industry during a global recession.

Agreement to export pig meat to China is nearing fruition as a delegation of Chinese veterinarians visits the UK next month.