France will carry out welfare inspections in all slaughterhouses
The Minister requested the prefects to implement, within one month, specific animal welfare inspections in all red meat slaughterhouses around the country.
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The Spanish market still moves forward, but with difficulty
The first two or three weeks of April will be useful for absorbing the delayed pigs, and by the end of April the price will be able to rise, step by step, to more decent levels.
Spain: meat production rose by 5.8% in 2015
Regarding swine, in 2015 the Spanish abattoirs slaughtered 46,379,926 pigs, producing 3.89 million tonnes of pork.
Commission clears creation of a joint venture between Avril Pôle Animal and Tönnies
The joint venture will process, package and sell at retail level fresh pork and beef products of French origin for human consumption.
Commission clears acquisition of Tican by Tönnies
The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would not raise competition concerns.
Several French cooperatives unite to jointly sell their pigs
Breton pig cooperatives Aveltis, Triskalia, Prestor, Porelia and Syproporcs announced Monday their intention to jointly market their pigs.
Forecasts for the Brazilian pig sector
According to the data published by the ABPA, it is expected that pork production in Brazil reaches 3,643 million tonnes this year.
France: rejection of the tax on abattoirs
The members of parliament, that held a National Assembly Regular Meeting last Friday, rejected the creation of a tax on abattoirs.
France intends to impose a tax on slaughterhouses to help farmers in crisis
MPs voted the creation of a special tax for companies processing meat products exceeding €250 M in order to provide relief funds for farmers in crisis.
Commission approves joint venture between Danish Crown and Westfleisch
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the creation of a joint venture by Danish Crown of Denmark and Westfleisch of Germany.
The MPB resumed pork quotation
25,000 pigs offered for sale under a difficult market context: delays in shipments to slaughter, higher carcass weights. The batches were sold between €1,043 and €1,088.
The Marché du Porc Breton will resume its activity
The negotiations beteween pig producers and abattoirs will resume next Thursday 26 November, with new rules of the game.
Mexico strengthens the meat industry with 14 new TIF premises
The newly issued accreditations bring the TIF infrastructure available in the country up to a total of 431 such premises, thus expanding its industrial capacity.
Avril and Tönnies to create a company to manufacture products made of 100% French meat
Avril and Tönnies, major actors in the European pig industry, are planning to combine their respective skills to develop a sector for 100% French pork products.
Danish slaughterhouse merger called off
It has not been possible for the merger of Danish Crown and Tican to be approved by the Danish competition authorities.
Pig crisis in France: MPB session once again suspended
Two buyers, SA Bernard and SA Charles (Jean Floc'h group) did not attend the meeting.