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The temporary ban affects live pigs, pork meat, pig skin, and other related products from Taiwan.

The European Commission announced a reinforcement of controls on food, animal, and plant products entering the EU.

Sales of medically important antimicrobial drugs approved for use in food-producing animals increased by 16% between 2023 and 2024.

Global wheat, maize, barley, and sorghum prices rose.

The latest ESUAvet report shows a 5% rise in antimicrobial sales for food-producing animals in 2024, signaling a potential shift in long-term declines.

Co-legislators agree on a 90% reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, compared with 1990 levels, to achieve a climate neutral EU by 2050.

Slowed global animal protein production is expected in 2026. Seafood and poultry will see the strongest increases, while beef and pork output will decline.

The Ministry of Agriculture has updated restrictions on exports of Spanish pork products, including new developments for Japan and the US.

These are two new secondary outbreaks involving a total of three animals, bringing the total number of positive animals since the outbreak began to 16, all of them within the high-risk zone.

EU agriculture ministers emphasized the importance of innovation and access to new technology to ensure competitiveness and generational renewal in the agricultural sector.

As of December 10, all 55 farms in the ASF-affected area designated by the EU have tested negative.

Update on the markets that have lifted some of their initial restrictions on Spanish pork due to the ASF outbreak.

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The monthly decline continued to be driven by lower pig and poultry meat prices.

Argentina welcomes the decision by the Council and the European Parliament to postpone the implementation of the European Union Regulation on Deforestation (EUDR) for 12 months, until December 30, 2026.

The limit values ​​are now lowered by 20% for weaning pigs and slaughter pigs.

The product has been approved for export for industrial use.

The new cases were found near those previously reported. There are now 13 positive cases in total.

Pig exports (piglets for finishing and pigs for slaughter) fell by 19.3% in the first nine months of 2025 compared to the same period last year.

Several countries, such as South Korea and Chile, have confirmed that they will accept regionalization.

Another extraordinary drop in Mercolleida: Pigs fall 10 cents for the second time this week in a market strained by ASF and the export slowdown.

This is a complementary investigation to the one started on November 28, the date on which the ASF outbreak was detected in Cerdanyola del Vallés (Barcelona).

FAO expects global pig meat production to rise on improved productivity and global pig meat trade to expand amid ASF-induced supply shortfalls.

Senasa suspended the import of high-risk goods from Spain, in line with international recommendations.