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Antimicrobial resistance in animal bacterial pathogens represents a gap in the European One Health strategy on AMR surveillance. EARS-Vet could complement the existing European monitoring systems.

In 2020, Spanish imports of live pigs increased by 41.6% compared to 2019.

The number of reported human cases of illness caused by Campylobacter and Salmonella bacteria across Europe appears to be stabilising over the past five years.

Singapore has worked on a regionalization arrangement for ASF, allowing imports of pork from certain areas of Germany.

During the past year, Chile increased its exports of pork and offal by more than 28%.

Outbreaks of African swine fever have occurred for the first time in Malaysia. Domestic pigs and wild boar affected.

EU exports have increased by almost 19%. China was the leading destination, accounting for over 60% of the total.

The National Reference Laboratory, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute, detected ASF for the first time in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in a wild boar.

Compliance with animal protection regulations during transport must be ensured by all personnel handling live animals.

Taiwan's pork consumption has been largely unchanged despite the government allowing imports of U.S. pork containing the feed additive ractopamine.

Spanish pork exports to China in January this year were double those of last January.

The excretion of nitrogen and phosphorus from swine slurry decreased in 2020, due to the reduction in the number of finishing and breeding pigs.

Pig slaughterings in Portugal in 2020 show a reduction of 2.6% compared to 2019.

Wageningen University & Research has launched the 2-year project "Pig Enrichment" to promote the effective use of these materials on more and more pig farms.

Governments funding Meat and Poultry Ontario study to increase efficiency and capacity in meat processing.

The new regulations are primarily aimed at improving the welfare of breeding sows.

Imports of pig meat into Japan fell by 6% in 2020, largely driven by decreased volumes imported from the EU.

Five months after the first outbreak of African swine fever in the German wild boar population, a total of 685 cases have been confirmed.

The European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, has sent an official letter to the various ministers of agriculture confirming that the pig sector is showing signs of recovery.

Russia exported more than 500,000 tons of meat in 2020, up 55% from 2019.

The national hog repopulation twin program is aimed at effectively controlling African swine fever and reviving the swine industry.

One of the carcasses found was outside the core area in the district of Märkisch-Oderland, but within the risk area.

China’s feed use of wheat to reach 25-year high while corn imports are still record high to keep up with pig census recovering from ASF.

Vietnam's pork imports more than tripled last year to make up for the short supply due to African swine fever outbreaks.