Czech State aid schemes to prevent spread of pig and poultry diseases
Commission approves €1.46 billion Czech State aid schemes to support prevention of spread of poultry and pig diseases.
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USDA announces $43M investment in meat processing research, expansion and innovation
The program promotes novel approaches to meat and poultry processing by implementing pioneering production system technology.
Netherlands introduces protective measures against ASF from Germany, transport affected
The second cleaning and disinfection was already mandatory for Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Greece, and all third countries.
EU: Mandatory inspections for livestock transport to reduce FMD spread
Animal and feed transport vehicles from certain third countries with a risk of foot-and-mouth disease must be inspected upon return to the EU.
US and Vietnam collaborate to better understand and control ASF
To prepare for the potential entry of African swine fever into the USA, SCIC is investing in research with Vietnam to better control the virus.
ASF in Greece: Netherlands mandatory additional Cleansing & Disinfection transport vehicles
Due to the outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in Greece transport vehicles for ungulates that return or enter from Greece to The Netherlands require additional cleansing and disinfection (C&D) immediately after entering The Netherlands.
Italy strengthens the surveillance to avoid the entry of ASF
Due to the spreading of African swine fever in some countries and to the risk that this involves, the Italian authorities have strengthened the surveillance.
ASF China: Greater surveillance of means of transport for pigs
The long-distance transport of pigs seems the main reason for the spreading of the disease in China.
Salmonella in meat products reduced by 90 percent in new research
An old technology that uses natural bacteria predators, called bacteriophages, is the focus of new research at the University of Nevada, Reno. The technique is being used to reduce salmonella bacteria in meat products.
USA: FDA releases final rule to ensure food safety during transport
The FDA has finalized six of the seven major rules that implement the core of FSMA.
The EU approves the use of recycled hot water to eliminate microbiological contamination in meat
This Regulation approves the use of recycled hot water as a decontamination technique for carcasses after that, in September 2010 the EFSA drafted a favourable scientific judgement.
Spain: Interporc will take to the Spanish pig farms the Rules on Good Biosecurity Practices
The Pig Interprofessional Association (Interporc), together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, will take to more than 80,000 Spanish pig farms the Rules on Good Biosecurity Practices on farms and during the transport of pigs.
European Union: measures to prevent the introduction into the Union of the African swine fever virus
It is appropriate to limit the obligation to clean and disinfect trucks only to those trucks transporting live animals.