Page 5 of articles about food safety

Large, climate controlled and well-structured farms allow to work with higher animal welfare standards and allow the workers to enjoy shifts and holidays that were previously impossible, but certain sectors of society have a negative opinion of them.

Challenges of the Spanish pig industry

Spain is, regarding pig census, the third country in the world in relation to pig production, behind China and the USA, and the fourth as pork producer because Germany fattens many piglets imported from The Netherlands and Denmark, and it also slaughters pigs from these and other countries.

EU: 2015 veterinary drug residues trends steady

05-Dec-2017
EFSA’s latest data report summarises the monitoring data from 2015, including compliance rates with EU residue limits, for a range of veterinary medicines, unauthorised substances and contaminants found in animals and animal-derived food.

USDA rule strengthens enforcement of Livestock Mandatory Reporting and COOL programs

04-Sep-2017
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued a final rule allowing USDA to take action as needed, including levying civil penalties, against violators of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) and the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulations. USDA amends rules of Practice to Strengthen Enforcement of Livestock Mandatory Reporting and Country of Origin Labeling Programs