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The Oireachtas agriculture committee inquiry into the handling of the pork dioxin crisis is to open this morning at Leinster House. Today's meeting is the first of a series of hearings which the committee will be holding in the coming weeks in order to investigate the issues surrounding the contamination of Irish pork products and consider how the difficulties now facing this industry might be overcome.

European Comission has aproved the inclusion of the Netherlands in the list of Member States free of Aujeszky’s disease and of Hungary in the list of Member States where an approved national control programme for that disease is in place.

The CONffIDENCE project aims to further improve food safety in Europe by the development of faster and more cost-efficient methods for the detection of a wide range of chemical contaminants in different food and feed commodities.

The OIE reports no new cases of Classical Swine Fever (CSF) in Russia since the Immediate Notification dated 20 November.

Although co-infection in pigs is not unusual, this is the first time globally that an Ebola-Reston virus has been isolated in swine

The commendation came in the midst of the government's initiative to test local hogs from Mindanao for the possible presence of the Ebola Reston virus on pork and pork products.

EFSA has today published its statement in response to a request received from the European Commission on 8 December 2008 for urgent scientific and technical assistance following the discovery of dioxin contamination in some Irish pork. The Commission asked EFSA to provide scientific assistance on the risks for human health related to the possible presence of dioxins in pork and products containing pork.

Pigs in three Philippine hog farms have been found infected with the Ebola Reston virus, a strain not harmful to humans, officials said Thursday.

The OIE has informed about the presence of atypical PRRS virus in the district of Sto Nino (Pandi municipality, Bulacan province) and in the district of Pinagpanaan (Talavera municipality, Nueva Ecija province). Samples from the outbreaks were sent to the USDA Plum Island laboratory. Results show that samples were positive for porcine circovirus type 2 and atypical PRRS virus, which is 98% homologous to the atypical PRRS virus isolated in China and Vietnam. With high morbidity and mortality observed similar to China and Vietnam, it was concluded that these outbreaks were most likely caused by atypical PRRS virus.

The hog cholera outbreak in this city has turned from worse to "epidemic proportions," killing at least 2,300 pigs in the past five days. The hog cholera outbreak in this city is the highest reported in the Philippines.

Over 100 pigs have died of African swine fever. The veterinary officer, Dr. Nelson Yesho, said 5,000 pigs could die if the disease, that struck Sipi and Kamoko sub-counties is not contained.