Page 6 of articles about meat quality in Swine news

Recent food fraud cases, including the sale of horse meat as beef, should prompt the EU to review the functioning of the food production chain.

The official Canadian Pork Quality Standards (CPQS) for meat colour, fat colour and marbling (intramuscular fat) have now been released.

The Never Fed Beta Agonists Program provides confirmation to customers that require verification of a marketing claim that beef and pork meat is derived from animals that were never fed beta agonists and is free of beta agonist residues.

The Vice-Minister of Stockbreeding, Dr. Luis Antonio Goiburú Vera, declared than a Pig Production National Plan must be prepared in Paraguay.

Proposals to allow official abattoir vets to declare pork fit for human consumption after a simple visual check will go ahead after MEPs rejected a veto motion tabled by the Food Safety Committee.

Proposals to allow veterinarians to declare that meat is fit for human consumption in abattoirs after a simple visual check could be vetoed in a vote on Wednesday.

It is a quick information exchange system between public services in relation to food harmlessness events.

Infections from Campylobacter has risen up to 14 percent in 2012 compared to 2006-2008.

With the new regulations, the companies and the farmers will have the chance to be entitled to use the internationally recognised "Brazil Certified" seal.

Campylobacteriosis remains the most reported zoonotic disease in humans, with a continuous increase in reported cases over the last five years.

Microbiological and chemical hazards associated with mechanically separated meat derived from poultry and swine are similar to those related to non-mechanically separated meat (fresh meat, minced meat or meat preparations).

China intends to require U.S. exporters to show that a third party has independently confirmed that no ractopamine residue is present in meat, according to USMEF.

MEPs agreed on the need for credible penalties and better enforcement.

The Commissioner recommends to introduce an EU-wide three month programme of control measures including random DNA testing of processed beef products in Member States.

Rosselkhoznadzor considered it necessary to impose temporary restrictions on importation of pork and beef from the USA to Russia. The restrictions will be imposed from February 11, current year.