USA: Country-of-Origin Labels repealed for beef, pork
The omnibus bill repealed the country of origin labeling (COOL) requirements for muscle cuts of beef and pork.
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The Regulation regarding the aid to private storage of pork has been published
The Official Journal of the EU has published the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2334, that opens private storage for pigmeat and fixes in advance the amount of aid.
United States: Amendment to the Directive on approved substances in the production of meat, poultry and egg products
The FSIS specifically reviewed two antimicrobials and a new binder ingredient, and added 4 film-forming agents and 1 antimicrobial.
Correlations among various blood parameters at exsanguination and their relationships to pork quality traits
The objectives of this study were to investigate the correlations between various blood parameters compared with cortisol and lactate levels.
USA: October meat exports show improvement, but still down year-over-year
Pork exports were down 3 percent year-over-year in volume to 177,191 metric tons.
Japan reopens its market to Brazilian thermally processed products
Japan announced the opening of its market to Brazilian thermally processed beef, pork, lamb and goat products.
Forecasts for the Brazilian pig sector
According to the data published by the ABPA, it is expected that pork production in Brazil reaches 3,643 million tonnes this year.
US COOL: WTO authorized Canada and Mexico to impose retaliatory tariffs
Canada will be able to retaliate in the amount of C$1.054 billion, while Mexico will be able to retaliate in the amount of US$227.7 million, once final WTO authorization is obtained.
Commission approves joint venture between Danish Crown and Westfleisch
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the creation of a joint venture by Danish Crown of Denmark and Westfleisch of Germany.
Germany: Meat production down in the third quarter of 2015
The quantity of pork produced amounted to 1.3 million tonnes and was thus down by a mere 0.2% year on year.
More than half of the Chilean pig production is exported
Some 55% of the Chilean production is exported.
Pigmeat production is expected to expand by less than 2% by 2025
Following a strong recovery in 2014 and 2015, pigmeat production is expected to expand by less than 2 % by 2025 as compared with 2015.
China expands the list of United States and Canada plants to import pork from
There are now 28 processing and cooling plants authorized to export pork to China, 22 American ones and 6 Canadian ones.
China authorises new Brazilian plants for meat exportation
Three are beef, two pork and two chicken plants.
Russia imposed an embargo on food products from Ukraine
The Russian government decided to impose an embargo on the import of food products from Ukraine from next January 1.
FDA announces new resource on sampling programs for food safety
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing a new web resource to share more information about its sampling programs for food safety and has posted new information on a more robust surveillance sampling approach under development.
