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For the month of April, total U.S. pork exports (muscle cuts plus variety meat) rose 11 percent over year-ago levels in volume to 192,924 metric tons (mt).

Covernment announced an investment of over $1 million to the Canadian Swine Exporters Association to help boost international recognition of Canada's superior purebred swine genetics.

The latest pig census in Denmark indicated that production would remain stable in the coming months.

A number of member States supported the Commission and considers that it would be extremely difficult and very expensive to apply to swine, sheep, goat and poultry meat, rules equivalent to those applicable to beef meat.

The exports of Spanish cured hams and shoulders grew by 11.9% in terms of volume during the first trimester of 2014.

Pork and pork products must be derived from lots of hogs that have negative test results for ractopamine.

The Mexican company Sigma and the Chinese company WH Group (formerly Shuanghui) will control 98.31% of the stockholders' equity of Campofrio.

As of July 1 the AMS report will included barrows and gilts falling in the 240-320 pound range.

Of the 3 205 original notifications transmitted in RASFF in 2013, the vast majority (2 710, 84.6%) concerned food, 272 concerned feed (8.5%) and 223 notifications concerned food contact materials (6.9%).

Meat prices averaged 189.1 points in May, nearly unchanged from April.

This agreement will enter into force on 17 June. It will allow to resume the export of pork and deboned beef to the Ukrainian market.

The abattoir has a slaughtering capacity of 3,800 cattle heads and 5,600 pigs per month.

Mexico exported 86,294 tonnes of pig meat in 2013.

Signed the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and AQSIQ on cooperation in the area of health quality and health safety of meat.

According to the USDA Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade repor, that Fiscal Year 2014 agricultural exports will reach $149.5 billion, an estimated $6.9 billion higher than previous estimates.

More efforts will be made to improve food safety in meat products and punish those who illegally purchase, produce or sell sick or dead animals.