Costa Rica: Japan opens its doors to pig meat
The next step of the process is the identification of the companies interested in exporting pig products to Japan.
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Denmark: fifth Salmonella Action Plan
The plan contains one main objective and that is to reduce the prevalence of salmonella bacteria on fresh carcasses to 1 per cent by the end of 2014.
European Union: on-going discussions with Russian Federation on ban of EU pig meat
The Commission has proposed to provisionally exclude the infected area of the EU from certification of exports of live pigs and pork to Russia, but Russia is not ready to accept.
Brazil: pig meat exports fell by 11% in 2013
According to the Brazilian Meat Producers and Exporters Association (ABIPECS), Brazilian pig meat exports added up 517,330 tonnes and $1.36 thousand million in 2013.
Dietary lecithin improves dressing percentage and decreases chewiness in the longissimus muscle in finisher gilts
The use of lecithin in swine diets improve pork tenderness and of dressing percentage.
Brazil: the agribusiness exports almost reach $100 thousand million
The agribusiness exports reach $99,970 million in 2013: 4.3% more in comparison with the $95,810 million in 2012.
United Kingdom: DAPP will continue to be published
The Cranswick and Karro withdrawals would reduce sample size, but BPEX and AHDB Market Intelligence had analysed the remaining sample and were confident it remained representative.
Denmark: the programme for reducing the incidence of Salmonella in pig carcasses still goes on
The Ministry will still work with the aim that the prevalence falls below 1%.
Spain: increase in the average price of the pig carcass in 2013
In the case of class E pig meat, the average price of the carcass has increased by 11.4% in 2013 with respect to the previous year.
Spain: adopted the quality standard for iberian meat, ham and loin
The quality standard improves the information given to the consumer through the labelling and the presentation.
Poland: important increase of the agricultural exports
Between January and October 2013, the exportation of food products to China has grown by 200%, and this is mainly due to the exportation of pig meat.
European Union: pig herd has been decreasing since 2006
The pig herd has been decreasing since 2006 and stood at 147 million heads in 2012 (a reduction of 16 million heads or 10%, in seven years).
Spain: Russia reauthorizes 3 meat companies to export finished products
The Rosselkhoznadzor has lifted, since December 10th 2013, the temporary restrictions applied to the shipments of finished products to three Spanish companies.
EU to review the functioning of the food production chain
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.
EU meat sector is expected to be supported by strong demand
Following two years of decline due to the implementation of new animal welfare rules, pig meat production is expected to increase as of 2014, to 23.4 million tonnes in 2023.
