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Hungarian Rural Development Minister Sandor Fazekas on Wednesday ordered the mandatory testing of all pork from Germany for dioxin contamination.

Commissioner Dalli gave a speech on 17 January 2011 in the EP plenary in Strasbourg. In the speech the Commissioner gives an overview of the contamination incident, highlighting the good co-operation between the Commission and the German authorities and providing an outlook on the measures which could be envisaged at EU level to further improve the EU feed and food safety system.

Analytical results of 45 pig meat samples from possibly contaminated blocked farms have also become available. 43 analytical results are compliant with EU legislation (i.e. below the EU maximum level of 1 pg WHO – PCDD/F – TEQ /g fat).

Results of laboratory testing on eggs, poultry and pork that had been imported from Germany and raised concerns over possible dioxin contamination are negative, said Zsolt Simon, the Agriculture and Rural Development Minister.

An agreement signed by the French pig meat industry on 15th December stipulates that from now on for fresh meat and offal and before 31st March 2011 for processed products, the country of origin will appear on labels of fresh pig meat and offal and pig meat products.

Belarus has imposed a ban on the import of pork from Leningrad Oblast of Russia after an outbreak of African swine fever in the region.

Philippine chicken meat and pork imports rose more than 50% and 68.6%, respectively, in the first 10 months of 2010.

U.S. refusal to allow Mexican trucks free access into the United States, as called for under the NAFTA, as well as a 2001 NAFTA dispute settlement ruling. The “concept paper” released by DOT on a phase in of Mexican trucking into the United States will open the door to quick progress and resolution of this dispute.

The Russia Authorities have informed the European Union of a suspected case of African Swine Fever in Leningrad region (St Petersburg), near the EU border. Disease has been preliminarily confirmed by laboratory tests.

The Korean government says it halted all imports of pork and poultry from Germany on Saturday after tests results showed high levels of cancer causing dioxin in animal feed. Meanwhile, Russia has announced it is tightening restrictions on meats imported from Germany.

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On December 22, 2010, Russian and Belarusian Ministries of Agriculture agreed to a Common Agricultural Policy of the Russia-Belarus Union State as well as established 2011 import quotas for dairy, meat and poultry, and sugar, in accordance with also agreed Union State food balance sheets.

The European Commission has granted clearance under the EU Merger Regulation to the acquisition of D&S Fleisch of Germany by Danish Crown of Denmark.

China has put on the market state pork reserves to stabilize prices and ensure adequate supplies during the upcoming New Year Festival, an unnamed official with the Ministry of Commerce said Friday.