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Mexico added pork to the list of U.S. products against which it is retaliating for the failure of the United States to live up to its obligations under the NAFTA to let Mexican trucks haul goods into the United States.

Exports of pork are expected to increase by 20 % over the next year.

With the local and global demand for pork increasing, Botswana can have a stake in its production, according to a study released this week.

Russia’s government adopted a list of essential food goods to have retail price limits. The text of the document was published in the Rossiyskaya daily on Monday.

Members of a House Agriculture subcommittee expressed deep concern with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's proposed rule on livestock and poultry contracts and marketing arrangements, a regulation that would limit pork producers' options in selling pigs to processors.

Retail prices for meat and eggs rose for the sixth consecutive month in June, reflecting the contraction of the nation’s livestock herds.

Russia may export 60 times more pork and poultry by 2020, even as it seeks to build its food security by reducing dependence on imported meat, Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik said Tuesday.

Dominican Republic ’s Agriculture Ministry and pork producers will adopt the joint measures needed to declare the country free of Classic Swine Fever so that meat can be exported, especially to the United States.

In the last year in the EU-27, a total of 22.6 million tons of pigmeat was produced. Germany takes first place with 24% of the total, followed by Spain (14%), France (9%), Poland (7%), Denmark (7%), Italy (7%) y Holland (6%).

MEPs renewed their appeal for a ban on food from cloned animals when they voted on novel foods legislation on Wednesday.

Holland and Denmark are the 2 countries that stand out with the best technical performance for mothers, higher productivity, prolificacy, and better reproductive rhythms, while Italy and the UK come in the extreme opposite with the worst results in productivity and prolificacy. Spain is situated in an intermediate position with respect to productivity and prolificacy, while they obtain good results in reproduction.

On July 1 the French National Agency on Food Safety, Environment, and Workplace Security (ANSES, by it’s French acronym) was established, as a result of the merging of the Food Safety Security Agency (AFFSA) and the Agency for Workplace and Environmental Safety. (AFSSET).

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has issued a new regulation calling for stricter meat import inspections.