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USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is running a series of tests on cattle, hog, chicken and turkey carcasses with the objective of resetting pathogen testing baselines.

The European Union has published in the DOUE the Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 of 12 March 2010 laying down lists of third countries, territories or parts thereof authorised for the introduction into the European Union of certain animals and fresh meat and the veterinary certification requirements.

Ontario's agriculture minister has intervened against a provincial tribunal's ruling that allowed hog farmers a "negative option" to sell hogs through a single marketing desk.

The output of meat maintained steady growth and the total output of meat in 2009 reached 75.09 million tons, up by 5.0 percent. Of this total, the output of pork was 48.89 million tons, up by 5.8 percent.

Meat production in the last quarter of 2009 decreased by 7.3 per cent to 3,639 tonnes. While pigmeat and broiler-meat production declined by 12.8 and 1.5 per cent respectively, there was an increase of 5.0 per cent in the production of beef meat.

The United States and China have reached an agreement to reopen the Chinese market to U.S. pork and pork products, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced.

A new report by an international research team explores the impact of the global livestock industry on the environment, the economy and human health.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is beefing up its meat and poultry inspections after a USDA request to increase inspection frequency to meet U.S. food-safety standards.

MEPs want the country of origin to be stated for meat, poultry, daily products, fresh fruit and vegetables and other single-ingredient products as well as for meat, poultry and fish when used as an ingredient in processed food.

In 2009, 5,312,463 tons of meat was produced in the slaughterhouses of Spain. The decrease in production was more noticeable in 2009 compared to the minor change between 2007 and 2008.

Bureau of Animal Industry Director Dr Davinio Catbagan said that currently, there is no need for any additional chicken and pork imports.

The Agency's Board agreed to the implementation of a single approach to front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labelling that will best help consumers make healthier choices when they buy food.

The objective of the mission was the evaluation of the food safety and public health controls in place as well as certification procedures in relation to potential exports of pig meat from Brazil to the European Union. This potential export was evaluated in the State of Santa Catarina (SC), which since 2007 has the World Animal Health Organisation (OIE) status "free from foot and mouth disease (FMD) without vaccination".