Cherkizovo's products are awarded with 12 gold medals for quality
Cherkizovo OJSC, one of Russia’s leading integrated and diversified meat producers, is pleased to announce that it has recently won several gold awards for its high quality products.
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Improvac® approval
EU Commission approves Pfizer Animal Health’s vaccine against boar taint
Growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality, and tissue histology of growing pigs fed crude glycerin-supplemented diets
The use of glycerine in pig diets does not negatively affect pig performance or frequency of histological lesions in tissues associated with methanol metabolism
EFSA publishes further opinion on smoke flavourings
In the fifth of a series of opinions on different smoke flavourings, EFSA’s CEF Panel has expressed safety concerns over the use of the flavouring product Scansmoke PB 1110.
Japan - Normalized imports of pig meat from Chile
The Japanese government has authorized the entry of all pig meat from Chile from last Friday 17 April. This step assumes the overcoming of the case of contamination with dioxins that affected the swine industry in 2008. (Original in Spanish. Read Google translation here).
Russia - Meat production to Grow by 11.4% in the Ist Quarter
Russian meat production grew by 11.4% to 749 thousand tons in the first quarter of the current year compared to the same period in 2008, as Federal State Statistics Service reports.
EU - Nitrite as undesirable substances in animal feed - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain
Nitrite is formed naturally by the nitrogen cycle during the process of nitrogen fixation and it is subsequently converted to nitrate, a major nutrient assimilated by plants. Two main nitrite salt forms occur, namely sodium and potassium nitrite.
Canada - More Ontario-grown food in schools, hospitals
Ontario government is investing $24 million over three years to develop the logistics to get more Ontario-grown food into the province's schools, hospitals, food service companies and other institutions. This will help Ontario farmers market and sell their products to more consumers.
USA - Organic growth slowing: new report
During the first part of this decade, the organic food and drinks market grew rapidly; sales in the U.S. and the nine largest European markets reached more then $40 billion in 2007. However, growth appears to have slowed in the market in 2008.
UGA licenses invention that kills food-borne pathogens in minutes
A new technology that kills dangerous pathogens on food at home, and in restaurants, grocery stores, beverage-manufacturing and food-processing facilities, was licensed this week to the maker of FIT Fruit and Vegetable Wash™.
Maple Leaf CEO Michael McCain to address the Ottawa Canadian Club on Food Safety
Maple Leaf Foods CEO Michael McCain will address the Canadian Club, in Ottawa, on April 20th where he will be providing his perspectives on "Improving Food Safety in Canada".
Murphy-Brown Announces PQA Plus Certification
Murphy-Brown LLC, the livestock production subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, Inc., announced today that it is on schedule to complete the certification and farm site assessment components of the Pork Quality Assurance Plus (PQA Plus) program for all its company-owned and contract grower-owned swine production farms in the United States before the end of 2009.
Use of plant extracts in swine
The swine production industry has a growing interest in the use of essential oils. Essential oils are products of complex origin. They have antimicrobial and antioxidant effects, they stimulate appetite and intestinal secretions and they are even immunostimulants.
New Testing Method Approved For Detecting Salmonella in Food
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced availability of a testing method that it has developed to help food producers detect deadly Salmonella contamination in their products. The Salmonella Rapid Culture Method delivers highly accurate results in less than 48 hours, compared to up to four days for other methods.
All you need to know about boar taint
Not surprisingly, not many people even know what boar taint is. But that may be about to change. A new website which explains what causes boar taint and how it is controlled has just been launched.
Butchers onboard promoting Aussie pork
From 10 April 2009, butchers across Australia will help consumers more clearly identify home-grown, fresh Australian pork.
