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In its latest plan to advance the agriculture industry, China lays out targets for meat and pork production.

Record pork exports to other key markets offset the decline in China.

A total of 51.8 million pigs were slaughtered in 2021, a 2.9% decrease compared to the previous year. The slaughter of imported pigs was reduced by almost half.

The FAO pig meat price index was up slightly in January.

In France, labeling the origin of meat served in restaurants and catering will become mandatory on March 1, 2022.

Brazil ended 2021 with a total of 1.13 million tons of pork exported, the highest figure ever achieved by Brazilian exporters in a single year.

Pork production in China has reached historically normal levels.

A TIF slaughterhouse will be built in the municipality of Agua Prieta, Sonora, on the border with the United States, which will help boost livestock production in the border region and add value to Mexican livestock.

After years of increases, China reduced its pork imports by 15% in 2021.

This proposal to revise EU rules on the information provided to consumers is part of the EU’s ‘farm-to-fork’ strategy.

The ballot initiative will ban the sale of pork from hogs born to sows housed in pens that don’t comply with Massachusetts’ new standards.

Global pig meat production in 2021 is forecast to exceed the 2018 level, but trade is to remain stable.