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The North American Meat Institute released new industry-wide “Food Safety Equipment Design Principles” for all equipment used in meat and poultry establishments to address food safety hazards.

In June, price quotations for all meats represented index rose, according to the FAO Meat Price Index.

The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook for 2021-2030 provides insight on global pigmeat production, and consumption for the next ten years.

In 2020 consumption of organic products rose by 14% in Flanders and organic hog production saw a significant increase.

Since Colombia has recovered its FMD-free status with vaccination, Peru has lifted restrictions on pork.

From January to May of this year, pork imports have increased by 65%.

In the first trimester of 2021, 22,000 tons of pork were shipped. This amounted to 43% of all imports of pork in the country.

The Commission’s Animal Welfare Platform recommends the establishment of a voluntary labelling scheme at EU-level.

The pork trade balance was again positive in 2020, both in volume and value. The trade surplus was US$ 4.03 million, while in 2019 there was a trade deficit of US$ 47.3 million.

Food and feed trade associations, hauliers, farmers and veterinary and environmental health professional organisations have joined together to propose an urgent new veterinary agreement and streamlined processes to resolve restrictions to exports to the EU, Britain’s largest trading partner.