Finland: Expanding opportunities to export pork to China
Finland and China renewed their bilateral agreement on the export of pork during Chinese Deputy Minister of Customs Hu Wei’s visit to Helsinki on 18 September.
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New memorandum of understanding between the Australian and Chinese meat industries
Australia’s Minister for Agriculture Bridget McKenzie welcomed the finalisation of a new memorandum of understanding between the Australian and Chinese meat industries.
Effect of lecithin and L-carnitine supplementation on pigs’ fatty acid composition and lipid-metabolic gene expression
Lecithin alone or combined with L-carnitine produces contrary effects on PUFA fat content.
HKScan builds a new Agrofood ecosystem as a next development step of contract production with meat producers
The new Agrofood ecosystem is a significant step towards more sustainable food production.
Pork leads the Brazilian agricultural and livestock growth forecasts
According to the forecasts of the Ministry of Agriculture of Brazil, the agriculture and livestock products with a greater dynamism in the next decade will be pork, soybean, cotton, cellulose, maize, chicken, milk and sugar.
China authorises new Brazilian plants to export meat
With the new authorisation, Brazil has 11 pork plants authorised to export to China.
Global food consumption growth and changes in consumer preferences
Income growth and changes in consumer preferences have resulted in a consumption increase of products of higher value (such as meat and dairy products) in emerging economies.
China to invest in live pig industry
The investment will focus on upgrading and rebuilding the pig farms.
China: fiscal measures to increase hog production
China has decided to strengthen its fiscal policies in a move to facilitate hog production and guarantee stable pork supply, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF).
Germany approves a new state and voluntary label in favour of animal health
The federal government has agreed on the introduction of a state and uniform label in favour of animal health to tag animal-derived food. The Bill on the labelling in favour of animal welfare was approved last September 4th, and it would regulate in a first stage, the labelling of pork.
Rules to calculate and to migate the environmental performance of the red meat
The European Livestock and Meat Trades Union (UECBV) has developed a document with the aim of creating a comprehensive and harmonised scientific methodology that can be used by the industry stakeholders to calculate the product environmental footprint of red meat and to determine the impact of the red meat supply chain.
The Minister of Agriculture of Denmark opens a pork plant in China
The Minister of Food of Denmark, Mr Mogens Jensen, opened the new Danish Crown plant in China last week.
Influence of an oregano and/or rosemary dietary supplementation on the antioxidant status and immune response in pigs
Oregano and rosemary dietary supplementation modulates immune response and improves polyphenol content in meat.
USDA modernizes swine slaughter inspection for the first time in over 50 years
For the first time in more than five decades, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is modernizing inspection at market hog slaughter establishments with a goal of protecting public health while allowing for food safety innovations.
Spain becomes the first pork exporter to China
Between January and July, pork and pig offal exports from Spain to China reached USD561.4 million. With these figures, Spain is now the first pork and pig offal supplier to China, overtaking Germany.
Mexico/EEUU: joint inspection pilot program for speeding the agriculture and livestock sector exports
The program involves that the shippings having a USA safety certification from the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) cross the Mexican border without inspection.
