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

OIE and ASEAN will further expand regional animal disease control programmes to include African swine fever and classical swine fever.

The province of Batangas is the first in the country to be cleared of African swine fever.

A review of the effectiveness of sampling procedures, monitoring period, and minimum radius of the protection and surveillance zones for FMD.

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.

EFSA has concluded that the additive can no longer be considered safe in animal feed.

New figures show the amount of antibiotic prescribed to treat pigs on UK farms in 2020 fell by 5%.

A tight market outlook for oilseeds is expected for 2020/21 and coarse grains stocks are forecast to fall below opening levels for the fourth consecutive season.

Uncontrolled movement of scavenging stray pigs to blame for the first incidence of ASF in the country.

A third-level warning for an excessive slump in hog prices alerted pig farmers to adjust their plans to stabilize supplies.

New ASF outbreaks in Germany, Poland, and Slovakia prompt redefining and enlarging of restricted zone boundaries.

EFSA experts have assessed the role of food producing environments in the emergence and spread of AMR.