USDA/FDA: Formal agreement to regulate cell-cultured meat
USDA and FDA announce a formal agreement to regulate cell-cultured food products from cell lines of livestock and poultry.
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The role of international trade and travel in the transboundary spread of pig diseases
As globalization increases the interconnectedness between nations, economies, and industries, the introduction of diseases will continue to remain a prominent threat to the livestock sector and the trade of animals and animal products, as well as the livelihoods of farmers, food security and public health.
APRIL Industry Placement Program starts at Rivalea and SunPork
The APRIL IPP program places graduates with employers able to give them hands-on experience, with specialist mentors, on-farm and in production.
Food supply chain: Parliament's support to ban unfair trading practices
The European Parliament voted on a new set of EU rules that will ensure protection of 100% of European farmers as well as small and mid-range suppliers against unfair trading practices in the food supply chain.
Evonik launches new fast and reliable test for raw material quality
Up to now, the industry has lacked reliable tests to judge the quality of corn DDGS during the process of raw material reception.
Lallemand will double TITAN microencapsulated yeast production capacity by year end
Significant investment in facilities help meet customer demand.
Vietnam: ASF spreads quickly in the densest region in the country
46 new ASF outbreaks have been confirmed, 6 of them in 4 new provinces.
Russia: Agriculture doesn't support the food embargo
The initiative of the Federal Customs Service (FCS) to increase the Russian food embargo, established since 2014, didn't have the support of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Brexit: The Irish Government recommends not to stock up veterinary drugs
The Government and the Health Products Regulatory Authority are collaborating to guarantee the continuation of the supply of veterinary drugs and to adopt a policy for solving supply problems before a Brexit without an agreement.
CSF Japan: oral vaccination of wild boars
Gifu and Aichi prefectures established a general assembly meeting and announced plans for the oral vaccination spraying to wild boar.
Fighting antimicrobial resistance: AMR One-Health Network meets today
Today, the EU AMR One-Health Network, chaired by the European Commission, meets in Brussels. Network members include representatives from public health and animal health sides from all 28 EU countries, Commission experts and EU agencies.
AB Vista and research partners to present new swine research at ASAS / ADSA Midwest Meeting
A suite of new presentations and posters showcasing the effects of calcium, xylanase and xylo-oligosaccharides on swine performance is being presented at the ASAS Midwest Section / ADSA Midwest Branch Joint Meeting in Omaha, USA, from 11th to 13th March.
South Korea authorises new Brazilian meat plants
Of the nine plants just authorised, nine produce pork and four fowl.
France: pig production in 2018
Increase in production, decrease in exports and worsening of the trade deficit.
Ukraine: Commercial producers have increased the pig herd
Over the year, a number of ‘industrial’ pigs in Ukraine went up by 2%.
Nitrates: Commission decides to refer Greece to the Court of Justice
In April 2015, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled that Greece violated EU law by failing to protect its waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources. Four years later, the problem is still not fully resolved.