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The updated measures aim at protecting the EU single market from this serious contagious animal disease. The Commission continues to follow the evolution of the epidemiological situation and adapts the measures accordingly.

The ICEX Spain Exports and Investments has published a report drafted by the Economic and Commercial Office of the Spanish Embassy in Milan on the fresh meat market in Italy.

The shipments to China have dropped by 31% with respect to the same period in 2016.

Tierwohl Initiative is an initiative that implies farms, abattoirs and supermarkets, and whose aim is to offer a better end product quality through the improvement of the animals’ welfare.

Red Tractor pork standards are changing this autumn, with most of the key changes coming in from October 1.

The Agriculture and Livestock Institute of Colombia (ICA) established the requirements for the obtaining of the Health Register number (RSPP) and the Health Entry (ISPP) of farms in all the country.

A website set up to promote responsible use of antibiotics on farms has been updated to provide farmers with a 'one-stop shop' on the subject.

With the aim of identifying, assessing and controlling the hazards related to the use of veterinary drugs and biopharmaceuticals, and to protect the animal life and health, the ICA has established the National Pharmacovigilance System.

Paraguay starts with the serological sampling of pigs within the framework of the CSF control programme.

A new study by FAO and published in Global Food Security found that livestock rely primarily on forages, crop residues and by-products that are not edible to humans and that certain production systems contribute directly to global food security, as they produce more highly valuable nutrients for humans, such as proteins, than they consume.

The WOAH acknowledges that the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak ended in Colombia, so it is expected that in 90 days Colombia will be deemed as a foot-and-mouth disease-free country.