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United States: additional steps in the inspection of imported Brazilian meat products

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced additional steps to keep the food supply safe for American families in light of the recent investigations of Brazil’s meat industry.

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Hong Kong: ban on all Brazilian meat imports

Hong Kong Government is very concerned about the quality of imported meat and poultry products from Brazil.

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Germany: increase in the number of farmers that quit production

The most important drop was that of pig farmers, with a decrease by 18%.

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Uruguay: Creation of the Food Harmlessness Research Coordination Committee

Its goal will be to drive, coordinate, supervise and carry out the monitoring of the activities related to the research regarding the animal and plant food harmlessness.

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Germany: main abattoirs in 2016

The 10 main German abattoirs increased their slaughtering capacity by 2.3% with respect to 2015.

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Spain is the third provider of pork to China

Spain is, once more, the third provider of pork to China, after the USA and Germany, and ahead of Denmark.

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European Union: African swine fever spreading slowly

African swine fever is spreading slowly in the Baltic countries and Poland, according to the latest epidemiological data analysed by these Member States and EFSA.

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With topics covering nutrient delivery systems and remodeling pig barns to quantity versus quality efficiencies and global pork consumption, ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference will give pork producers real-life solutions.

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ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference will disrupt the swine industry norm, provide innovative solutions for producers

The three-day conference will bring together industry experts from across the globe to share insights and solutions to today’s most pressing issues within agriculture.

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Temporary closure of several markets to Brazilian meat imports

After the “Carne Fraca” police operation, several markets will not import Brazilian meat until accurate information from the Brazilian authorities is received.

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The Alltech 37+® mycotoxin analytical services laboratory in Dunboyne, County Meath, Ireland, has been accredited in accordance with the international standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005 from Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation, Inc. The European laboratory provides much-needed, high-throughput mycotoxin profiling services to accelerate the detection process while saving time and money for European farmers and food producers.

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ISO accreditation awarded to Alltech’s European mycotoxin laboratory

This objective, third-party assessment distinguishes the managerial and technical requirements of the lab and ensures the accuracy and impartiality of analytical results.

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Makeway Ltd. appoints new Business Development Manager

Ronan Murphy brings a wealth of experience to the role having successfully developed animal breeding businesses in the both the porcine and equine industries.

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Brazil: police operation against the sales of fraudulent meat and meat products

Last Friday, the police operation “Carne Fraca” was launched. It involves, presumably, federal health inspectors and food industries entrepreneurs.

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MSD Animal Health Names 2017 High Quality Pork Ph.D. Award Recipient

It has bestowed the 2017 High Quality Pork Ph.D. Award on Andreia Goncalves Arruda of The Ohio State University.

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Merck Animal Health Aids Communities in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado Impacted by Wildfires

Merck will donate $20,000 to help support communities impacted by the fires. The Kansas Livestock Foundation, Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Foundation, the Working Ranch Cowboys Association (TX) and Colorado Farm Bureau Foundation Disaster Relief Fund will each receive $5,000 to assist in the recovery and rebuilding efforts.

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Re-examination of the CVMP opinion for veterinary medicinal products containing zinc oxide

The EMA Veterinary Committee has reached a final conclusion that the benefit:risk balance for veterinary medicines containing zinc oxide is negative and that this class of products should be withdrawn.

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Interpig 2015: generalised drop in production costs

Among all the countries that make up in the InterPIG group, all except the USA, the UK and Canada showed a drop in production costs in comparison with 2014.