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Mexican authorities notified the MAGRAMA the animal health requirements for pork imports from Spain.

Member States should, with the active involvement of feed business operators, perform monitoring for the presence of Ni in feed.

During 2015, Spain exported pork amounting €4,087.19 million, France being the main destination followed by Portugal, Italy and China.

Brazilian exports of pork (all products considered) amounted to 61,322 tonnes in June, 29.5% more than the same period last year. 

If the federal bill passes, it would give companies the choice of labeling the existence of GMOs through different ways.

The ABPA foresees a decrease in the foretold growth for the Brazilian pig production. The current forecasts show a production of 3.64 million tonnes, the same volume as in 2015.  

Agri-food exports reached €129 billion in 2015, more than 7 % of all goods exported from the EU.

In less than two months, antibiotic data for over 1.2m pigs has already been contributed by pig producers to the British pig industry’s new on-line medicine book.

Pigmeat production will also grow after 2016, driven by China, where herd size is expected to stabilise after years of substantial reductions (a drop of 25 million pigs between 2012 and 2015).

An old technology that uses natural bacteria predators, called bacteriophages, is the focus of new research at the University of Nevada, Reno. The technique is being used to reduce salmonella bacteria in meat products.

The aim of the Meat Market Observatory is to provide the EU beaf & veal and pigmeat sector with more transparency by means of disseminating market data and short-term analysis in a timely manner.

According to AHDB Pork, export volumes of fresh/frozen pork from the Netherlands were down in the first quarter of 2016, by 8%, to 185 thousand tonnes.

As a result, global cereal stocks by the end of farming season in 2017 are expected to stand at 635 million tonnes, 1.5 percent below their opening level.