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The Commission welcomes the recent move by the US to recognise the EU regionalisation system put in place to contain the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF), a disease affecting pigs and wild boar.

Exports of piglets to Germany, Poland and other EU markets continued on an upward trajectory, rising from 6.5 to 7.2 million head in January to July 2015.

According to a FAS biannual report "Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade", pork global production is forecast virtually unchanged at 112.0 million tons on marginal expansion by most countries.

A new interactive database is launched allowing users to access the specific ESVAC data they are interested in (specific country, sales of a particular class of antibiotic and create charts, maps or graphs...).

The recommendation was approved by 47 votes to 3, with 5 abstentions. It will be put to a plenary vote at the 26-29 October plenary session in Strasbourg.

According to this report, sales of antibiotics in animals in Europe have decreased by approximately 8% between 2011 and 2013.

According to the FAO Food Outlook, world meat production is anticipated to record a modest 1.1 percent expansion in 2015, to 318.8 million tonnes.

Stéphane LE FOLL and Matthias FEKL have launched the trading platform for the exportation of French meat (SAS «France Viande Export»).

The Commission proposes that European farmers receive emergency support of an additional €700 million compared to the draft budget proposed in May.

Two buyers, SA Bernard and SA Charles (Jean Floc'h group) did not attend the meeting.

California is the first state in the nation to restrict the use of antibiotics in healthy farm animals.

In 2016 European producers will benefit from programmes worth €111 million to find new markets and promote consumption outside and inside the EU.