Spain: Detection of Trichinella pseudospiralis in wild boar meat
This is the first time this species of Trichinella is detected in Spain.
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Panama: implementation of the pork apportionment according to the CPT with US
The assigned quota was 2,200 tonnes. The amount requested during the opening on January 2nd was 2,678 tonnes.
Colombia allows the entrance of Spanish cured ham inside the luggage
The passengers of international flights that arrive in Colombia will be able to bring shoulders and hams (cooked or cured bone-in) from Spain.
China: selling unclean pork
Chinese police have busted 11 groups suspected of selling pork from pigs died of diseases in a crackdown on food safety crimes, arresting more than 110 suspects.
Cargill kicks off 150th anniversary year
Company launches website recounting its history
Brazil: agricultural GDP reached 1.1 trillion reais
Last year, 2014, the agribusiness Gross Domestic Product (GDP) accounted for between 22.0% and 23.0% of the total GDP of the Brazilian economy, amounting to 1.1 trillion reais approximately.
State of ASF in the EU, Ukraine and Russia in 2014
During year 2014, 254 outbreaks were confirmed in the EU: 214 in wild boars and 40 in domestic pigs.
Ukraine reports an outbreak of classical swine fever
3 positive results for classical swine fever were found.
FAO food price index drops in December
2014 is third consecutive year of falling prices as all commodity groups except for meat decline.
European Commission publishes TTIP legal texts as part of transparency initiative
The eight EU textual proposals cover competition, food safety and animal and plant health, customs issues, technical barriers to trade, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...
IDT provides a new insight in the differential diagnostic and solution of the neonatal diarrhoea
A wide differential diagnostic can be the key for the resolution of this pathology, that decrease the productions of the farm due to the mortality, the reduction of daily gain, and the multiple measures necessary for its control.
Mexico: seventh largest producer of animal protein in the world
Mexico is the tenth largest producer of pork, with an annual output of 1.2 million tons.
Brazil: Kátia Abreu, new Minister of Agriculture
Ms. Kátia Abreu is, since last Monday, 5 January, the new Minister of Agriculture of Brazil.
Denmark: new strategy against MRSA
Last December, the Danish Swine Investigations Centre (Videncenter for Svineproduktion; VSP) launched a strategic plan to control the spreading of the MRSA CC398.
European Union: Re-opening of the US market for imports of EU beef from January 2015
This re-opening of the market is a welcome first step to abolish the disproportionate and unjustified US ban that followed the BSE crisis of the 1990's.
Canada: Government supports new animal health control strategies
The research will target Brachyspira hampsonii, a recently discovered bacterium that causes diarrhea and colitis in pigs.