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World Nutrition Forum: Exploring Sustain:ability and Limits to Growth

Author and sought-after expert in climate issues, energy and scenario modeling, Professor Jorgen Randers will set the tone for discussions on the planet’s sustain:ability and what this means for the future of agriculture and livestock.

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Russia bans the imports of food and agriculture products from several countries

These measures involve the EU, US, Canada, Norway and Australia, and will extend for a year.

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Lithuania: new outbreak of ASF in a backyard farm

A dead pig (a 5-month-old male showing clinical signs similar to African swine fever) was delivered to the National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute from a backyard farm (with 2 pigs).

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Latvia confirms 22 new ASF outbreaks

The OIE has informed about the confirmation of a total of 22 new ASF outbreaks in Latvia that affect both wild boars and domestic pigs.

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Clavijo named to PIC Technical Services Team

PIC is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Maria Jose Clavijo to the Technical Services Team as a Technical Services Specialist.

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Netherland: NVWA found no traces of the banned antibiotic furazolidone in pigs

Las 97 granjas porcinas bajo sospecha han sido liberadas.

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European Union: emergency consignment of Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine to Algeria and Tunisia

The European Commission is sending, as an emergency response, a total of 1.1 million doses of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccines to the Algerian and Tunisian authorities.

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PEDv hitting Japanese pig producers hard

The number of PEDv cases in the country since the first outbreak in October has reached more than 800, this is around 15% of all pig farms.

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France: drop in the production of feeds

During the first 5 months of 2014, the production of feeds has dropped by 1.4%.

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United Kingdom: Country of origin of foods study published

The study examined 96 food samples (beef, pork, lamb, apple juice, tomatoes and honey) claimed to be from the UK, or from the Republic of Ireland.

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United States: APHIS is proposing to amend the regulations governing importation of pork from Mexico

Under this proposed rule, such pork and pork products would have to be derived from swine raised on farms meeting stringent sanitary and biosecurity requirements.

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EFSA: Maintaining the cold chain during storage and transport of meat

The maintenance of the cold chain is one of the main principles and basic requirements of the EU legislation on food hygiene.

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United Kingdom: since 2010 there has been an improvement in the FCR

According to DEFRA, following improvements during the early 1990s, the FCR for the pig fattening herd increased (i.e. more feed required per unit increase in pig weight), albeit with some fluctuations, particularly in recent years.

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Mexico: the national campaign against Classical Swine Fever ends

The cancelation of the NOM-037-ZOO-1995 norm is due to the fact that on 30 January 2009, the whole of the Mexican territory was declared free of the CSF virus.

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Baltic agricultural ministers meet to draw up swine fever battle plan

Yesterday in Vilnius, Baltic agriculture ministers discussed the spread of African swine fever and decided to draft an action plan by August 15 and putting in a request to the European Commission for funding.

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Mérieux Développement becomes a shareholder of Ceva Santé Animale

Ceva Santé Animale announces the arrival of a new shareholder, Mérieux Développement, the investment company of Institut Mérieux.