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The health authorities of US have given the green light to the abattoir Fipso and to the company Delpeyrat.

Organic animal production remains limited in comparison with the total animal production in the EU (about 1%).

The new requirements effectively call for a certificate from the point of origin - in the case of U.S. shipments, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - guaranteeing that the shipment is free of the biotech trait.

The NVWA has closed off the cattle and pig farms on which the contaminated feeds have been found.

The proposed system is a phylogenetic classification system, distinguishing clusters of viruses that share common genetic characteristics.

The Chinese pork import market strengthened in the first half of the year, with volumes up by 9% compared with the same period a year earlier.

Especially in the exporting countries impacted by the porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDv), hog and pork prices will continue to break records in the remainder of Q3 and into Q4.

The South Korean veterinary authorities have confirmed, for the first time since April 2011, a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak on a pig farm.

A total of 19,411 pigs of different ages are kept in this farm.

The total consumption of veterinary antibiotics (in farm animals and pets), expressed in terms of tonnes of active ingredients, dropped by 6.6% between 2012 and 2013.

The EU reiterated its concern expressed at the 10 July 2014 DSB meeting regarding Russia’s EU-wide restriction against imports of live pigs, pork and other pig products.

The procedure for the presentation and the evaluation of the projects will be simplified, with a maximum of 3 months between the approval and the signing of the contract.

Since further use of Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30068) and Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30044) as feed additives may cause a risk to human and animal health, those feed additives should be withdrawn from the market as soon as possible.