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Two zones in Paraguay fulfil the requirements of the Terrestrial Code to regain their status with effect from 1 November 2013 of “ FMD free zone where vaccination is practised”.

Thanks to the new law, the Brazilian government will have more room for manoeuvre in case of animal health emergencies.

€ 35 million EU support for the promotion of agricultural products in the European Union and in third countries.

According to Eurostat, poultry meat aside, production of other meat categories was lower in 2012 than in 2011: pig meat production for the EU‑27 declined by 2.1%.

The Vice-Minister of Stockbreeding, Dr. Luis Antonio Goiburú Vera, declared than a Pig Production National Plan must be prepared in Paraguay.

The outbreak is located in Parakou (Parakou), at the same location than in 2005.

Commission asks Council to agree on its proposal to grant Member States more subsidiarity on GMO cultivation.

Brazil exported 81,565 tonnes of pig meat in 1998, whilst in 2012 it exported 581,477 tonnes - an increase by more than 600%.

The OIE has notified 5 new PRRS outbreaks.

Rural development funds were split between three axes.

Pork production totaled 1.84 billion pounds, down 4 percent from the previous year.

Productivity gains should mean that slaughterings resume their upward trend as 2014 progresses, with throughputs for the year as a whole forecast to be 2% up on 2013.