European Union: new European Community quality regulation for food and agricultural products
This regulation, that will come into force next January 3rd 2013, gathers in a single legal document the different European quality regimes.
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Brazil: increase in pig production
According to the data published by the ABIPECS, the production has reached 3.49 million tons, which entails an increase by 2.5% with respect to year 2011.
FAO and ACP Countries agree strategic partnership
Specific areas for collaboration under the FAO-ACP agreement will include promotion of food security; promotion of sustainable intensification of crop and livestock.
Alltech’s North American Lecture Tour challenges industry to ‘Stay Curious’
The 23- stop tour, taking place from Feb.12- March 1, will encourage attendees to stretch beyond conventional practices and explore how the latest technological developments can move the agriculture industry forward today.
China strives to foster 100 agricultural mega-firms
China will strive to foster 100 agricultural companies with annual sales exceeding 10 billion yuan (1.59 billion U.S. dollars) in the next three to five years.
Latvia: six new outbreaks of classical swine fever in wild boars
Totally 20 wild boars were detected seropositive with Ab ELISA test.
UE: new decrease in pig meat exports
The total amount of the exports between January and October of the present year has been 2,595,097 tons, which means a reduction by 2.9%.
Frost, PLLC and FACTA, LLC join forces to offer animal welfare auditing and assurance
Frost, PLLC, a leading national accounting firm in animal agriculture, and FACTA, LLC, an established animal welfare audit firm, have united to offer farm animal welfare auditing and assurance services to animal producers and food processors.
China's grain output grows for ninth consecutive year
China's grain output rose 3.2 percent year on year to hit 589.57 million tonnes in 2012, marking the ninth consecutive year of growth.
Argentina will reduce by 25% the wheat exportable surplus
The initial quota that the Government had set at 6 million tons last June will be reduced by 1.5 million tons, staying as 4.5 million tons.
EU trade agreement with Singapore
Singapore will introduce a new register for regionally-specific and recognised foodstuffs, wines and spirits, known as Geographical Indications.
USA: October pork exports set new monthly record
Export value exceeded $600 million for the first time, breaking the previous high ($597.85 million).
Cargill to invest US $20 million to support animal nutrition in sub Saharan Africa
Cargill’s animal nutrition and premix business, Provimi, has announced an investment of around U.S. $20 million in South Africa.
Air filtration expected to be a game changer in protecting swine from disease
The Quebec based Swine Development Centre or CDPQ, in partnership with the Saskatchewan based Prairie Swine Centre, is coordinating five Canadian Swine Health Board projects involving veterinarians and engineers from across Canada, aimed at improving the protection of Canadian swine farms from disease through the use of air filtration.
Norsvin's Polska integrated into TOPIGS
Norsvin and TOPIGS have integrated their activities in Poland.
China to enhance food, water safety
In 2012, China published 88 new standards on food safety and expanded the monitoring network on chemical contaminants and pathogenic microorganisms in food.