Colombia: the FAO carries out a workshop on the methodology of the disease load due to the FBDs
The goal is to strengthen the national system for the management of the food innocuousness.
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United States: FDA proposes new food safety standards for foodborne illness prevention
These two FSMA rules are part of an integrated reform effort that focuses on prevention and addresses the safety of foods produced domestically and imported.
JSR wins gold in Olympic year
Staff at Southburn-based JSR are celebrating after the company was awarded the prestigious Investors in People Gold Standard.
Thailand to raise feed prices
Animal feed prices in Thailand are likely to increase by 7-8% this year.
Canada expands export opportunities for beef and pork to Nicaragua
For the first time ever, market access conditions have now been established for Canadian pork.
European Union: new quality regulation enters into force
The new regulation simplifies several quality schemes and creates a more robust framework for the protection and promotion of quality agricultural products.
A new software for mineral balance on pig farms: siMMin™
siMMin™ also modelizes the zinc concentration of pig wastes, which is of particular value when they are used as fertilisers.
Danish Crown backs investment in new pig housing
After several years of falling production of pigs for slaughter in Denmark, Danish Crown now plans to help its owners invest in new buildings and in converting sow stalls.
Smithfield Foods global hog production operations moving toward complete conversion to group housing
Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced today that at the end of 2012 it had successfully transitioned 38% of pregnant sows on its company-owned farms in the United States from individual gestation stalls to group housing systems.
Poland, Romania, Italy, Spain, France and Germany have the largest labour forces working in agriculture
Poland (1.9 million AWU) had the largest total farm labour force, followed by Romania (1.6 million), Italy (1.0 million), Spain (0.9 million), France (0.8 million) and Germany (0.5 million).
Canada: Competition Bureau clears Puratone, Big Sky takeovers
The bureau would let Toronto food firm Maple Leaf Foods buy hog producer Puratone Corp. as well as allow Quebec meat packer Olymel to buy Big Sky Farms.
USDA issues final rule for Animal Disease Traceability
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a final rule establishing general regulations for improving the traceability of U.S. livestock moving interstate.
OIE: rising instability together with weak veterinary services pose a threat to world security
The quality of surveillance and response mechanisms for animal diseases varies from country to country, and in our globalized world weaknesses in one country pose a threat to all others.
Emergency summit required on pigmeat imports from illegal systems
EU has banned the use of stalls for sows throughout most of their pregnancy from the beginning of the New Year most European countries are not yet compliant.
ILDEX’s Big Success in Myanmar
The event was first international platform for the livestock and fisheries industries in that country and was well supported by the local livestock and fisheries federations.
VIV aims to strengthen its position in Mexican agricultural growth market
After an initial, quick evaluation of FIGAP / VIV Mexico, VIV plans to tighten its associations with the primary production sectors poultry, pigs and dairy in that country.