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In Q2 2012 the total meat production amounted to 115 113 tonnes (-6.8%), of which 16 379 tonnes (-9.1%) were beef and veal, 59 849 tonnes (-11.1%) were pigmeat.

The Agrifood and Fisheries Information Service (SIAP) explained that in 2011 there were 28.3 million tons of these foods intended for consumption by livestock and pets.

One of the objectives is to promote cooperation on animal husbandry and veterinary services, especially communication on or joint development of key technologies in swine production.

The time it takes to obtain an EU quality label for farm produce from a given geographical area, or produced in a traditional way, could be halved by a regulation endorsed by Parliament on Thursday.

After a pork production slowdown in 2011, production in 2012 is expected to stabilize at 2011 levels.

As derived from the declaration, the entire territory of the State of Tabasco will now enjoy the status of being an Aujeszky's disease-free zone.

The cases now flaring up in Russia, Ukraine and other countries in the Caucasus have their origins in a 2007 outbreak in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, where the virus gained a foothold after being imported from Africa.

This decision is of great importance as Jalisco, along with Sonora, are the main producers of pork in the country, with about 45 percent of national production.

The latest outbreak is located in Novonickolayevskaya (Krasnodarskiy) with 3362 susceptible animals.

In recent days two of Canada's largest pork producers, Humboldt, Saskatchewan based Big Sky Farms and Niverville, Manitoba based Puratone, have filed for bankruptcy protection citing high feed costs due to drought in the U.S. coupled with low hog prices.