United Kingdom: new salmonella control plan
The current meat juice testing for salmonella antibodies will be suspended on 1 July 2012.
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USA: Rhode Island to ban gestation crates for breeding pigs
The bill S.2191/H.7180, legislation that prohibits the extreme confinement of breeding pigs and veal calves in small crates passed the Senate and House.
USA: Farm Bill passes Senate
The Senate approved the bipartisan Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012, S. 3240, also known as the Farm Bill, with a vote of 64-35.
Canada: new funding for Swine Biosecurity Program
This program will assist Saskatchewan pork producers in implementing biosecurity sanitation improvements on their farms.
European Union: draft conclusions on the impact of antimicrobial resistance in the veterinary sector
Member countries must to ascertain whether practices in human and animals healthcare may lead to over-prescription, overuse or misuse of antimicrobials.
Russia: new outbreak of African swine disease
The new outbreak is located in Hamlet Dolgy, Leninsky raion (Volgogradskaya).
Leading companies from all parts of the feed to meat market participate in VIV Russia 2013
From 22 - 24 May 2013 VNU Exhibitions Europe together with ASTI Group will organize VIV Russia 2013, the leading, innovative platform representing all parts of the feed to meat market for pigs and poultry.
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NewsNetherlands: decrease in total sales of antibiotics for therapeutic use in pigs
In the period 2009-2011 the total sales of antibiotics, licensed for therapeutic use in animals in the Netherlands, decreased by nearly 32%.
Mexico and Canada are invited to join the TPP negotiations
President Obama announced today that the United States and the eight other countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement have extended an invitation to Canada and Mexico.
Vietnam to spend USD 432 million to help pig farmers
It will be used for helping 3000 farmers.
China introduces measures to enhance food safety
The State Council, China's Cabinet, laid out measures to improve food safety, including tighter supervision and harsh punishments for violators.
European Union - Animal Welfare: agriculture committee calls for crackdown on offenders
Animal welfare rules must be enforced and offenders must be punished, say agriculture MEPs in a resolution adopted on Tuesday.
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VION to strengthen its Food activities
Food producer VION Food Group has gone through an intensive review of its long-term strategic vision of “Balancing the Future” in recent months. This was triggered by the disappointing results delivered by VION in 2011, and the economic prospects for the years to come.
U.S. Chilled Pork gets celebrity treatment in South Korea
South Korean consumers are glued to their televisions to watch their favorite cooking gurus and learn the latest in trendy cooking techniques and recipes.
FCR TOPIGS finishers improves by 0.07
Pig farms with TOPIGS finishers realised a FCR of 2.55 in 2011. In addition to this the growth per day rose by 5 gram to 811 gram and the meat percentage rose by 0.5%