Vietnam: largest seizure of illegal feed additive
Vietnamese officials have seized 2.5 million tonnes of illegal agents used for stimulating growth and lean meat production in pigs and cattle.
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Russia is considering renegotiating a higher tariff live hogs imports
Russia is considering renegotiating a higher tariff immediately upon joining the WTO in anticipation of increased imports in the second half of 2012.
EFSA and ECDC joint report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic bacteria
Resistance to several antimicrobials was commonly detected in zoonotic bacteria such as Salmonella and Campylobacter which are the main causes of reported food-borne infections in the EU.
Russia: new outbreak of Foot and mouth disease
The outbreak is located 30 km from the border with China.
New board members appointed
Dr. Mary Buhr, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Prairie Swine Centre at the recent annual meeting of the organization.
Pfizer Animal Health continues to invest in the future of veterinarians with announcement of 2012 veterinary scholarship recipients
A total of 1,582 students applied for the scholarship.
Nutreco increases its shareholding in Brazilian joint venture to 97%
Nutreco announced today that it has signed an agreement to increase its shareholding in its Brazilian joint venture Nutreco Fri-Ribe from 51% to 97%.
USA: pork exports maintain hot pace
January pork exports jumped 28 percent in volume and 43 percent in value.
Russia: negative expectations for African swine fever
The Deputy Head’s of VPSS forecast for 2012 was very negative, indicating a new wave of ASF expansion would hit the center of European Russia.
Brazil: consumption pork on the rise
Per capita consumption of pork last year was 15.1 kg.
France: decline in pig production in 2011
According to Agreste there were a total of 25,200,000 animals, down by 1% compared with 2010.
FAO: increase in pork prices
Prices of pig meat gained 3.4 percent.
China signs Memorandums of Understanding on Animal Health Cooperation
The Memorandums identified areas of cooperation in animal health between China and Laos and Vietnam.
Korea: 2012 hog production is forecast to increase
2012 hog production is forecast to increase 5 percent year-on-year.
USA: USDA proposes to add pork, DDG to export sales reports
Under this proposed rule, all exporters of U.S. pork and DDG would be required to report on a weekly basis.
Canada: funding increase to help pig producers invest in technology to protect water resources
Increased funding under the Manure Management Financial Assistance Program will help pig producers access more funding to help with the cost of installing manure-management and treatment systems.