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In signing the Peru – Mexico Comercial Integration Agreement, the Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishing and Food, Francisco Mayorga Castañeda from México and his Peruvian counterpart, Rafael Quevedo Flores, agreed on the mutual importance of the agreement which will reactivate the commercial Exchange of complementary products, in a setting where the sectors small and midsized business can potentially participate and grow.

In a meeting held last Monday, April 11th in Beijing, the Chinese Minister of the Quality, Inspection and Quarantine , Zhi Shuping, informed the Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Wagner Rossi, of the initial approval of three Brazilian meat processing plants to export pork to China. The approval comes only 5 months after the Chinese mission to Brazil to inspect 13 slaughterhouses.

The number of pigs raised in South Korea plunged due to the massive slaughter of livestock affected by nationwide outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a report showed Thursday.

The All-Russia Research Institute of Veterinary Virology and Microbiology tested pathological material taken from pigs found dead in the private holding in closed administrative-territorial unit Mirny, Plesetsky Rayon, the Arkhangelsk Oblast.

As the price of pork rises, Koreans are giving up their beloved pork belly to seek alternative cuts and sources of protein.

The Cabinet of Ministers extended the quotas of exportation of grain crops until July 1, Agrarian Policy and Food Supplies Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk has told journalists.

On 7 April 2011, the Bulgarian authorities informed the Commission about the confirmation of a new FMD outbreak (outbreak 11) in domestic animals in Sredets municipality.

EFSA’s scientific experts have updated scientific advice on the safety of irradiation of food – a process which can be used to destroy bacteria that cause food poisoning. In its comprehensive advice to EU policy makers, EFSA’s BIOHAZ Panel looked at the efficacy and microbiological safety of the process, and EFSA’s CEF Panel looked at possible risks arising from the formation of several chemical substances as a result of food irradiation.

The FAO Food Price Index has dropped for the first time after eight months of continuous price spikes. The Index averaged 230 points in March 2011, down 2.9 percent from its peak in February, but still 37 percent above March of last year.

According to information submitted to the OIE by Dr Zhang Zhongqui, Director General , China Animal Disease Control Centre, a new outbreak of FMD has been confirmed in Jing Xiang village (GUIZHOU).

Due to the occurrence of a new outbreak of ASF in Murmansk Oblast (Russia), Belarus Ministry of Agriculture has introduced a temporary ban on the import of pork from Murmansk Oblast.

The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board hopes to begin testing swine herds in western Canada for PRRS-Free Herd Certification within the next few months.

The European Commission has granted clearance under the EU Merger Regulation to the acquisition by E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company ("DuPont", USA) of Danisco A/S ("Danisco", Denmark).