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The New Zealand high court has stopped the importation of raw pork that pig farmers fear could infect animals in NZ with a disease that kills unborn and young pigs.

New regulations will be implemented to stop pig farmers from sending livestock to illegal abattoirs, resulting in low quality pork, said Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Chua Tee Yong.

Increased production of meat, which is observed in the current year, has caused a reduction in imports of pork and poultry by 50 percent, which led to a rapid increase in exports of these products.

Due to technical adaptations and the fact that a change in the Dutch pig population is foreseen as castrated males are expected to be absent in the near future, the Netherlands has requested the Commission to authorise three methods for grading pig carcasses on its territory...

At its open meeting in Belfast, the Food Standards Agency Board discussed future charging for official controls on meat. Board confirmed its view that: it is not a function of the FSA to subsidise industry and if a continuing subsidy is to be provided it should come from elsewhere, providing the best possible protection for consumers from food risk should not be based on economic circumstances or the ability of an industry to pay.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the brucellosis regulations concerning the interstate movement of swine by adding Texas to the list of validated brucellosis-free states.

Since the beginning of this year a program on measures for restricting and liquidating nitrate pollution from agricultural sources in vulnerable zones came into force. Application period is from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2014 The program is compulsory for all farmers of nitrate vulnerable zones in the country.

A new incentive program is being offered to Saskatchewan's pork producers to encourage the adoption of needle-free injection technology. Needle-free injectors use a high speed blast of gas to propel veterinary compounds through the skin, replacing the need for needles.

In comparison with the previous month, in March 2011 the slaughter of sheep increased by about 35%, of pigs by almost 32%, of cattle by about 19%, of horses by exactly 16% and of poultry by about 14%.

The Department of Internal Trade (DIT) under the supervision of the Commerce Ministry has adjusted down the recommended prices for eggs by 10 satang per unit and for pork by 5 baht per kilo due to higher production.

Pig farmers in Cameroon's northern parts are at wits end contemplating their future and survival following a resurgence of the African swine fever. In recent days, entire farms have been wiped out by the disease, eclipsing sources of livelihood for hundreds of farmers in the country's main pork producing hub.

According to the National Comprehensive Agricultural Development Office, the central government has allocated subsidy funds of 1.21 billion yuan in 2011 for 2,473 projects on industrialized operations under the comprehensive agricultural development program with emphasis on the projects on development of bases for protected farming of vegetables and other crops and those for livestock and poultry farming and aquaculture, and processing and preservation of agricultural products.