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Commissioner Dalli gave a speech on 17 January 2011 in the EP plenary in Strasbourg. In the speech the Commissioner gives an overview of the contamination incident, highlighting the good co-operation between the Commission and the German authorities and providing an outlook on the measures which could be envisaged at EU level to further improve the EU feed and food safety system.

For those communities throughout Queensland that have been impacted by flooding in recent months, as well as those communities who continue to suffer from flood damage, financial assistance is available through QRAA (formerly Queensland Rural Adjustment Authority) for primary producers and small businesses. QRAA is a statutory authority of the Queensland Government established under the Rural and Regional Adjustment Act 1994 (the Act).

Following a request from the European Commission (EC), the Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ) was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the revision of the Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) risk posed by Processed Animal Proteins (PAPs)[1].

Results of laboratory testing on eggs, poultry and pork that had been imported from Germany and raised concerns over possible dioxin contamination are negative, said Zsolt Simon, the Agriculture and Rural Development Minister.

Videoconference Devoted to Eradication of New ASF Outbreaks in the Territory of the Russian Federation Held at the Initiative of Elena Skrynnik, RF Minister of Agriculture.

After several hours of intense discussion and deliberation, the swine subcommittee for the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board decided to remove an exemption in its recommendations, that would have allowed existing swine producers to expand their stall-based facilities beyond 2025.

A total of 5,334 pig submissions were received by VLA/SAC during 2009, down from 5,761 in 2008 and 6,176 in 2007. Diagnostic pig submissions however (which generate the bulk of Salmonella incidents in pigs) actually rose by a fifth from 1,490 in 2008 to 1,797 during 2009.

Blood samples of animals in the village of Rezovo, Burgas region, have tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).

Germany's dioxin scare spread as 934 farms in four states were closed after receiving dioxin-laced animal feed.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) last week warned that food prices for basic commodities hit record highs last month, fuelling fears of inflation, protectionism, unrest and reduced demand from emerging economies.

According to the information provided by Russian State Statistics Committee as of December 1, 2010, the population of pigs totaled 18 million which is 1.6% (0.3 million) less compared with December 1, 2009.

During the 11th Five-Year Plan period, the central government has spent 21.2 billion yuan on the development of biogas in rural areas.

In the last nine to ten months Turkey has reported over 1,100 outbreaks of FMD in all regions on the Asian (Anatolia) side of the country, many of them identified as FMD strain O.

Belarus has imposed a ban on the import of pork from Leningrad Oblast of Russia after an outbreak of African swine fever in the region.

An agreement signed by the French pig meat industry on 15th December stipulates that from now on for fresh meat and offal and before 31st March 2011 for processed products, the country of origin will appear on labels of fresh pig meat and offal and pig meat products.