VION guarantees ‘uncastrated’ pork
VION Food Nederland will be able to supply Dutch retailers with pork from uncastrated animals as of 1 February 2011.
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ARM Buildings: Putting up piggeries in the snow
Despite the recent arctic conditions Staffordshire-based ARM Buildings has been able to continue with the majority of their contracts for new piggeries throughout the UK, reports the company.
China - COFCO expected to produce 6 Million tons of feed within 5 years
During the recent years, COFCO, China's state-owned foodstuffs import and export holding companies, is dedicated to establishing a large comprehensive corporation by investing pig industry. Its reared pigs have arrived more than 40 million, with the consumed feed coming up to 12 million tons. It stated last year that slaughtering pigs in the future will be 30 million per year, which meant a yearly increase of 9 million tons of feed consumption.
Germany – Report on antibiotic resistances in the food chain
The National Reference Laboratories for Salmonella and Antibiotic Resistance at the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) tested Salmonella isolates from diagnostic submissions for antibiotics resistance and assessed them according to epidemiological criteria between 2000 and 2008. The isolates originated mainly from animals and foods but also from feeds and the environment.
Europe harvest 12m tonnes down
This year's European Union cereals harvest was 277m tonnes, a 12m tonne decrease on last year, according to estimates by European farmers union Copa-Cogeca.
Germany - Stock of pigs markedly up by 1.4%
There are some 26.9 million pigs in Germany– this is a result of the livestock survey of 3 November 2010.
European Union - Statement on the use of feed additives authorised/applied for use in feed when supplied via water
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) asked the Panel on Additives and Products or Substances Used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) to produce a statement on the assessment of safety and efficacy of feed additives when used in water.
Thailand - Tariff revenue cuts meat costs
The government plans to use the duty income charged on imported soybean meal to lower the production cost of chicken, pork and eggs so it can cut the retail prices on these items for consumers.The strategy is part of a broader policy to cut the price of some foods and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to reduce the cost of living.
China puts on market pork reserves to ensure adequate supplies
China has put on the market state pork reserves to stabilize prices and ensure adequate supplies during the upcoming New Year Festival, an unnamed official with the Ministry of Commerce said Friday.
USA - Swine premises identification program surpasses 90%
Today 92% of all U.S. swine premises have a nationally standardized premises identification number (PIN), as calculated by the Pork Checkoff using U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data representing 65,907 premises.
Bactocell is authorized as a zootechnical additive for piglets in Europe
Lallemand’s probiotic bacteria officially recognized to enhance feed efficiency and growth performance for piglets
European Union - BfR, DTU and Anses enter into cooperation agreement
On 7 December 2010 the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), the French Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (Anses) and the Food Institute of the Danish Tekniske Universitet (DTU) signed a cooperation agreement. The objective of the German-French-Danish cooperation is to render the joint activities in the field of food safety, also on the European level, even more effective and efficient than in the past.
Canada - Manitoba livestock producers receive feed assistance from Governments of Canada and Manitoba
Manitoba livestock producers facing feed shortages this winter following an extremely wet 2010 growing season will receive feed and transportation assistance from the Governments of Canada and Manitoba. The investment was announced today by the federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Stan Struthers.
Chinese delegates visit East Yorkshire
Staff from Yorkshire based pig breeding company JSR were “honoured” to host a group of business delegates visiting from the Xiangfan province of China. The delegates were visiting the North East to meet with JSR as part of European business trip encouraging investment in the Xiangfan Province.
Germany – Aujeszky’s disease confirmed in dogs
The German veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of Aujeszky's disease affecting dogs in Weimar-Land (Thuringen).
United Kingdom - Real welfare indicators for pigs
BPEX and the University of Bristol are leading a major research project to develop a system of assessing pig welfare using welfare outcomes as indicators. Along with the current welfare ‘inputs’, such as stocking density and pen enrichment, producers will be able to demonstrate welfare from the pig’s perspective.