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Vietnam has started a pilot project on genetically modified corn cultivation in a move to reduce dependency on corn imports for local feed manufacturing.

Swine closing inventories for CY 2011 are forecast at 2.5 million head, up on the 2.45 million head estimated for CY 2010. Closing inventory for CY 2009 has been revised upwards from 2.3 million head to 2.302 million head, in line with recently released official ABS statistics.

The Belgian delegation informed the ministers about the organisation of a reflection day on “The pig meat sector towards 2020”, which will take place on 3 December 2010 in the Flemish Parliament in Brussels.

Agriculture Assistant Secretary for Livestock, Davinio Catbagan and Acting Executive Director of the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) Atty. Jane Bacayo sign a Memorandum of Agreement on the Meat Establishment Improvement Program along with mayors of recipient municipalities on October 18, 2010.

Russia plans to resume exporting flour on January 1, 2011, but a larger ban on exporting wheat, barley, rye and corn has been extended through next June, the state-run RIA-Novosti news agency reported Monday.

Following a request European Commission, the Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ) was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on safety and efficacy of using recycled hot water as a decontamination technique for meat carcasses. The Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM Panel) was asked to assess the abiotic risks.

In the 2nd quarter of 2010, 136 593 tonnes of meat were produced and 585 478 thousand litres of milk were purchased; i.e. a decrease in both meat production (by 3.4 %) and milk collection (by 2.4 %) y-o-y. The production declined in all of main kinds of meat: in beef, pig meat, and poultry (by 1.4 %, 4.6 %, and 2.3 %, respectively).

Production response to increasing demand for pork in Vietnam has led to the emergence of more complex pork value chains that involve new and different types of actors. Recent developments in agri-food restructuring also bring modern retail outlets to prominence.

The National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) is eyeing to upgrade 12 slaughterhouse facilities in the country.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received an immediate notification about an outbreak of classical swine fever in Chad.

Recovering from a 12% drop in 2009, pork trade grows by 2.8% (122 tmt) annually in the next decade, reaching 5.52 mmt in 2019. Pork production increases in the next decade at a rate of 1.9% (1.85 mmt), reaching 115.46 mmt in 2019.