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In 2009, the annual per capita consumption of pork increased from 8,9 kilograms in 2004 to 11.6 Kilograms, 33% more, in Costa Rica. Last year was the best of the last five years.

Several top veterinary schools and research institutes in the United States and the United Kingdom have joined Chinese government departments to form an organisation to advance veterinary education and practices in the country, according to an official source in China. The China Veterinary Collaboration will work closely with local organisations, academia and industry leaders to bring the country's veterinary standards up to world levels.

Analyst from Robo Bank believed that China will become the largest corn importer within 5 years, representing an import amount of 25 million tons, while the number this year was only 1.3 million tons.

The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that first began in North Gyeongsang Province late last month is now spreading to north of Seoul.

The European Commission welcomes the announcement made earlier this week that several main actors in the pig meat chain have agreed on a plan to voluntarily end the surgical castration of pigs in Europe by 1 January 2018.

African swine fever was registered in the territory of Bataisk for the first time.

An independent advisory group on reducing the risk and cost of animal disease and improving the welfare of kept animals today published its recommendations to Ministers.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that it will conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the rule on livestock and poultry production and marketing proposed by the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.

According to the information that came from the Territorial Administration of the Rosselkhoznadzor for the Krasnodarskiy Krai and the Republic of Adygeya, the ASF positive result was obtained in the Kropotkinskaya regional veterinary laboratory in the course of examination of a blood serum samples taken from diseased pigs kept in a personal subsidiary plot in the settlement Staroscherbinovskaya, the Scherbinovskiy Rayon, the Krasnnodarskiy Krai. The diagnosis was confirmed by the GSI ARRIVV&M on December 9, 2010.

Grain futures in Chicago fell after the government unexpectedly raised its estimate for 2011 U.S. corn supplies amid higher imports and record production in Canada.

According to the German Farmers Association, the German meat industry with its 84.300 employees has increased its revenue by 2% to € 33.5 bn in 2009 of which € 7.3 bn or 22 % were achieved through exports.

Tanzania has reported an outbreak of African swine fever in its southwest region of Mbeya, the Director of Veterinary Services, W.C.H Mleche, confirmed to OIE.

The Rosselkhoznadzor imposed temporary restrictions on import of live pigs, boar semen, pork and raw porcine meat products as well as non-heat-treated porcine products from the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques from December 7, 2010 due to occurrence of Aujeszky’s disease in this department.

Statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics on 3 December 2010 show that China’s grain output this year increase by 2.9% to 546.41 million tons, making 2010 the seventh consecutive year of higher output.

The fifth food defense plan survey was conducted August 2010. The universe of facilities surveyed was expanded in 2010 to include not only meat and poultry slaughter and processing establishments, but also processed egg products plants and official import inspection establishments. Overall, 74% of all establishments surveyed have a functional food defense plan (up from 62% in 2009).

Canada’s Economic Action Plan is delivering real results for hog farmers and meat processors in Saskatchewan. Member of Parliament Ray Boughen (Palliser) announced an investment of more than $1.7 million to Donald’s Fine Foods for the refurbishing of its facility in Moose Jaw.