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The Scottish pig industry and Quality Meat Scotland are taking action to promote high health status in the national pig herd and avoid thousands of pounds of losses through disease introduction.

The Commission proposed to confer to Member States the freedom to allow, restrict or ban the cultivation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) on part or all of their territory.

The Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), by means of the Food Technology Plant (CERPTA) and the José Eduardo Dos Santos de University of Angola will create there the first center for technological research and agrifoods transfer in Africa.

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Sitaheng Rasphon has banned the import of pigs and pork products from neighbouring countries after an outbreak of blue ear disease on nine Vientiane farms.

Agriculture and Food Minister Jim Paice set out how the new Task Force on Farming Regulation will work to reduce the bureaucratic burdens that English farmers and food producers face.

On June 22 representatives from different animal producers associations, as well as veterinarians, presented a text project to revise the Rural Code approved last week by parliament members under the Law for the modernization of agriculture and fishing.

The establishment of a contaminants laboratory at the Food Development Center (FDC) of the National Food Authority in Taguig City is expected to raise confidence for the country's agricultural, fisheries and animal foods and food products in the international market.

In the last year in the EU-27, a total of 22.6 million tons of pigmeat was produced. Germany takes first place with 24% of the total, followed by Spain (14%), France (9%), Poland (7%), Denmark (7%), Italy (7%) y Holland (6%).

The veterinary authorities of Laos have informed the OIE about the first-time appearance of PRRS on pork farms in the country.

The House Appropriations Subcommittee has completed its fiscal 2011 budget and has cut all funding for the voluntary National Animal Identification System. The subcommittee is charged with budgeting for USDA and the Food and Drug Administration programs.

Clearer rules and cleaner air are among the aims of the Industrial Emissions Directive approved by the European Parliament on Wednesday. Stricter limits will apply for air pollution for example, although Member States will have some flexibility to extend deadlines for power plants or waive the rules for other installations in special cases.