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European Union – Increase in duty for live pig imports to Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan

Since January 1, 2010, the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan has increased the duty on live pigs for slaughter from 5% to 40%. Several member states such as Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Estonia have been regularly sending pigs for slaughter to these three countries.

New development engineer for Farmex

Reading-based Farm Energy and Control specialists, Farmex, has appointed David Dobson as development engineer.

European Union – Results of the first CSF sub-group task force

The Health and Consumers Directorate-General has published the results of the 1st meeting of the classical swine fever (CSF) sub-group of the task force monitoring animal disease eradication.

Ireland - Minister Smith publishes report of Inter-Agency Review Group established to examine the Dioxin Contamination Incident

The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith TD, today published the report of the Inter-Agency Review Group, chaired by Dr Patrick Wall, Associate Professor of Public Health at UCD established to examine the dioxin contamination incident, which occurred at the end of 2008.

Ukraine – Increase in pig stocks

In Ukraine, the cattle population to the deadline of 1 January 2010 fell an annual perspective, while increasing the number of pigs and poultry.

European Union - EU to launch FTA negotiations with individual ASEAN countries

EU Member States just gave the green light for the Commission to pursue negotiations towards free trade agreements (FTAs) with individual countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Netherlands - Meat consumption up in 2009

The latest preliminary figures for meat consumption in Holland, published by PVE, show a general increase.

Vietnam’s meat productions grows modestly

Beef production in Vietnam posted the highest growth in 2009 followed by poultry and pork, official statistics showed.

Brazil – Increase in pig meat exports

In 2009, Brazilian exports of pig meat reached 607.49 thousand tons, which is an increase of 14.75% in volume compared to the same period of the previous year, although the value dropped by 17.09%.

Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan - Pork import limits set for 2010

Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan established a customs union in early December to simplify trade among them. A single set of customs tariffs goes into effect January 1, 2010.

New section: Pig welfare

We have just added a new section, Pig welfare, to pig333, on the European legislation about the minimum standards for the protection of pigs (2001/88/EC of 23/Oct/2001 and 2001/93/EC of 9/Nov/2001). This section has an interactive format of questions and answers starting from a photograph, and has been prepared by Paolo Candotti.

Alltech opens new office in Spain

As part of its ongoing global expansion, animal health and nutrition company, Alltech, has announced the opening of its first office in Spain.

European Union - Development of harmonised schemes for the monitoring and reporting of Cysticercus in animals and foodstuffs in the European Union

Harmonised schemes are proposed for the monitoring and the reporting of Cysticercus in animals and foodstuffs in the European Union. The current disease situation and national monitoring in Member States is reviewed in order to identify public health needs in Member States and to create a basis for formulating the sampling plans.

Chile – The swine industry foresees a recovery in the sector in 2010

All the national and international economic indicators lead us to expect a recovery in 2010. The swine sector predicts a growth of 9% in production and 14% in exports in 2010 and a recovery in national consumption.

Malaysia - Conditions relaxed for pork import

Conditions imposed for the import of pork and pork-based products will be relaxed to ensure sufficient supply of the meat for the upcoming Chinese New Year.

European Union - Swine Vesicular Disease Policy -Option for the future

The SCOFCAH has published a working document about the swine vesicular disease.