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Based on the opinion from the scientific panel on Biological Hazards on the monitoring and identification of human enteropathogenic Yersinia spp. (EFSA, 2007c), the Task Force on Zoonoses Data Collection was asked by the European Food Safety Authority to draft harmonised technical specifications to be used for national surveys for the monitoring and reporting of Yersinia enterocolitica in pig populations under the Directive 2003/99/EC (EC, 2003).

In the course of actions to eradicate foci of African swine fever (ASF) in the Rostov region, it was planned to kill more than 23.000 pigs.

Korean pork exports from January to August 2009 soared 44% to over 8000 tonnes year-on-year, thanks to resumption of pork imports from Japan.

The "Workshop on pig welfare" will bring together experts from national administrations, nongovernmental organizations and stakeholders directly involved in the implementation of the animal welfare provisions or interested in promoting high animal welfare standards.

Hog inventories on Canadian farms declined 7.3% between the third quarter of 2008 and the third quarter of 2009.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced USDA's intention to purchase $82.6 million worth of pork, cherry, plum and apple products for federal food nutrition assistance programs.

The export of piglets is working through on the pig counting performed by Statistics Denmark.

India has pledged to offer privileges for local and foreign investors to invest in meat processing in the country to serve a huge potential domestic market and for export as well.

University of Minnesota swine researcher John Deen, DVM, will direct work at the University of Minnesota as part of a multidisciplinary effort to implement a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USAID) cooperative agreement to help developing countries better respond to emerging animal diseases that pose a threat to human health.

The Emerging Risks Unit (EMRISK) has the mandate to assess and develop IT tools to detect and monitor food and feed emerging risks. For media-scanning systems, it has received a request to evaluate the Medical Information System (MedISys) developed by the Joint Research Centre (JRC).

This interim guidance is issued with the goal of preventing the spread of this novel virus or any other influenza (flu) virus from people to pigs and from pigs to people. These recommendations are for people who work with pigs in the commercial production (farm) setting.

Bacon exports have more than tripled since January of last year. For the whole of 2008, they reached 31,000 tonnes, worth £72m. and are expected to remain at the same level in 2009.

Livestock numbers remained flat or continued their falls of recent years, according to preliminary estimates released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.