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Canada - Ontario: Greater protection against livestock and poultry diseases

The Animal Health Act, 2009, was passed today by the Ontario legislature. New measures will help prevent, detect and respond to animal diseases and other related health events to better protect the people, animals and economy of Ontario.

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Maple Leaf Foods Announces Food Safety Advisory Council

Maple Leaf Foods today announced the establishment of its Food Safety Advisory Council, a team of independent experts that will increase the Company's access to global knowledge and expertise in areas of food safety practices, microbiology, technology and public health.

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United Kingdom - Northern Ireland: Gildernew achieves Assembly agreement to Diseases of Animals Bill

Minister Michelle Gildernew MP, MLA has been given the final approval of the Assembly to important new legislation on disease control measures.

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China bans import and export of ractopamine

The Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs in China has imposed a ban on the import and export of ractopamine and ractopamine hydrochloride.

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United Kingdom - Pig industry unveils environmental strategy

The pig industry has unveiled its strategy to tackle the dual challenge of improving the environmental sustainabiliy and reducing the carbon footprint of English pig production.

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European Union - EFSA and Japan sign a Memorandum of Cooperation

EFSA and the Food Safety Commission (FSC) of Japan have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on the collection and sharing of data required for the assessment of current and emerging risks.

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Germany - Influenza A/H1N1 2009 virus in pigs

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has confirmed the first case of H1N1 in Germany's swine herd.

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JSR in the Ukraine

The UK-based international pig breeding company JSR Genetics Ltd have secured an agreement to supply two of the Ukraine’s largest pig producers with high-health breeding stock.

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Russia sets 2010 meat import quotas

Russia has set its meat import quotas for 2010. The pork quota will be limited to 500,000 metric tons including 27,900 tons of trimmings.

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South Africa – Increase in pork consumption

Pork consumption has increased over the past ten years, from 119.200 tonnes to 189.900 tonnes in 2008 (+ 59 %).

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European Union - EFSA: review of mycotoxin-detoxifying agents used as feed additives: mode of action, efficacy and feed/food safety

The specific objectives of the project are to provide a critical and extensive review on mycotoxins detoxifying agents.

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Canada - Crop, livestock prices slip from 2008

Prices farmers received for their commodities fell 15.7 per cent in September 2009 from the same month a year earlier, as both the crops index and the livestock and animal products index declined, according to Statistics Canada.

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China's pork prices recover

Since the second half of the year,a rapid rise in pork prices has re-energised the sector.

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Neogen acquires Gen-Probe’s BioKits food safety business

Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced today that it has acquired the BioKits food safety business of San Diego, Calif.-based Gen-Probe Incorporated (NASDAQ: GPRO). The acquisition includes more than 50 test kits for food allergens, meat and fish speciation, and plant genetics.

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Zhongpin Receives Government Cash Subsidies

Zhongpin Inc., a leading meat and food processing company in the People's Republic of China, today reported it has received two payments totaling RMB 21.4 million (about $3.1 million) in cash subsidies from the Chinese government.

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USA - USMEF’s branded products promotion program to begin new fiscal year

Brand names are of increasing importance to global consumers looking for quality and consistency. Small U.S. meat companies, however, may have an uphill battle in making their brand names familiar to international buyers.