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A four-month campaign to restore the tarnished image of Chinese food products and ingredients in the wake of the melamine scandal will begin this week, according to the government in Beijing. Its aim will be to ensure all food products are free of non-edible substances and excessive levels of additives. The campaign, to be organized jointly by nine central government departments, will be divided into three phases.

The Environment Agency could become judge and jury of IPPC. It wants the powers to fine pig and poultry producers up to £5,000 — without having to take them to court.

The OIE has informed about the presence of atypical PRRS virus in the district of Sto Nino (Pandi municipality, Bulacan province) and in the district of Pinagpanaan (Talavera municipality, Nueva Ecija province). Samples from the outbreaks were sent to the USDA Plum Island laboratory. Results show that samples were positive for porcine circovirus type 2 and atypical PRRS virus, which is 98% homologous to the atypical PRRS virus isolated in China and Vietnam. With high morbidity and mortality observed similar to China and Vietnam, it was concluded that these outbreaks were most likely caused by atypical PRRS virus.

According to the office of Sen. Pat Roberts, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is recommending that the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) be built at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan.

In January-October 2008, Russia increased meat imports from far-abroad countries by 23.4% up to 1.32 million tons.

Year-to-date, pork exports are up 70 percent in volume versus 2007 to 1.5 million metric tons or 3.4 billion pounds.

The Commission is closely following up this contamination incident and the actions taken to withdraw any potentially contaminated pork meat and pork meat products from the market ensuring consumer health protection. The Commission will organise within very short notice a meeting with the competent authorities from the affected Member States to share information and to ensure a harmonised enforcement approach across the affected Member States to ensure a high level of human health protection. The Commission will provide regular updates on developments in this contamination incident.

Rosselkhoznadzor has imposed temporary restrictions on imports of pork and products of pig breeding from Ireland to prevent entry of meat contaminated with dioxins to the Russian Federation.

China's quality supervisor is suspending the import of Irish pork products and animal feed over concerns the food may be contaminated with a potentially harmful chemical. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) also urged local entry-exit inspection and quarantine inspectors to recall and return pork products already in China if they were made in Ireland after September 1.

The Philippine College of Swine Practitioners presented an orientation guide on the PRRS virus variant strain in the Philippines to commercial pig producers, and both private and government veterinarians.

In order to reduce energy costs while maintaining a good profit margin it is necessary to find the right balance between the technical performance of the livestock and the adaptation of the materials.

The European Commission adopted today a Decision authorising GM soybean MON89788, also known as "Roundup Ready 2" soybean, for import and processing and food and feed uses.

The hog cholera outbreak in this city has turned from worse to "epidemic proportions," killing at least 2,300 pigs in the past five days. The hog cholera outbreak in this city is the highest reported in the Philippines.

This is the first gel vaccine to be developed in the country that can be given orally and the digestive process of the pigs does not reduce its effectiveness. The product is an innovation in the area of veterinary pharmacology, not only for the method of administration but also for its content since it attacks the most important serotypes of the Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae bacteria.

The acceptable concentration of melamine in animal feed is up to 2.5mg/kg, equivalent to the standard in the US, Canada and the European Union, according to a decision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

At a time of great challenge for the Australian pork industry, research by the Pork CRC in the last year has reduced feed costs and improved herd production efficiency.