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Although authorized by Congress, no funds have yet been appropriated and FARAD has begun the process of shutting down due to a lack of operating funds.

Russian authorities have decided to suspend imports of meat from the Cooperl slaughterhouse in Lamballe (Côtes-d'Armor).(Original in French. Read Google translation here).

Under the proposed change in packaging specifications made by Mexican officials, the use of combo bins – the large, cardboard containers that hold approximately 2,000 pounds of fresh meat products used almost universally in the U.S. meat industry – would be banned and all meat products would have to be boxed.

For the first 11 months of 2008, pork and pork variety meat exports were 61 percent larger than 2007, nearing the 2 million metric ton mark (1,898,698 metric tons or 4.18 billion pounds). 2008 pork exports through 11 months were valued at $4.5 billion, an increase of 59 percent.

According to the latest forecasts the level of swine production of the UE-27 is expected to fall by 3.5% in the first six months of 2009 compared to the same period of 2008.

China announced a slew of measures aimed at preventing any possible long-term slide in pork prices to ensure a steady output and help protect growers' income. The government will step in to help adjust supply and demand to ease the pressure of price fluctuations, if needed, according to a statement published late Tuesday on the National Development and Reform Commission's Web site.

Veterinary Service of Saratov Region has detected 8 tons of Irish meat products contaminated with dioxins, as the official of the veterinary department reported to RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

British shoppers are becoming increasingly engaged with standards of animal welfare when purchasing food, according to research into consumer behaviour by IGD. One-fifth of shoppers now say that knowing about standards of animal welfare has become one of their key drivers of product choice.

U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts announced today that a record of decision has been signed naming Kansas State University in Manhattan the future home of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF).

China cut import tariffs on soybeans, pork, edible oil and nuts to boost imports as agricultural product prices and consumer prices soared. As a result, imports of such products rose 80 percent and customs revenue from those imports increased 61.5 percent.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a final guidance for industry on the regulation of genetically engineered (GE) animals under the new animal drug provisions of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). The guidance, titled "The Regulation of Genetically Engineered Animals Containing Heritable rDNA Constructs," clarifies the FDA's statutory and regulatory authority, and provides recommendations to producers of GE animals to help them meet their obligations and responsibilities under the law.

The outbreak concerned an extensive cattle farm with pigs for self- consumption (23 animals). The animals were destroyed on 27 September 2008. After the sanitation process, sentinels were introduced; they did not show clinical signs and were negative in the serological tests. On 26 December 2008, sentinels were slaughtered and no anatomopathological signs were detected. Quarantine measures were lifted. To date, no further outbreaks of classical swine fever have been detected in the State of Maranhao.

South Dakota has reported a case of swine flu in a human, a 19-year-old South Dakota State University student. The state Public Health Laboratory identified the A/H1 portion of the virus and just this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) influenza lab identified the swine components of the virus.

Fresh and frozen meat imports to Russia in January-November 2008 grew by 17.6% to 1.461 million tons against 1.242 million tons in the corresponding period in 2007, and by 46.9% to $4.413 billion against $3.004 billion last year in money terms, as Federal Customs Service data show.