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Tönnies, Vion and Westfleisch are the three main abattoirs in Germany.

The long-term trend of declining number of abattoirs in England slaughtering pigs may be stabilising.

The Minister requested the prefects to implement, within one month, specific animal welfare inspections in all red meat slaughterhouses around the country.

Regarding swine, in 2015 the Spanish abattoirs slaughtered 46,379,926 pigs, producing 3.89 million tonnes of pork.

The joint venture will process, package and sell at retail level fresh pork and beef products of French origin for human consumption.

The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would not raise competition concerns.

Breton pig cooperatives Aveltis, Triskalia, Prestor, Porelia and Syproporcs announced Monday their intention to jointly market their pigs.

According to the data published by the ABPA, it is expected that pork production in Brazil reaches 3,643 million tonnes this year.

The members of parliament, that held a National Assembly Regular Meeting last Friday, rejected the creation of a tax on abattoirs.  

MPs voted the creation of a special tax for companies processing meat products exceeding €250 M in order to provide relief funds for farmers in crisis.

The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the creation of a joint venture by Danish Crown of Denmark and Westfleisch of Germany.

25,000 pigs offered for sale under a difficult market context: delays in shipments to slaughter, higher carcass weights. The batches were sold between €1,043 and €1,088.

The negotiations beteween pig producers and abattoirs will resume next Thursday 26 November, with new rules of the game.

The newly issued accreditations bring the TIF infrastructure available in the country up to a total of 431 such premises, thus expanding its industrial capacity.

Avril and Tönnies, major actors in the European pig industry, are planning to combine their respective skills to develop a sector for 100% French pork products.

It has not been possible for the merger of Danish Crown and Tican to be approved by the Danish competition authorities.