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This wage agreement foresees the introduction of a uniform minimum wage in the meat sector in the whole of Germany, and it will be €7.75/hour as of next July 1st.

The program will be allocated a budget of $450,000 spread over three years, from 2013 to 2016.

Over the past five years and more, the production of pigs for slaughter in Denmark has fallen by over 20 per cent.

The TIF establishment will have the infrastructure for the slaughtering, refrigeration and butchering of beef and pork.

The plant will have a capacity of 250 heads per shift.

EFSA has published three scientific opinions on the welfare of pigs, sheep and goats, chicken and turkeys during the slaughter process.

The Council decided not to oppose the adoption of a Commission's amendment to annex I to regulation 854/2004 as regards the specific requirements for post-mortem inspection of domestic swine.

This is the first edition of the FSIS Compliance Guide for a Systematic Approach to the Humane Handling of Livestock.

Proposals to allow official abattoir vets to declare pork fit for human consumption after a simple visual check will go ahead after MEPs rejected a veto motion tabled by the Food Safety Committee.

The agreement focuses on two items with a paramount importance: The establishment of the reference carcass weight and the improvement in the implementation of the carcass classification system.

EFSA’s Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) has launched an open consultation.

The French Minister of Agriculture has asked the Mediator of Agricultural commercial relationships to carry out a mediation process between producers, processors and wholesalers.

The most important German swine abattoirs have managed to strengthen, in year 2012, their market position.

Pig slaughtering in Denmark fell below the 5m mark during the first quarter of 2013.

The main goal of the ordinance is to update the Normative Instruction No. 3/2000 relative to the protection of animals during their slaughtering.

Hog producers reported 12.7 million hogs, down 0.5% from January 1, 2012.