France: Commission proposes €918,000 to support former workers of GAD abattoirs
Employment: Commission proposes €918,000 from Globalisation Fund to support former workers of GAD abattoirs in France.
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United States: FSIS survey of the meat slaughter and processing industry
The survey will be sent to eligible beef and pork slaughter establishments nationwide.
France: the main pig abattoirs in 2013
20.2% of the slaughterings were carried out in the abattoir Cooperl Arcatlantique.
United Kingdom: BPEX Pig Health Scheme to stay until 2015
It has been confirmed that the BPEX Pig Health Scheme (BPHS) will be operating in abattoirs until summer 2015.
Resisting is winning
During July Germany has made a strong challenge that is difficult to process for the whole of Europe.
Mexico: inauguration of the first public TIF abattoir in Jalisco
The abattoir has a slaughtering capacity of 3,800 cattle heads and 5,600 pigs per month.
United States: fewer hogs slaughtered in 2013
Commercial hog slaughter totaled 112.1 million head, 1 percent lower than 2012.
European Union: Commission clears acquisition of Sokolów by Danish Crown in food sector
The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would not raise competition concerns given the parties' moderate combined market position resulting from the proposed transaction.
United Kingdom: evaluating changes to official controls in pig approved slaughterhouses
The results of the research will hopefully help the FSA to understand how the changes are working in practice and will also help FSA to identify areas where further assistance is needed – for example, training and information.
Denmark: plan for reducing the inspection costs in the abattoirs
The Ministry of Agriculture will work together with the abattoirs to reduce the cost of the public control in the next four years.
Video tour of a pork plant featuring Temple Grandin
A tour of a pork plant guided by Dr. Temple Grandin, Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University and widely considered to be the world's leading expert on humane animal handling at meat packing plants. This video provides an honest look at how pigs are handled at pork packing plants
Mexico invests 650 million pesos to guarantee the harmlessness of the meat products
450 million pesos will be directed towards the subprogramme for the support of the slaughterings of cattle, goats, sheep and pigs.
Argentina incorporates animal welfare during the slaughter
The regulation incorporates criteria for the protection of the animals, placing this country among those that obey the internationally demanded standards.
Germany: the meat sector agrees on a minimum wage for its workers
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.
Canada: new program to support animal welfare at slaughter
The program will be allocated a budget of $450,000 spread over three years, from 2013 to 2016.
Denmark: structural plan to safeguard the future of Danish Crown
Over the past five years and more, the production of pigs for slaughter in Denmark has fallen by over 20 per cent.