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News Archive
Taiwan's largest solar powered pig farm opened
22 Feb 2012 - Taiwan has opened the largest solar powered pig farm of the country last week. The complex is located in Yunlin County, news agency CNA reports.
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Tyson Foods’ bacon plant celebrates 90 years
22 Feb 2012 - Tyson Foods’ bacon plant in Vernon has operated continuously since 1922. The plant will officially celebrate its 90th anniversary on February 22 by feeding its team members throughout the day and at shift changes.
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Interactive online map launched by EBLEX and BPEX
22 Feb 2012 - Comprehensive information about the red meat food chain across the UK is now just a click away thanks to an interactive online map launched by EBLEX and BPEX.
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BSAS conference to focus on healthy, sustainable food
22 Feb 2012 - Farmers are being encouraged to produce more food to feeding a growing global population. But what role can livestock production play in offering healthy, nutritious and sustainable food? That is this year's theme of the annual BSAS conference. Read more >>
Argentina confirms suspension of pork imports from Brazil
21 Feb 2012 - The Argentine Chamber for the Meat Processing and Related Industries (Caicha) has confirmed that the imports of prime cuts of pork from any source is prohibited for weeks by the government of Cristina Kirchner, presidentof Argenitina, Brazilian website PorkWorld reports.
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Pig farmer found dead after animal rights activist allegations
21 Feb 2012 - A pig farmer from Norfolk, UK, targeted by animal rights activists, has been found dead in the fields last week, according to British media reports.
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Taiwan: Pig farmers suspend major protest
21 Feb 2012 - Taiwan has been in the spotlight recently, with the issue of ractopamine taking centre stage and the US urging the country to change its zero tolerance policy on the feed addtive in meat. A major protest has been planned for 5 March, against ractopamine meat entering the country from the US.
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COA: No evidence that ractopamine kills more pigs
21 Feb 2012 - Helena Bottemiller of Food Safety News wrote a report which claimed that ractopamine had "sickened or killed more than 218,000 pigs as of March 2011, more than any other animal drug on the market" since its approval for pigs in 1999 in the US. This led to the Council of Agriculture (COA), stating that it had not found evidence in the US to back up the claim.
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Research: Oligosaccharide (COS) supplement in weanling pigs
21 Feb 2012 - A study conducted by Dankook University, South Korea, investigated the supplementation of chito-oligsaccharides (COS) on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, blood characteristics, and diarrhea incidence in weanling pigs. Read more >>
US universities bring out DDGS dietary calculating tools
21 Feb 2012 - Several US universities are developing Distiller's Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) calculators to help farmers weigh the costs, the National Hog Farmer reports.
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USMEF: US/China agricultural symposium positive, agreement signed
20 Feb 2012 - When leaders of the world’s largest agricultural products importer and the largest agricultural products exporter meet in constructive dialogue, only good outcomes are to be expected.
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ASF outbreaks continue in Russia
20 Feb 2012 - A new outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) has recently been reported at a hunting farm in Zamurovskoe, Volgograd region in the south of Russia, according to the representatives of the Regional Office of Rosselkhoznadzor.
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Swine Innovation Porc: New board members appointed
20 Feb 2012 - Five new Board members were appointed at the Board of Directors meeting before the opening of the Banff Pork Seminar in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Read more >>
Pork producers support Canada entering TPP negotiations
20 Feb 2012 - The Canadian Pork Council (CPC) has submitted comments on behalf of Canadian hog producers to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada insupport of Canada’s participation in negotiations of a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), urging that Canada enter these talks without pre-conditions or exclusions.
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BPEX: Electronic pig movement system compulsory as of April
20 Feb 2012 - The eAML2 electronic pig movement system becomes compulsory at the beginning of April in England and Wales.
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Important step made towards salmonella vaccine
17 Feb 2012 - An international research team led by a University of California, Davis, immunologist has taken an important step toward an effective vaccine against salmonella.
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EU and US agree on Organic Trade certification
17 Feb 2012 - The European Union and the United States signed a formal partnership at the BioFach World Organic Fair, granting organic products certified in Europe or in the United States may be sold as organic in either region, as of June 2012.
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Brasil Foods initiates Chinese joint venture
17 Feb 2012 - Brasil Foods have signed a joint venture agreement with Hong Kong-listed food and vehicles distributor Dah Chong Hong Holdings Ltd to expand distribution of chilled poultry, pork and beef products in China.
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New records for US pork
17 Feb 2012 - According to year-end statistics released by USDA and compiled by the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF), exports of US pork, beef and lamb set new records across the board in 2011, reaching all-time highs in both volume and value and exceeding $11.5 billion in total value.
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Taiwan: Pork products to be properly labelled, checks intensified
17 Feb 2012 - Pork and beef will need to be properly labelled, this comes as labels which state the country-of-origin of the meat are distributed to meat suppliers and markets in Tainan, Taiwan.
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