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News Archive
Study shows pig farms a source of MRSA
08 Nov 2007 - Study shows animal agriculture as a source
of Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus (MRSA). The deadly bacteria once thought only to occur in
hospitals and has caused up to 19,000 deaths
in 2005 in the US - nearly 2,000 more victims than HIV/AIDS killed
that year. Read more >>
AgFeed Industries to acquire breeder hog farm
08 Nov 2007 - US company AgFeed Industries Inc. announced yesterday
in a press release that it is to acquire Jiangxi Lushan Breeder Pig Farm Ltd.,
the largest breeder hog farm in China situated in the agricultural province
Jiangxi. Read more >>
Castration without anaesthetics gaining ground
07 Nov 2007 - Two more Dutch companies have announced that they will
stop selling meat products using meat from piglets that were castrated without
anaesthetics. Read more >>
Pork exports from UK allowed again
07 Nov 2007 - Good news for the UK as exports of meat and meat
products - including pork -can resume again, the European Commission announced
on Tuesday. Read more >>
North and South Korea join to set-up hog farm
07 Nov 2007 - It was announced yesterday by a South Korean official
that a jointly operated hog farm will be established in the North Korean capital
Pyongyang in a combined effort by both North and South Korea to help alleviate
the communist North's drastic food shortages. Read more >>
Outbreak foot and mouth confirmed in Cyprus
07 Nov 2007 - The Cypriot authorities confirmed their first outbreak
of foot and mouth disease for over 40 years on Monday. Read more >>
River in Sabah polluted by local pig farm
06 Nov 2007 - Over 1,000 villagers at Kampung Gading, north-eastern
Borneo, have been using water from a river which has been polluted by a local
pig farm with around 5,000 pigs. Read more >>
Regional Dutch pig AI stations favour merger
06 Nov 2007 - It has become more likely that one big national
cooperative pig AI station will be created soon in the Netherlands, the Dutch
agricultural newspaper Agrarisch Dagblad reports. Read more >>
UK sausage brand launches fair trade
06 Nov 2007 - Last weekend, a leading UK regional sausage producer,
Debbie & Andrew's announced that it will pay 15% above the industry average
for pork to support farmers and processors during the current
crisis. Read more >>
Sweden expects end to castration by 2012
05 Nov 2007 - Castrating male piglets will no longer be necessary by
approximately 2012, the Swedish state agricultural service said in a survey on
the developments on this topic. Read more >>
Pig producers in Denmark set to decline
05 Nov 2007 - According to Orla Pedersen, director of the research
organisation Danish Pig Production (DSP), the number of pig producers in Denmark
could fall from a current 4,500 full-time producers to a mere 1,500 by 2017 with
an additional 2,000 to 3,000 part-time producers. Read more >>
Czech pig prices drastically fallen
05 Nov 2007 - Pig prices in the Czech Republic have fallen to an
all-time low of Kè (€0.99) per kilo as a result of higher feed prices thus
ensuring a long-term decline in the national herd. Read more >>
US pork council seeks access to EU and Japan
02 Nov 2007 - A delegation from the US National Pork Producers Council
(NPPC) recently travelled to Geneva, Switzerland for meetings with US trade
negotiators, WTO director-general Pascal Lamy and trade officials from some WTO
nations to highlight the need for a new global multilateral trade agreement for
the US pork products. Read more >>
NTUC FairPrice reacts to tampered pork packet
02 Nov 2007 - The Singapore-based National Trade Union Congress
supermarket (NTUC FairPrice) is to file a report with the police over tampering
with its pork packaging. Read more >>
Canadian Co-op Atlantic to stock Omega 3 pork
02 Nov 2007 - Co-op Atlantic, Canadian retailer will join with
Natural Organic Food Group (NOFG) to introduce a new line of Omega 3 pork
products in its supermarkets. Read more >>
Spanish pigmeat prices higher than average
02 Nov 2007 - Spanish pigmeat prices were 15% higher since August
than the average price for the rest of the year, according to ZMP, the German
market and price analysis centre. Read more >>
Alltech appoints David Byrne
02 Nov 2007 - Former European Commissioner for Health and Consumer
Protection, David Byrne, has joined the board as non-executive director of
Alltech in an announcement on Wednesday last. Read more >>
Zinpro: 1st symposium on sow lameness
01 Nov 2007 - The world's first symposium on sow lameness will take
place in Minneapolis on April 2-4, 2008. Read more >>
Taiwan Sugar Corp.: no hoarding hogfeed
01 Nov 2007 - Taiwan Sugar Corp., the state-run company, has denied
yesterday the charge by legislators that it has been hoarding animal feed for
profiteering purposes. Read more >>
Pork organisations question cancer research
01 Nov 2007 - Several pork and meat organisations worldwide have
launched protests against a worldwide research study by the World Cancer
Research Fund (WCRF). Read more >>
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