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News Archive
UN warns for ASF outbreak in Georgia
12 Jun 2007 - The United Nations have warned for the possible
implications of the African Swine Fever outbreak in the former Soviet republic
of Georgia. Read more >>
FTA passage urged by US pork council
12 Jun 2007 - The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has urged
the US Congress to support the job-promoting Free Trade Agreements with South
Korea, Colombia, Peru and Panama. Read more >>
World Pork Expo attendance tops 34,000
11 Jun 2007 - A total of 34,565 people, including the USDA under
secretary of agriculture, attended the 19th annual World Pork Expo, the National
Pork Producers Council's (NPPC) trade show and showcase for the pork industry. Read more >>
Feed additive producer back on track
11 Jun 2007 - Specialty chemicals company Perstorp is back on full
capacity production of its calcium formate Prosid CF30. Read more >>
Topigs: 25.7 weaned pigs/sow/year in 2006
11 Jun 2007 -
Sows from Dutch pig breeding organisation Topigs weaned on average 25.7 pigs
per year in the Netherlands last year. Read more >>
Georgia confirms outbreak of African Swine Fever
08 Jun 2007 -
Georgia has official notified the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
of 11 outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) in pigs in the country. This is the
first ever occurrence of the disease in northern Europe. Read more >>
Chicago Meat Authority introduces new pork cut
08 Jun 2007 -
The Chicago Meath Authority (CMA) has launched their new boneless, marinated
pork cut called the Pork Flat Iron Steak. Read more >>
US pork board launches "Pork Quality Assurance Plus"
08 Jun 2007 -
The United States National Pork Board this week unveiled its new
quality-assurance programme, the "Pork Quality Assurance Plus" (PQA Plus), an
update to the industry's pork-safety 1989 programme. Read more >>
China plans vaccination drive to stop blue ear epidemic
07 Jun 2007 -
The peak season for blue ear disease has not even started and yet over 45,000
pigs in China have already been hit. Read more >>
Maple Leaf moves closer to pig sector exit
07 Jun 2007 -
Maple Leaf Foods plans to shut down yet another of its pork processing plants
as part of its restructure plan to exit the pig production and pork export
business. Read more >>
Researchers try to grow pork in petri dish
07 Jun 2007 -
Researchers at the Utrecht University in the Netherlands are attempting to grow pork
meat in a laboratory in order to eliminate the need to raise and slaughter animals
for food, thus helping the environment. Read more >>
Smithfield's earnings fail to meet expectations
06 Jun 2007 -
Smithfield Food expects to report fiscal 2007 fourth quarter income in the
range of $.30 to $.35 cents per share, coming in under predictions from Wall
Street analysts of $.44 cents per share. Read more >>
Project to reduce environmental impact of pig production launched
06 Jun 2007 -
Researchers at the University of Manitoba, Canada, have launched a new study
to reduce the environmental impact of pig production by designing a diet that
will lower the phosphorus content of manure. Read more >>
Quality Assurance pig rules welcomed
06 Jun 2007 - The move by the NSW Food Authority to require all pigs sent to NSW
domestic abattoirs be accompanied by a valid National Vendor Declaration (NVD)
as from June 30, 2007, has been welcomed by Australian Pork Limited (APL).
Read more >>
Two pig clones for organ transplant experiments survive
05 Jun 2007 - Six mini-pig clones were born, but only two of them
survived. Experts believed that these two mini-pig clones will provide new
resources to develop organ transplant experiments in
China. Read more >>
Supermarkets will not sell meat from pigs fed byproducts
05 Jun 2007 - It has been reported that two supermarket chains will
not sell meat from animals fed on animal byproducts. This follows proposals put
before the EU to relax the ban on the practice. Read more >>
Jose Barella new CEO at Merial
05 Jun 2007 -
Jose Barella will succeed Jerry
Belle as Executive Chairman of Merial Ltd., effective June 1st. Merial Ltd. is
one of the world's leading animal health companies.
Read more >>
Paraná gathers for pig symposium and course
04 Jun 2007 -
The Brazilian Conference on Animal Reproduction,
held May 31 - June 2 in Curitiba, capital of Paraná State, Brazil, had a
symposium and a course dedicated exclusively to swine reproduction where the
audience was introduced to some research results in the
area. Read more >>
Number of Czech pig slaughterings up
04 Jun 2007 - Numbers of pig slaughterings in the Czech Republic have been growing for
the first time in years. Read more >>
EU considers lifting BSE feed ban
04 Jun 2007 - Scientists are carrying out tests to determine whether
the use of pig and chicken carcasses as fodder could be resumed without posing
any human health risks, which should urge the European Commission to end a ban
on using animal remains in farm feed. Read more >>
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