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News Archive
North Carolina: turn pig waste into electricity
22 Feb 2007 - The North Carolina Pork Council (NCPC) asked local
legislators to approve a pilot programme in which pig waste is converted to
electricity. Read more >>
Brazil aiming for new health status approach
22 Feb 2007 - Brazil is trying to obtain an individual animal health status for
every single state in the country, senior analyst Emma Cardy-Brown of the Dutch
Rabobank says in the Dutch newspaper Agrarisch
Dagblad. Read more >>
PNG: Mysterious deaths in humans and pigs
22 Feb 2007 - Three women in the remote Southern Highlands province
in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have died after eating contaminated
pork. Read more >>
Germans reach a record in pigmeat production
21 Feb 2007 - German pigmeat production reached a record of 4.6
million tonnes last year, according to figures released by the German National
Statistical Office. Read more >>
Organisations urge Congress to pass FTAs
21 Feb 2007 - The agriculture coalition for Latin American trade,
including National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and 44 other food and
agricultural organisations, this week sent a letter to Congress urging lawmakers
to approve Free Trade Agreements with Colombia and Peru. Read more >>
BPEX launches meat quality scheme
21 Feb 2007 - The British Pig Executive (BPEX), together with the
meat quality research group at Bristol University, is launching a scheme to help
improve the quality of pork. Read more >>
N-American case of pig meningitis in humans
21 Feb 2007 - US scientists have confirmed the first reported case of
pig meningitis in a human being in North America. Read more >>
Pork plant employee layoff in Sioux City
20 Feb 2007 - Unfavorable market conditions have led John Morrell
& Co to temporarily discontinue its second shift pig processing operations
at its Sioux City, Iowa, plant, as from this week. Read more >>
Polish pork welcome again in Ukraine
20 Feb 2007 - Poland is allowed to export pork to Ukraine again.
This had been impossible for the last eleven months ever since Ukraine banned
Polish pigmeat in March 2006. Read more >>
Orffa new distributor for Shephard Widnes
20 Feb 2007 -
For the marketing and distribution of its cobalt salts to the
feed industry, Shepherd Widnes LTD has appointed Orffa International as it distributor in
Belgium, the Netherlands and the Scandinavian
countries. Read more >>
Taiwan to introduce pig tracking system by June
19 Feb 2007 - A pig traceability system will be introduced by the
end of June in Taiwan. The system will be part of the country's efforts to
prevent sick and dead animals from being illegally processed into pork
products. Read more >>
US: antibiotics phased out in two years time
19 Feb 2007 - Bills have been introduced in the US Congress that
would phase out within two years the non-therapeutic use in animal feed of
antibiotics that are deemed important to human medicine. They also would require
manufacturers to submit information on the amounts of such drugs
sold. Read more >>
BASF sells feed premix sites to Nutreco
19 Feb 2007 - Chemical company BASF will be selling its animal
nutrition premix business in eight countries to the Dutch animal feed group
Nutreco. Read more >>
Scientists reveal benefits of fishmeal in pork
16 Feb 2007 - Australian researchers say adding fishmeal to finisher
pig diets can reduce saturated fat and increase levels of beneficial long-chain
omega-3 fatty acids in pork. Read more >>
New pork advertising campaign by BPEX
16 Feb 2007 - A new campaign by the British Pig Executive (BPEX)
targets readers of UK women's magazines and newspapers. Read more >>
Storms impact US pork industry
16 Feb 2007 - Severe winter storms in the United States' Mid West
have been forcing pork processors to cut production. Read more >>
Smithfield expects decline in profits
16 Feb 2007 - Smithfield Foods expects to report a decline in its
fiscal third-quarter profit compared with a year ago on a drop in pig production
earnings. Read more >>
Drop in European meat consumption predicted
16 Feb 2007 - Meat consumption in Western Europe will be at least
15% below the current level. That opinion was stated this week by Henny
Swinkels, head of the Dutch central organisation for the meat industry
(COV). Read more >>
Parasite research: pork infected at a low level
15 Feb 2007 -
A recent survey into retail meats revealed that the common microscopic
Toxoplasma gondii parasite can be found at only a very low level in pork.
Read more >>
Canadian doubts about gestation crate bans
15 Feb 2007 -
The Canadian Pork Council fears that cancelling the use of gestation crates
could impair pig welfare rather than help it. Read more >>
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