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Belarus temporarily stopped importing pork from two regions of the Russian Federation

  • 1 Dec 10:59

Belarus temporarily limited the import of pork from the Arkhangelsk and Orenburg regions of Russia due to ASF, according to the materials of the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance. "The Rosselkhoznadzor was informed that in connection with the registered outbreak of African swine fever in the Arkhangelsk and Orenburg regions from November 27, the Department (Veterinary and Food Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture of Belarus - Sputnik) introduced temporary restrictions," the ministry said in a statement. From the indicated date, it will not be possible to import live pigs from these regions into the republic, as. Read more...

Russian government to toughen sanctions for concealing animal diseases

  • 17 Sep 10:51

On Tuesday, September 15, the magazine "Veterinary and Life" reported that the Russian government had submitted a bill to the State Duma on increasing the responsibility of economic entities for violating veterinary and sanitary rules. In particular, it is planned to increase the fine for concealing from the state bodies of veterinary supervision the facts of sudden death or mass illness of farm animals and poultry (Article 10.7 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation). An example of this can be the cases of secret burial or removal to unauthorized dumps of pigs killed by ASF in different regions of Russia. In the explanatory note to the bill, it. Read more...

SAUSAGE CONSUMPTION IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND MAIN MARKET TRENDS

  • 28 Jan 10:03

Since 2014, the apparent consumption[1] of sausages has been decreasing by the average annual rate of 2%, and as of year-end 2018, it was 2278 ths t. The negative market trend is related to the general crisis events in the economy, as well as to the import food ban and rising prices of raw materials, which together affected the changes in the final market demand. As of the first half of 2019, the apparent consumption of sausages continued the trend of 2018, dropping by 2%, compared to the same period of the previous year (up to 1102 ths t). Furthermore, there is a decrease in the volume of production and imported products in the market structure due to the low demand. Read more...

Russian AI prompts warning for European farms

  • 21 Aug 08:26

Poultry producers are being urged to review biosecurity on their farms after the latest outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza on a commercial Russian farm. Authorities confirmed a site housing almost 500,000 birds in the Kostromskaya region in north western Russia was infected with H5N2 highly pathogenic avian influenza. The virus belongs to the Asia lineage of H5 high path strain that has been in outbreaks across Asia, Africa and Europe since 2014. An assessment by the UK government said that if the source was wild birds then their migratory paths could see farms across northern Europe at risk. The site of this latest outbreak is overlapped by three. Read more...