World meat industry news

Colombian beef got access to the Russian market

  • 19 Feb 10:55

The ban on the supply of certain types of products from one Colombian enterprise has been lifted. The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance reports that according to the results of the inspection conducted in February 2019 in the territory of the Republic of Colombia, the following types products by enterprise No. 680B “RED CARNICA SAS” are allowed to be supplied to Russia: boneless beef derived from animals originating from Colombia, with the exception of the departments of Cesar, Boyaca and La Guahira; beef by-products, subjected to heat treatment, guaranteeing the destruction of. Read more...

Last year, poultry products exported by Ukrainian companies reached a total of 329,000 tonnes

  • 19 Feb 10:07

Ukrainian poultry exports have reached a record high of 329,000 tonnes thanks to increased demand from the UE and Middle East countries, reported The press service of the National Scientific Center "Institute of Agrarian Economics" (IAE). "Last year, Ukrainian poultry meat exports hit the record high of 329,000 tonnes. In 2018, due to continued extensive geographical diversification and consolidation in new markets after leaving the Russian market, there was a positive tendency towards an increase in the volume of meat and offal exports. Last year, the exports of meat products increased by 21.6% compared to 2017 and totalled $646 million," IAE. Read more...

Russia’s Economy Minister Accuses U.S. of Undermining WTO Principles

  • 19 Feb 09:47

Russian Economic Development Minister Maksim Oreshkin told television channel Rossiya 24 that the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been slowed down by the United States and its operation has apparently come to a halt, according toRambler.Photo:foodnavigator.com “The United States is playing actively on the global arena, breaching all the principles that have evolved over the recent years,” the minister said. “[Not long ago] an extensive meeting of the WTO ministers was held, but the organization is not de facto functioning now. All the processes have come to a halt.” The Russian minister added that “hypothetically, it cannot be ruled. Read more...

Russia bans pork imports from Mongolia amid ASF outbreak

  • 19 Feb 09:44

With no vaccine to protect animals, researchers say the virus – which can survive for more than a year in dry-cured ham – is a particular risk to countries such as Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar.Russia’s veterinary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor has imposed temporary restrictions on the import of pork and pig products from Mongolia due to outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) according to RBC. A document signed by the Deputy Head of the agency, Konstantin Savenkov, imposes a ban on the import of domestic pigs and captive wild pigs from Mongolia. The ban also applies to waste and manure from pigs, used equipment for housing, slaughter and cutting,. Read more...

Miratorg reports the first batch of lamb delivered in the market

  • 18 Feb 10:47

The company's pilot sheep farm provided the first production of lamb of over 3,970 kg in live weight. The first lamb meat produced by Miratorg has reached the Russian market in January after the company has started its pilot sheep farm in 2018. The sheep breeding complex provided company’s meat processing plant with the first batch of lamb of over 3,970 kg in live weight and other sheep farms are going to be built in Central Federal region, announced the company in a press release. The sheep farm is situated in Fatezh district of Kursk region and provides a full production cycle from breeding of nucleus herds with high genetics to animal fattening. Lambs stay. Read more...

Crimean poultry farming needs state support

  • 18 Feb 10:45

Crimean poultry farming needs state support, because it cannot grow feed material due to water supply problems. The Republican Minister of Agriculture Andrei Ryumshin told that“in the Russian Federation there is no support for poultry farming, with the exception of breeding poultry farming, because it is very well developed. But Crimea needs this support. Local producers are in difficult conditions, because they are forced to purchase almost all feed material from other regions of the country at a high price,”. According to him, the peninsula itself can not provide itself with poultry feed, because there is no necessary irrigation. As REGNUM news agency. Read more...

FCS proposed to ban the import of canned meat and other products

  • 18 Feb 10:33

Russian Federal Customs Service offered to expand the food bargo. In the list of prohibited goods may appear canned meat and fish, crustaceans and mollusks, sturgeon caviar, olives, as well as canned tomatoes and other vegetables, fruit juices, mashed potatoes and jams, writes RBC. In 2018 the Russian Federation purchased such products for $ 1.2 billion. The initiative is designed to eliminate the possibility of importation of prohibited goods through the declaration of their codes "goods cover", not included in the list. The proposal of the FCS is now being considered by the Ministry of Agriculture. It is noted that the ban may also include fresh and chilled. Read more...

Russia resumes poultry exports to Qatar

  • 15 Feb 09:27

Russian veterinary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor announced that the ban on Russia's exports of poultry products to Qatar has been lifted. Qatari authorities have lifted the ban only for poultry shipments from the regions in Russia which have been declared free of highly pathogenic avian influenza. Moreover, the ban has also been lifted the shipments of poultry products that have been processed to ensure the destruction of the disease from all regions of the Russian Federation. According to some market research estimates, the Qatari meat market is expected to become a million. Read more...

Pork prices decreased in February

  • 15 Feb 09:26

The Ministry of Agriculture reported that by the beginning of February the producers ` prices for pork had decreased in Russia. Now they are 9.1 percent less than at the end of December 2018. In retail pork still costs between 200 and 350 rubles per kilogram, depending on the cut or the distribution network and the region. Albert Davleev, president of Agrifood Strategies consulting company, told that "the reduction in prices for final consumers will largely depend on the policy of retail chains". "Suppliers enter into annual agreements with retailers, and prices change no more than once a quarter. Within the annual contract there is an indicative of which the. Read more...

Ministry of Agriculture instructed to analyze the reasons of the dairy exports decline

  • 15 Feb 09:26

Russian Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev instructed industry representatives to analyze the reasons of the decline in dairy exports from Russia, which occurred in 2018. He stated this during a speech at the X Congress of the National Union of Milk Producers (Soyuzmoloko). “I ask you to analyze and draw conclusions to prevent a similar situation. Naturally, this should be done jointly with the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture to avoid such problems and stimulate an increase in milk production and export of dairy products,” said Patrushev. The minister recalled that by the end of 2018, exports of dairy products from the Russian Federation decreased. Read more...