Increasingly, the notion grows in both Russia and Ukraine, that African Swine Fever (ASF) needs to stay within the territories and that more thorough control policies are needed.The Russian agricultural ministry stated on its website that African Swine Fever (ASF) has led to ministry spending of about 14.2 billion roubles (US$ 220 million) in the last few years. This figure was only for anti-ASF monitoring, culling pigs infected with the disease and underpayment of taxes by the farms destroyed as a result of the outbreaks. Direct losses incurred by the pig industry due to ASF must have been many times higher, the ministry informed earlier. Independent. Read more...
The turmoil at Brazilian poultry giant BRF SA intensified after it became the target of a new phase of the food-safety probe that threw the country’s meat industry into disarray last year, Bloomberg reports. Emails between the company's employees reveal the fraud, which has led to a temporary arrest warrant being issued for the Former CEO Pedro Faria. Bloomberg reports that five labratories accredited with the Agriculture Ministry and an unnamed company falsified results from meat samples, which has led to 11 temporary arrest orders, 53 search orders and 27 orders to bring people in for questioning. The "Weak Flesh" probe, so named by the. Read more...
New cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) are being found in Poland with an increasingly high speed. In 2018 alone, until the 20th of February, the Polish authorities found 511 cases of ASF amongst its wild boar population.In comparison: in the whole of 2017, Poland discovered 741 cases of ASF in dead wild boars, of which 388 in the last quarter. This information was shared by Prof Zygmunt Pejsak, head of the Department of Swine Diseases at theNational Veterinary Research Institutein Puławy, Poland. He presented these figures at a meeting on the Polish pig industry in an event in Hegelsom, the Netherlands. 7 areas of African Swine Fever in Poland Poland is. Read more...
Up to 22% of meat products on the domestic market in Russia were fraudulent in 2017, according. Read more...
Not only has Russia been reportedly sowing seeds of discontent in the U.S. political scene, the country has also been alleged of spreading anti-GMO articles on the Internet. According to researchers at Iowa State University, Russia is trying to influence American citizen’s opinions on genetically modified organisms by funding articles shared online. TheDes Moines Registerfirst reported the story, after interviewing Shawn Dorius, an ISU assistant sociology professor who led the study. Also participating in the research and being interviewed was Carolyn Lawrence-Dill, an associate professor in ISU's departments of agronomy and genetics, development. Read more...
60 percent of vegans would be willing to try lab-grown meat, according to research commissioned by Ingredient Communications. 29 percent of UK & US consumers say they would eat cultured meat 40 percent Americans are happy to do so 60 percent of vegans are willing to give it a try Almost a third of consumers say they would be happy to eat so-called ‘cultured meat’ – with vegans the group most likely to do so, according to new research. Specialist PR agency Ingredient Communications commissioned Surveygoo to conduct an online survey of 1,000 consumers in the UK and USA. Respondents were told that cultured meat was real meat grown from. Read more...
The average price of pig feed in Russia has reached historic lows in December 2017. This has led to higher Feed Conversion Ratios. According to data released by the Russian Unified Interdepartmental Statistical Information System (EMISS), pig feed cost 12,437 roubles (US$220) per tonne, 10.4% down when compared to December 2016. This is the lowest level registered since the beginning of the current economy crisis in Russia in 2014. Prices have been falling steadily since August 2016, when feed prices reached its zenith at 15,335 roubles (US$271) per tonne, according to EMISS. Last year, Russia saw the strongest-ever fall in animal feed prices – on. Read more...
A series of trade deals set to be completed in 2018 are expected to be key turning points for. Read more...
A number of trade agreements, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and a proposed Mercosur/EU trade agreement, look set to start having an impact on global beef trade in 2018, reports Rabobank. At the same time, applications of blockchain technology are now being widely developed in the food industry, with opportunities to realise benefits further up the supply chain growing, according to the RaboResearch Beef Quarterly Q1 2018. Food and tech companies are developing blockchain as a solution in response to changing consumer preferences, and the beef sector is no exception. “While many of the early applications have been driven by the desire. Read more...
Lamb production in Russia is on the verge of a boom, following a surge in interest from major. Read more...
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