Excessive levels of pesticide fipronil have been found in eggs produced at three farms in Taiwan, the island's agricultural authority said on Tuesday. Agricultural authorities tested samples from 45 farms around the island and found those from three farms in Changhua contaminated. The three farms are subject to strict controls that prohibit eggs from leaving their premises and eggs that have already been shipped will be removed from stores and destroyed, according to the agricultural bureau. The maximum residue of fipronil in eggs in Taiwan is 5 parts per billion. Fipronil is a pesticide effective on a large number of pests. It is considered slightly poisonous. Read more...
The profitability of Russia's meat sector rose by 2.2 times between 2013 and 2016, actually benefiting from the tit-for-tat sanctions imposed by Russia and its Western trading partners, according to the. Read more...
Recently, a number of things have happened on the EU medicines front. Some are positive but some are also negative, pig health expert David Burch noted. He’s touching on zinc oxide, a new antibiotic critical priority list and where to go with the EMA? I must congratulate the European Commission (EC) for coming up with a suitable compromise, allowing those member states to ban zinc oxide or not and those that do use it extensively,can continue for another 5 years. That the EC is listening, will certainly be appreciated by the pig producers, but in the meantime producers and their vets will need to look for suitable alternatives and husbandry improvements. It. Read more...
Russia's introduction in 2014 of an anti-western food embargo resulted in a number of imported cheeses disappearing from local store shelves. Sensing an opportunity, the Urals-based agriculture company, UGMK-Agro, purchased a herd of Alpine goats from France and began making goat cheese. In September, the company will start making local equivalents of Buche de Chevre and Camembert. French goats will bring exquisite cheeses to Russian plates. / UGMK-Agro In November2016,young French “aristocrats” packed for a trip that many only dream of. A herd of seven-month-old Alpine goats from La Boissiere-des-Landes traveled 5,000 kilometers and crossed the. Read more...
The economic crisis and sanctions have not made life easier for international corporations working in Russia. But there’s still a way to reap the rewards of changing economic conditions. One potential strategy is to localize. Last week German sportswear company Adidasrevealedplans to close 160 stores across Russia by the end of 2017. The multinational corporation has been scaling back business in the country for the last three years - with many shops already shut down - as consumer demand continues to tail off amid the economic crisis. According to sources close to the company, Adidas has been rethinking its business strategy since 2014 and the closures represent. Read more...
Belarus plans to reform its profligate state support scheme, backing its domestic meat industry, with the aim of making it more efficient and profitable, according to a spokesperson for the. Read more...
Ukraine is interested in expanding the presence of its agricultural producers in the Chinese market, Ukraine's State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection said on Tuesday. In particular, this year, Ukraine plans to start exporting fish products and animal feed to China, the agency said in a statement following the 6th meeting of the subcommittee on agriculture cooperation of the Chinese-Ukrainian intergovernmental commission. "The protocols of sanitary and phytosanitary requirements for oilseed meals and sugar beet pulp exports have been already agreed and initialed," Volodymyr Lapa, head of the agency, said in the statement. By the end of. Read more...
GLOBAL - PassTrac Analytics, a division of Passport Food Safety Solutions, Inc., announces its exclusive industry partnership with PurePredictive, an innovative company that uses a powerful predictive modeling and prescriptive analytics technology for meat protein companies to enhance their food safety programs and operational efficiencies within their operations. “Managing food safety systems is increasingly more complex. Historical methods to track and analyze traditional food safety indicators are reaching their limitations. Customers need innovative solutions to help them,” says John Ruby, Vice President, PassTrac®Analytics. “This. Read more...
Seven businesses in England and Northern Ireland have been granted access to supply pork to China.This new deal is expected to bring a $257 mill. boost to the UK food industry. The new agreements include approval to export from five sites in Suffolk, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, County Antrim and County Tyrone. According to Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), shipping will not start for another two to four weeks while the administration is organised on both sides but producers are able to start packing product with a view to exporting. All of the plants were inspected by China’s Certification and Accreditation Administration. Read more...
Hog Slat launched an upgraded AirStorm fan at World Pork Expo that increases output by 13.5 per cent and efficiency rates. "We've made some upgrades to our current offering. We've increased the resistance; we've changed from stainless to now we offer a coated aluminum product," said Austin Baker, Director of Ventilation with Hog Slat. "This was able to cut back on our shipping costs for that fan itself as well as increase the strength and rigidity. The way that this X brace is now mounted into our fan, we've isolated it from the housing itself which cuts back on the vibrations that the fan's putting out." Hog Slat has. Read more...
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