Production of red meat in 2017 is expected to decrease following weak domestic demand, according to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s GAIN report this week. The report notes that pork consumption is expected to reach an all-time low. However, exports are expected to continue through 2017 in response to current high world market prices.Poultry will expand its share in the Ukrainian diet in 2017/18, the report states. Ukraine continues to develop export markets for live cattle in the Middle East. “Pork production and trade were hindered by low prices in 2015/16 and the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF), with multiple cases registered all over the. Read more...
Dr Andrii Zhuk, First Deputy Head of the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer production, has reported an outbreak of African swine fever at a farm in Poltava. The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) reports that the outbreak was first noticed on 31 August and confirmed on 1 September after apolymerase chain reaction (PCR) test was carried out at theState Scientific and Research Institute on Laboratory Diagnosis and Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise. An immediate notification was sent to the OIE on 4 September, stating that a total of5173 pigs were found susceptible in a farm called Plekhiv Agro, out of which 48 cases and deaths were. Read more...
For more than a decade, the Russian government has been seeking to diversify the country's foreign trade in a bid to end its dependence on oil and gas. The success rate has been patchy: Fuel resources continue to account for more than half of Russia's exports, although there are other Russian goods that are in demand around the world. Emperor Alexander III (who reigned 1881-1894) once said: "Russia has only two allies: Its army and its navy," implying that Russia can rely only on itself. The quote has become a catchphrase and has spawned numerous humorous variations, inspired by contemporary circumstances. In one of the most popularversions, Russia's. Read more...
Eggs contaminated with the insecticide fipronil have been discovered in 40 countries, including 24 of the European Union's 28 member states, German news agency DPA reported on Tuesday, without citing its sources. Millions of eggs have been pulled from European supermarket shelves, though some national regulators have voiced concern that many contaminated eggs have already entered the food chain, mainly through processed products such as biscuits, cakes and salads. EU agriculture ministers meeting in Tallinn, Estonia, are due to discuss the egg scandal on Tuesday, DPA said. DPA said a spokeswoman for the European Commission confirmed that the only EU member. Read more...
PJSC Cherkizovo Group, the largest vertically integrated meat and feed producer in Russia, has announced that its Vasilyevskaya poultry production facility has received permission to export poultry products to Iraq.The Vasilyevskaya poultry farm, which is Cherkizovo Group’s largest poultry production facility, was granted the right to export to Iraq.The permit was issued by the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture in August 2017. A key requirement for the export of poultry meat to Iraq is the observance of halal – a set of rules in the Islamic religious tradition that sets strict guidelines for the slaughter of animals. The slaughter facilities at. Read more...
The University of California, Berkeley has created a new alternative meats lab to help students become involved in the. Read more...
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) has launched its latest Lamb marketing campaign – positioning Lamb as the meat more people can eat regardless of their religious beliefs, background or dietary requirements. The new integrated campaign continues with the theme that Lamb is the dish that brings everyone together, with the creative content for online, social and TV showing the Gods, Goddesses and Prophets of different faiths and beliefs coming together over Lamb at a modern day spring barbecue. MLA Group Marketing Manager Andrew Howie said the new campaign continues under the ‘You Never Lamb Alone’ banner and this time around shows no. Read more...
India and China joint proposal on elimination of $160 billion of trade-distorting farm subsidies in the US and EU has come as a game changer in global farm trade negotiations at the WTO China and India have called for the elimination of what is called the Aggregate Measurement of Support (AMS) or ‘the most trade distorting element in the global trade in agriculture’. Photo: Bloomberg Geneva:China and India have jointly proposed the elimination of $160 billion of trade-distorting farm subsidies in the US, European Union and other wealthy nations, a move that has come as a game changer in global farm trade negotiations at the World Trade Organization,. Read more...
Russia’s committee on customs and tariff regulation, headed by the Minister for Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin, has decided to start applying full customs duties on beef imported from Brazil and Paraguay“to get the price of importers in line with the. Read more...
How do consumers really feel about their food and beverage choices in the supermarket and restaurants? Dr. Tamika Sims, director with the International Food Information Council in Washington D.C., spoke to pork producers at a learning session sponsored by Zoetis at the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, about consumer perceptions when they're shopping or dining at a restaurant, how labels can impact consumer choices and food safety perceptions. Dr. Tamika Sims, director at IFIC, spoke to pork producers at a World Pork Expo Learning Session sponsored by Zoetis. "What we found is that labels, such as "organic" and. Read more...
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