World meat industry news

Russia considering nitrofurans ban in poultry feed

  • 13 Mar 11:43

Nearly 50% of chicken meat on Russia’s grocery shelves is contaminated with nitrofurans; a study of Russia’s Quality Agency (Roskachestvo) has shown. In order to protect the health of consumers, this use of this group of antibiotics should be fully banned in poultry feed, the agency now claims. Roskachestvo has already submitted this proposal to Russia’s veterinary regulator Rosselhoznadzor. Nitrofurans in various poultry samples In total Roskachestvo has studied 21 samples of chicken of various producers in early 2017, saying that nitrofurans have been detected including in the poultry meat of the country’s leading manufacturers.. Read more...

Armenia Decides Slaughtering of Cattle Outside Butcheries Illegal

  • 10 Mar 11:53

The Armenian government has adopted a decision wherein the slaughter of cattle outside butcheries illegal, agriculture minister Ignaty Arakelyan said at a Cabinet session. According toARKA News Agency, the minister said the decision will be made mandatory step by step. He said beginning from 1 May 2017, the government will be buying meat from slaughterhouses only. The decision will become mandatory for meat products producing and exporting companies from 1 November 2017. According to him, starting from 1 April 2018, all public catering facilities in Yerevan will have to buy meat exclusively from slaughterhouses. Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan added that. Read more...

Meat production to drive growth in protein ingredients market

  • 10 Mar 11:47

Global demand for meat will require industry to grow animals faster than ever before, which in turn will fuel growth in the protein ingredients market,. Read more...

Belarus Plans to Launch Poultry, Beef Exports to UAE in 2017

  • 9 Mar 11:42

The Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry plans to launch the export of poultry and beef to the UAE in 2017, BelTA learned from head of the Foreign Economic Activity Department of the Agriculture and Food Ministry Aleksei Bogdanov. “During the meeting with the UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment last week we agreed on an inspection of Belarusian companies in the first half of the year for possible supplies of poultry and beef to the Arab market. Usually the certification of companies takes some 4-5 months, so we hope to launch our exports in late 2017,” he explained. BelTAreports that Mr Bogdanov noted that the preliminary work had been. Read more...

Cherkizovo Ranks Among Russia’s Top Three Pork Producers

  • 9 Mar 11:41

Cherkizovo Group ranks among the top three pork producers in Russia based on data from the National Union of Pork Producers. The National Union of Pork Producers tracks the performance of the twenty largest pork producers in Russia, which together account for 60.1 per cent of Russia’s total pork production. Cherkizovo Group produced 184,770 tons of pork in 2016, representing 5.2 per cent of the country’s share. One of the Group’s competitive advantages is its distinguished team of international experts. A new genetics improvement strategy to improve pigs’ health status was launched by management at the beginning of the year. On top. Read more...

Cherkizovo Launches New Turkey Brand

  • 7 Mar 09:57

Cherkizovo Group, Russia's largest vertically integrated meat and feed producer, announces the launch of its new turkey brand, Pava-Pava. The Pava-Pava brand was developed to promote turkey products manufactured at the Tambov Turkey facility, a joint venture between Cherkizovo Group and Grupo Fuertes, Spain’s leading agricultural producer. Pava-Pava products are already available in Globus stores across Russia. Pava-Pava products are already available in Globus stores across Russia. Tambov Turkey is a landmark facility for Cherkizovo Group and has been recognised for the role it has played in import substitution. The facility’s production. Read more...

Kazakhstan’s pig industry shrinks

  • 7 Mar 09:56

Kazakhstan’s pig population has fallen by 6.4% or 831,300 head between 2015 and 2016, according to data from. Read more...

Cherkizovo looks abroad, driving Russian switch to poultry exports

  • 6 Mar 12:40

Moscow-based Cherkizovo Group said it was seeking for new broiler export markets in Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia, in a drive which would help reboot Russia's emergence as a poultry shipper, after setbacks to bird flu. Cherkizovo - revealing it had returned to top-rank among Russian meat producers last year, increasing sales by 9% year-on-year to 903,000 tonnes - said it had now added Angola to its export markets, after kicking off shipments to Egypt and Tanzania in August. Sergei Mikhailov termed progress in "building our export portfolio" amongst the group's "landmark" achievements last year. And the group said. Read more...

Russia thinks of pig farming in Arctic and Far East

  • 3 Mar 11:48

Russia aims to look in unfamiliar directions to develop pig industry – north of the Arctic Circle as well as in the Far East, that is. In January, Russia’s ministry of agriculture published a draft decree proposing the reimbursement of capital costs for construction of pig farms in the country with a special focus on lowly-populated regions, where pig industry has been developed poorly until now. Aid should be allocated to farms designed for a minimum of 2,400 sows and an annual production of 50,000 heads of pigs, while the designed capacity required should be reached within a year after the facility’s commissioning at the latest. Pig production. Read more...

Russia to invest $43 bln in Europe-Asia transport corridor

  • 3 Mar 11:46

Thanks to the implementation of infrastructure projects within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Russia claims 15 percent of the total cargo turnover between Europe and China, Alexander Misharin first vice-president of Russian Railways said at an investment forum in Sochi this week. Russian freight train from Russia to China. Source: Jack No1/wikipedia.org (CC BY-SA 3.0) The Russian government plans to invest $43 billion to upgrade its railway infrastructure in order to benefit from growing freight traffic between China and Europe, a senior official from Russian Railways said this week. Russia can benefit enormously from freight between Europe. Read more...