Meat is the only one of five major food commodity groups that saw an increase in the Food and Agricultural Organization’s (FAO). Read more...
Ukraine intends to boost poultry shipments to Saudi Arabia with a simultaneous increase in the number of Ukrainian enterprises certified to export such produce to that country, according to the State Food Safety and Consumer Protection Service's press service referring to the agency's head Volodymyr Lapa. "Now, four Ukrainian enterprises have the right to export poultry and products made of it to the market of Saudi Arabia. We are interested both in increasing their number and in expanding the range of products for export," the press service quoted Mr Lapa as saying. Ukraine also plans to start beef exports to the market in Saudi. Read more...
Russia has enhanced laboratory controls over meat imported from Brazil but will take no further action following the rotten meat scandal, according to Julia Melano, press secretary of. Read more...
Cherkizovo Lab ran an employee training session in Lyon, France.The training, which was at theThermo Fisher Scientificlaboratory, involved analysing methods of enzymatic assay and learning how to use the latest software available in the industry. Participants also used cutting-edge nitrogen and carbon analysers to conduct comparative analyses of soil samples. Cherkizovo Group operates in a highly competitive market where there is a lack of skilled professionals, which is why the Group invests heavily in its human capital. The Group devotes significant resources to the continuous education of its research scientists to ensure they remain leaders in. Read more...
Nguyen Van Hung, Genesus Technical Sales Manager for Vietnam, attended the Embassy of Canada roundtable meeting with the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC), on 28 February in Hanoi, writes Paul Anderson, General Manager, South East Asia. Tran Tuan Anh, the Trade Commissioner for the Embassy of Canada in Vietnam, also led a visit to Genesus customer DABACO the day prior to the roundtable meeting. The delegation was very interested in Genesus’ business with DABACO, which is highlighted by the very recent arrival of 775 head of Genesus registered purebred swine from Manitoba in Canada to the quarantine farm prior. Read more...
Russia is backing an FAO-led effort to promote food safety and prevent the spread of medicine-resistant "superbugs" in food and on farms in five countries in Central Asia and Eastern Europe with a donation of nearly $3.3 million. A new Russia-supportedFAOproject in Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan will help national authorities get a better handle the threats posed by antimicrobial resistant microbes in agriculture and food systems. The bulk of the funding will be used to support action on three broad fronts: Strengthening the regulatory and legal frameworks that underpin national efforts to address antimicrobial resistance. Read more...
Antimicrobial reduction was this year's theme at VIV Asia 2017, in Bangkok, Thailand. Along with our own event 'Growth promotion without antimicrobials' there were other side events dedicated to the topic. Here is a summary. Ceva Animal Healthhad a full-day conference on the theme of antibiotic reduction. Its ‘Swine Innovation Summit’ on 14 March, featured six internationally recognised speakers on antibiotic reduction. To name a few, Dr Hetty van Beers, of the Netherlands Veterinary Medicine Authority (SDa), delved deeper into the question of why and how antimicrobials should be used with much care. She also gave examples on why the approach. Read more...
Ukraine’s largest poultry producer, agricultural holding MHP, is going to purchase its 2nd plant in the European Union (EU), possibly in Slovakia, company executives have revealed. Viktoria Kapelushnaya, CFO of MHP, told local media group, Liga, that the company is going to launch its 2nd plant in the EU, in Slovakia, towards the end of 2017. It’sfirst plant in Europe now operates in Netherlands, processing some 1,500 tonnes per year. Kapelushnaya has not revealed any further details on this initiative, only saying that the plant in Slovakia should be very similar to the one in the Netherlands. According to the company’s information, the investment cost. Read more...
Up until now, Ukraine has already faced at least 55 outbreaks ofAfrican Swine Fever(ASF) during 2017, including both domestic pigs and wild boars. That was Volodimir Lapa’s message, head of the country’s State Food and Consumer Service at a press conference in Kiev, Ukraine, mid-March. In comparison, Lapa said that in 2016 there were 91 outbreaks of ASF reported in the country. As a result, Ukrainian veterinary services culled roughly 52,000 pigs. In general, the number of outbreaks in Ukraine is growing every year with 40 outbreaks reported in 2015 and only 16 in 2014, Lapa stated. Room for positivity, not for optimism He added that there is certainly. Read more...
China will continue to dominate the world meat production and trade over the coming years, although its animal protein industry is entering a period of transition, according to Rabobank’s China Animal Protein Outlook to 2020. Demand growth is slowing, and the industry is changing in response, and it needs to. Growth in production and consumption offers opportunities for China’s producers and for global traders. As China's economy slows, animal protein demand growth is following suit, but additional demand each year is still big in absolute terms. According to Chenjun Pan, Senior Analyst Animal Protein: “On the supply side, pork production will. Read more...
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