Lab-grown meat producer Memphis Meats has announced the production of the world’s first. Read more...
IT technology, organic produce and health tourism could be the main beneficiaries of Russia's effort to foster its status as an exporter country, say experts and market players. A girl examines a T-shirt, a part of the Russian Olympic team uniform, GUM, Moscow. Source: Evgeny Biyatov/RIA Novosti Vnesheconombank and the Roscongress Foundation, which is responsible for organizing the country's main investment forums, agreed on the joint promotion of Russian exports under the "Made in Russia" brand. The agreement, reached during the Russian Investment Forum in Sochi on Feb. 27, provides for advertising, marketing, branding and communications. Read more...
The country's veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of African swine fever in Soroca.The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received an immediate notification on Friday, 10 March. The outbreak was initially observed on 6 March and confirmed on 10 March after areal-time PCR test was carried out at theRepublican Center for Veterinary Diagnosis. According to the OIE, ina backyard with seven fattening pigs of around 100 kg each (seven months old), six pigs died from 6 to 9 March 2017 and the owner notified the Competent Authority on 8 March. Six of the affcted animals had typical signs of African swine fever (anorexia, increased temperature and. Read more...
Russia’s largest retailers, including Magnit and Auchan, have enhanced biosecurity controls over poultry production due to the recent outbreaks of avian influenza. Read more...
Russia’s State Duma, the lower chamber of the country’s Parliament has registered a bill proposing limitations on the number of poultry in so-called backyard farms. According to the legislators, these types of farms are not subjected to the common veterinary control, because they are producing meat, milk and poultry only for personal consumption of the owners. However, because of the lack of safety these farms pose a serious threat to the country’s poultry industry in general, amid the continuing spread of veterinary diseases, including highly pathogenicavian influenza(AI), the country’s officials warn. A woman feeds chicken in her flat on. Read more...
Russian meat company Miratorg wants to see its export revenue rise to as much as $100m this year, and a major product push at a Chinese trade show is underway. Read more...
The European Commission will pursue actions within its remit to improve the welfare of livestock shipped to non-EU countries, after an undercover investigation allegedly showed member state animals. Read more...
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...
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...
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...
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