• Brazil: Ractopamine - safe for use in pork

    Animal scientists in Brazil have found that a small dose of the feed additive ractopamine can boost pork production without changing how pork looks or tastes. In the latest issue of the Journal of An...
    • ,
  • China: Eight detained in illegal bacon case

    Police in Chongqing have detained eight people for allegedly processsing bacon illegally to sell, according to the Xinhua news agency. The police raided four sites hidden in a market in the municipal...
    • ,
  • China: Eight detained in illegal bacon case

    Police in Chongqing have detained eight people for allegedly processsing bacon illegally to sell, according to the Xinhua news agency. The police raided four sites hidden in a market in the municipal...
    • ,
  • EU Pig Prices: Optimism Prevails in the South

    EU - The slaughter pig market is increasingly stabilising in Central and South Europe this week. The quotations in Spain, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Austria remain unchanged. The correcte...
    • ,
  • EU Pig Prices: Optimism Prevails in the South

    EU - The slaughter pig market is increasingly stabilising in Central and South Europe this week. The quotations in Spain, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Austria remain unchanged. The correcte...
    • ,
  • Tonnies to invest in new pork processing plant in Russia

    German meat company, Tönnies, is to invest RUB 8 bln (€200 million) in the construction of a pork processing plant in the Khokholsky district of ...
    • ,
  • Tonnies to invest in new pork processing plant in Russia

    German meat company, Tönnies, is to invest RUB 8 bln (€200 million) in the construction of a pork processing plant in the Khokholsky district of ...
    • ,
  • EU Pig Prices: Pressure on Market makes Prices Go Down

    This week, the European pig slaughter market is tending weakly for the most part. Declining pig prices are being recorded in many countries. On Thursday, Denmark quoted a 2.7-cents price decrease. T...
    • ,
  • EU Pig Prices: Pressure on Market makes Prices Go Down

    This week, the European pig slaughter market is tending weakly for the most part. Declining pig prices are being recorded in many countries. On Thursday, Denmark quoted a 2.7-cents price decrease. T...
    • ,
  • More pork to Ukraine, less to Russia

    In 2012 Ukraine and Russia ranked as the top destinations for pork from Brazil, according to data on the period from January to November, state reports by the Brazilian Associ...
    • ,
  • Major Irish supermarkets - pig meat in beef burgers

    Major supermarkets in Ireland were found to be selling beef burgers that contain pig meat as well as horse meat. According to the Food Safety Authority, 85% of prod...
    • ,
  • More pork to Ukraine, less to Russia

    In 2012 Ukraine and Russia ranked as the top destinations for pork from Brazil, according to data on the period from January to November, state reports by the Brazilian Associ...
    • ,
  • Major Irish supermarkets - pig meat in beef burgers

    Major supermarkets in Ireland were found to be selling beef burgers that contain pig meat as well as horse meat. According to the Food Safety Authority, 85% of prod...
    • ,
  • More Classical Swine Fever Outbreaks Reported

    The Latvian veterinary authorities have reported 10 outbreaks of classical swine fever, also known as hog cholera, in wild boar in various parishes of Dagdas county in the south-east of the country....
    • ,
  • More Classical Swine Fever Outbreaks Reported

    The Latvian veterinary authorities have reported 10 outbreaks of classical swine fever, also known as hog cholera, in wild boar in various parishes of Dagdas county in the south-east of the country....
    • ,
  • Skiold Builds Pig Breeding Complex in Russia

    Skiold, a Danish company producing agricultural machines and machine tools in Northern Europe, plans to implement a project worth 3.5 billion rubles in the Samara region of Russia. Investors plan to...
    • ,
  • Skiold Builds Pig Breeding Complex in Russia

    Skiold, a Danish company producing agricultural machines and machine tools in Northern Europe, plans to implement a project worth 3.5 billion rubles in the Samara region of Russia. Investors plan to...
    • ,
  • Mexico promises ractopamine-free pork to Russia

    Mexico, following the example of Brazil, has officially confirmed that it is complying with Russian demands concerning the feed additive ractopamine in pork imports and it is promising that all produc...
    • ,
  • Mexico promises ractopamine-free pork to Russia

    Mexico, following the example of Brazil, has officially confirmed that it is complying with Russian demands concerning the feed additive ractopamine in pork imports and it is promising that all produc...
    • ,
  • Ukrainian vets have almost eliminated all dangerous animal diseases in Ukraine

    During last years Ukrainian vets considerable improved the epizootic situation with charbon, tuberculosis, leucosis, the Newcastle disease. Currently, there are only some places in Ukraine with s...
    • ,