Swine news - Facilities and equipment

For several weeks, the Ministry of Agro-industry, through the Undersecretariat of Agricultural Commercial Control (SUCCA), has been carrying out checks on several meat and pork refrigeration plants.

The project, that counts on the participation of Spanish and Italian companies and institutions, is coordinated by the Food and Agriculture Research and Technology Centre (CITA) of Aragon.

European Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis officially inaugurates the kick-off meeting of the EU Platform on Animal Welfare.

Organic pig producers, abattoirs and organisations related to animal welfare have signed a new agreement that will further improve the pigs’ welfare and their environmental impact. This agreement sets more requisites and regulations and will give place to an E-brand that will come into force in January 1st 2018.