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On November 25, the expert panel from MOA announced that over a 11-day on-site examination and evaluation, Hainan Province had passed the national on-site inspection for Specific Animal Epidemic-Free Zone.

Pigs on a farm in Norfolk have been confirmed as positive to H1N1. This is the sixth case of pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza virus, following earlier cases in Northern Ireland.

John Dalli is currently the Maltese Minister for Social Policy, which includes health, employment and industrial relations. His previous posts include Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, Minister for Economic Affairs, Finance Minister and Foreign Minister. An accountant by profession, he is a senior member of the ruling Nationalist Party.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has confirmed the first case of H1N1 in Finland's swine herd.

China had lifted import bans on pork products from the United States, Canada and Mexico, the country's top quarantine authorities said Tuesday.

The European Commission adopted a financial package of €275 million to support programmes to eradicate, control and monitor animal diseases in 2010. The 224 annual or multi-annual programmes which were selected for EU funding will tackle animal diseases that impact both human and animal health.

The Ministry of Agriculture officially declared on 23 November 2009 that an outbreak of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 occurs in pigs.

Swine at a slaughterhouse in Heilongjiang province tested positive for the virus last Thursday, the Ministry of Agriculture revealed over the weekend.

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has launched a simple and effective 8-point plan for the responsible use of antimicrobials in veterinary practice.

World Deans and Directors of veterinary training institutions and key national veterinary education policy makers provided their final contributions in the hundreds for the making of the first global recommendations on veterinary education.

In Norway there is an ongoing outbreak in pigs of infections with pandemic influenza A(H1N1)v virus. The first herd was confirmed positive on 10 October 2009. As of 26 October, a total of 23 herds have been diagnosed as positive.

Manitoba's On-Farm Food Safety Program now includes an initiative to help livestock producers and related businesses buy needle-less injectors to administer vaccines and medications.

The European Commission presents today a staff working paper that aims to be the basis of discussion on the ways to better tackle the growing health problem of anti-microbial resistance (AMR).