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A new consumer Web site was unveiled Sept. 9 at www.foodsafety.gov by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, co-chairs of the Obama Administration's Food Safety Working Group.

During the first six months of 2009 the consumption of prepared meat products increased in the volume of sales (+8.5%), reaching 262,231 tonnes, as well as in value (2,151.7 million euros, 7.7% more than in 2008). (Original in Spanish. Read Google translation here).

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has a new way to head off potential cases of foodborne illness – the Reportable Food Registry (RFR), where food industry officials must use to alert the FDA quickly, through an electronic portal when they find their products might sicken or kill people or animals.

Although the pork price in China has risen for 13 weeks straight, it is not likely to trigger an inflation as it did previously, economists and industry analysts observed.

The Council took note of the request made by the French delegation and supported by other delegations to reintroduce export refunds in support of the pig meat sector.

During the first six months of 2009 Ukraine imported above 212,000 t of red meat which is below the forecast, said the Minister of Economy of Ukraine Mr. Bohdan Danylyshyn.

Australia is gradually restoring its positions of one of the major red meat exporters to Russia and the CIS countries (former Soviet states), most Russian experts believe.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced USDA's intention to purchase an additional $30 million in pork products in FY 2009 for federal food and nutrition assistance programs.

Net farm income is forecast to be $54.0 billion in 2009, down $33.2 billion (38 percent) from the preliminary estimate of $87.2 billion for 2008. The 2009 forecast is $9 billion below the average of $63.2 billion in net farm income earned in the previous 10 years.

Russia may raise quotas for beef imports and cut allocations for pork and poultry next year.

The Caribbean has been a bright spot for U.S. meat exports so far this year, with pork, beef and lamb exports all showing double-digit volume increases over the first half of 2008.

After the evaluation of the Mexican veterinary services, el Agriffod and Veterinary Authority of SINGAPUR (AVA) informed Mexico of the possibility that it may export pig meat and pig products. Singapure will now begin the process of creating a listing of TIF establishments as these had asked for.(Original in Spanish. Read Google translation here).

The Spain Agribusiness Report Q309 looks at the domestic farming industry during a global recession.