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European Union - EU to launch FTA negotiations with individual ASEAN countries

EU Member States just gave the green light for the Commission to pursue negotiations towards free trade agreements (FTAs) with individual countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

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New development engineer for Farmex

Reading-based Farm Energy and Control specialists, Farmex, has appointed David Dobson as development engineer.

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New section: Pig welfare

We have just added a new section, Pig welfare, to pig333, on the European legislation about the minimum standards for the protection of pigs (2001/88/EC of 23/Oct/2001 and 2001/93/EC of 9/Nov/2001). This section has an interactive format of questions and answers starting from a photograph, and has been prepared by Paolo Candotti.

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Netherlands - Meat consumption up in 2009

The latest preliminary figures for meat consumption in Holland, published by PVE, show a general increase.

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Vietnam’s meat productions grows modestly

Beef production in Vietnam posted the highest growth in 2009 followed by poultry and pork, official statistics showed.

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Brazil – Increase in pig meat exports

In 2009, Brazilian exports of pig meat reached 607.49 thousand tons, which is an increase of 14.75% in volume compared to the same period of the previous year, although the value dropped by 17.09%.

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Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan - Pork import limits set for 2010

Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan established a customs union in early December to simplify trade among them. A single set of customs tariffs goes into effect January 1, 2010.

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Alltech opens new office in Spain

As part of its ongoing global expansion, animal health and nutrition company, Alltech, has announced the opening of its first office in Spain.

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New viral threat to UK pig industry

A new disease which poses as great a risk as foot-and-mouth disease could devastate the British pig industry unless controls are tightened up.

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European Union - Development of harmonised schemes for the monitoring and reporting of Cysticercus in animals and foodstuffs in the European Union

Harmonised schemes are proposed for the monitoring and the reporting of Cysticercus in animals and foodstuffs in the European Union. The current disease situation and national monitoring in Member States is reviewed in order to identify public health needs in Member States and to create a basis for formulating the sampling plans.

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Chile – The swine industry foresees a recovery in the sector in 2010

All the national and international economic indicators lead us to expect a recovery in 2010. The swine sector predicts a growth of 9% in production and 14% in exports in 2010 and a recovery in national consumption.

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Malaysia - Conditions relaxed for pork import

Conditions imposed for the import of pork and pork-based products will be relaxed to ensure sufficient supply of the meat for the upcoming Chinese New Year.

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European Union - Swine Vesicular Disease Policy -Option for the future

The SCOFCAH has published a working document about the swine vesicular disease.

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Netherlands – Meat production and consumption in 2008

The gross production value in the livestock, meat and egg sector rose sharply last year. The 9% increase amounted to almost € 5.6 billion. This increase can mainly be attributed to the pig sector, where the price levels were higher than in 2007.

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Finland – Agreement to improve pig welfare

Finland’s Ministry of Agriculture has arrived to an agreement with representatives of the swine industry (farmers and meat industries) to improve all aspects related to pig welfare. Producers and industry have made a commitment to revise and improve conditions.

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Chile – Ministry of Environment created

Last week in Chile the law Nº 20,417 was passed through which the Ministry, the Environmental Evaluation Service and the Supervision of the Environment Board were created.