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The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of the meat company Seara Alimentos Ltda. and associated companies by meat producer Marfrig Alimentos S.A., both of Brazil.

In the last few days the IOE has reported on the appearance of cases of flu due to the A/H1N1 virus in swine herds in Thailand and China while other sources have also reported its appearance in pigs in South Korea.

EU27 real agricultural income per worker has decreased by 12.2% in 2009, following a decrease by 2.5% in 2008, according to first estimates issued by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities . This decline results from a reduction in real agricultural income (-14.2%), together with a fall in agricultural labour input (-2.2%).

China's live hog production gradually restored in 2009, the price of live hog did not reduce greatly as expected.

Ethanol production more than doubled feed costs for livestock producers in the United States between 2006 and 2008, according to a report released Monday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

An international workshop will lead to improved diagnosis and surveillance of animal influenza in the Asia Pacific region.

During the first nine month of 2009 Japanese imports of pig meat have dropped considerably compared with the same period of 2008. This decrease in imports is due to a decrease in pig meat consumption and to a big increase in the national production of pig meat.

The Catalan Government has passed a decree for the creation of the Health and Prevention Service.

After the recent release of the final report of the PESETA project on the impact of climate change in Europe, the JRC's Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) is launching a series of monographic reports with more information on each of the sector specific studies of the project. The first such report, "Impacts of climate change in agriculture in Europe" has been published.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published the results of an EU-wide survey on Salmonella in breeding pigs. The survey indicates that Salmonella is commonly detected in holdings with breeding pigs in most EU Member States.

As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of provisional results of the livestock survey, there were 26.6 million pigs in Germany on reference day (3 November 2009).

The Ministry for Agriculture and the national organizations for producing livestock and meat (PVV), poultry and eggs (PPE), and dairy products (PZ), have arrived to a financial agreement for a program of control of infectious diseases in animals for the period 2010-2014.