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The European Commission adopted today a Decision authorising GM soybean MON89788, also known as "Roundup Ready 2" soybean, for import and processing and food and feed uses.

The hog cholera outbreak in this city has turned from worse to "epidemic proportions," killing at least 2,300 pigs in the past five days. The hog cholera outbreak in this city is the highest reported in the Philippines.

This is the first gel vaccine to be developed in the country that can be given orally and the digestive process of the pigs does not reduce its effectiveness. The product is an innovation in the area of veterinary pharmacology, not only for the method of administration but also for its content since it attacks the most important serotypes of the Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae bacteria.

The acceptable concentration of melamine in animal feed is up to 2.5mg/kg, equivalent to the standard in the US, Canada and the European Union, according to a decision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

At a time of great challenge for the Australian pork industry, research by the Pork CRC in the last year has reduced feed costs and improved herd production efficiency.

Russia has suspended imports of pork products from six U.S. pork facilities, claiming the products did not meet Russian requirements, USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service said.

The United States and Mexico have reached an agreement on approving a significant number of meat processing and storage facilities for export.

The Pork Industry (NZPork), the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) and the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) have joined together to launch the eight month project which will evaluate using manure in different biogas systems on farms.

The decision to request consultations follows discussions and representations to the United States on Canada’s concerns with COOL. WTO consultations provide the parties with an opportunity to resolve a dispute through formal discussions. If consultations fail to resolve the issue, the matter can be referred to a WTO dispute settlement panel.

The National Pork Producers Council has created a news program designed to educate swine veterinarians about issues of concern to the U.S. pork industry. The program will focus on how policy is made on the federal level and how to communicate effectively with lawmakers and regulatory officials.

Chairman of the State Committee for Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine signed Order №276 “On imports of slaughter pigs from Republic of Poland”. Pursuant the order, 17 Polish enterprises were licensed for imports of slaughter pigs to Ukraine.

Comission Decision of 28 November 2008 approving annual and multi-annual programmes and the financial contribution from the Community for the eradication, control and monitoring of certain animal diseases and zoonoses presented by the Member States for 2009 and following years.

In 2008 the enterprises of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Supplies shall supply 2.8 million tons of dairy products and 115 thousand tons of meat products to Russia.

The research, carried out in close collaboration with the Autonomous Communities, had technical and scientific support in the first stage from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (original in Spanish. Read Google translation here).

With regard to livestock production, world demand for animal protein (milk, eggs, meat) is expected to rise by 50% by 2020, even if the economic growth of recent years is now stabilising.

Over 100 pigs have died of African swine fever. The veterinary officer, Dr. Nelson Yesho, said 5,000 pigs could die if the disease, that struck Sipi and Kamoko sub-counties is not contained.