Gulf Daily News said that MPs in the Gulf state on Tuesday (21 May) voted in favor of an outright pork ban, which would stipulate jail terms of up to two month and/or fines of up to BD300 ($800) for those caught with such products.
The nation's largest beef producer, Australian Agricultural Company (AACo), has sold three dry land and grazing properties in central Queensland for $23 million, amid a crisis in northern Australian cattle land.
Making the eat “less but better” red meat message profitable for the food industry, farmers and the rural economy is crucial for developing a more sustainable food system.
The Australian Government has released its National Food Plan, which it says will provide “a roadmap for the future” for governments, businesses and individuals to work together.
Continued demand for high-grade seafood in China alongside a clampdown on import “grey channels” demand that exporting countries get behind national brands, said one marketing expert in Shanghai.
New Zealand fishing company Sanford reported a 5.5 percent profit increase to NZD 14.1 million, up from NZD 13.3 million in the same period last year, for the first six months ending 31 March 2013.
After Peruvian fishmeal and fish oil producer Copeinca declined China Fishery Group’s takeover offer again, the company is now reviewing its options to place a new bid.
The Philippines is still lucky that it is still free from the deadly shrimp disease called Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS) which is now stalking shrimps from all over the world.
Last month three U.K. supermarkets admitted publicly that it was impossible to guarantee that the feed fed to the poultry and fresh meat they sell did not contain genetically modified (GM) soya meal.
Reports out of the US this week continued to suggest that the imported beef market remains sluggish, with US buyers not willing to match the bids on offer by other markets for Australian beef.
It has been reported that China and India recently signed eight trade agreements, including the allowance of Indian buffalo meat to be exported directly to China - with minimum safety requirements.
Cherkizovo Group announces that it has completed a sowing campaign, and if favourable weather conditions continue, it anticipates a 30% increase in yield, reaching 150,000 tonnes.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said private exporters have sold 180,000 tonnes of U.S. soft red winter wheat for delivery to China in the 2013-14 marketing year that begins June 1.
