Belarus have introduced temporary restrictions on the import of pork from Mongolia from the 12 July, according to the department for veterinary and food supervision at the Agriculture and Food Ministry of Belarus.
Lamb consumption data from Kantar for the four weeks ending 25 May 2014 has recorded a steep decline in both the volume and value of sales when compared to year earlier levels.
PURE Bioscience has submitted a Food Contact Notification (FCN) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval to use silver dihydrogen citrate (SDC) as an online reprocessing (OLR) antimicrobial for raw poultry processing.
Lamb prices have cooled over the past five weeks, due to a strong sterling and extra availability of lambs on the market, according to Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).
Consumers in the UK spent more money on beef over the past year, but the volume of sales was also down, according to the Livestock and Meat Commission in Northern Ireland (LMC).
While stopping short of a ban, new rules have been drawn up in Brussels for the European Union regarding the import of live pigs from countries with porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED).
SUSPECTED traces of Tuberculosis (TB) prompted Russia to impose the highly damaging blanket ban on imports of beef offal from Ireland, the Irish Independent has learned.
The long term sustainability of the Pacific Bluefin Tuna fishery can only be guaranteed by following halving catch limits, WWF will tell the two Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) covering the Pacific.
Switzerland is to ban imports of live pigs and pork from several EU countries in a bid to stop an African swine fever outbreak from reaching the country.
The Australian subsidiary of the largest animal protein processing company in the World, Brazilian- based JBS, has announced that it has purchased a majority shareholding in Andrews Meat Industries.
The poultry and pig sectors in Jamaica are receiving heavy investment dollars as the agricultural subsectors continue to witness significant growth in loans.
The latest trade data from USDA and the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) show continued strength in international demand for U.S. agricultural products, with beef and pork exports particularly encouraging during May.
Meat consumption within the EU is expected to increase for the rest of 2014 but poultry meat and pork exports are forecast to fall in the coming months, according to the Commission's Summer 2014 Short-Term Agricultural Outlook.
