Ongoing armed conflict in eastern Ukraine is harming meat businesses, as the largest agricultural holdings in the country have reported serious problems in the regions where fighting is taking place.
Brazil looks set to ramp up exports of meat to Russia after it imposed a 12-month ban on beef, pork and poultry imports from the US, EU, Canada, Norway and Australia last week.
Trade restrictions on meat imports, put in place by the Russian government last week, should have a positive impact on the domestic meat industry, according to representatives of the Russian meat industry.
There has been mixed reaction to news of Russia’s import ban yesterday (7 August), with some associations shrugging it off, and others calling for action to be taken.
By Gerard O’Dwyer, in Helsinki and Monika Hanley in Riga
Four Baltic rim states have reached an agreement on a programme of joint measures to combat the outbreak of the fatal African swine fever virus (ASF) in the region.
The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has confirmed that no traces of banned antibiotic furazolidone have been found in pigs in the Netherlands.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said that the time between slaughter and mincing of meat can be extended without detrimental effects on public health.
News has emerged from Northern Ireland that a piglet has been found to have Livestock Associated MRSA (LA-MRSA), in what is the first case of its kind in the country.
During the first half of the year meat imports to Russia fell by 37% year-on-year, while the country’s own meat production rose by 4%, clearly to compensate the losses, according to data from Rosstat, the Russian State Statistics Service.
The latest Rabobank report on the global pork market has suggested pork prices will remain high in Q4, due to the porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDv), entering some countries into "record territory".
Mattilsynet, Norway’s food safety authority, has ordered the destruction of a pig-herd in Vestre Toten, in western Norway, following the discovery of the antibiotic-resistant bacteria MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus) in the herd. The...
The European Union (EU) has today (23 July) forced the creation of a disputes panel at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) which will examine the legality under world trade law of Russia’s ban on imports of EU live pigs, pork and other pig products.
A new documentary has been launched this month that claims to expose the meat industry’s environmental destruction and the lack of a challenge from green groups.
Spanish food and wine group Osborne has teamed up with Chinese private investment group Fosun in a bid to grow both its domestic and international markets.
By Elizabeth Bonsall, consultant, Promar International
If you were to think about the global meat sector, Africa is not often seen in the same light as China, other parts of Asia and Latin America, but this is beginning to change.
The Humane Slaughter Association (HSA) has named Doctor Bert Lambooij DVM, of the Animal Science Group at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, as the winner of its 2014 award.
Outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) at the Velikoluksky meat processing plant in Pskov Oblast are threatening to become the largest registered in Russia this year.
An independent German competition authority has dished out fines totalling €338m to 21 sausage manufacturers, as well as fines to 33 individuals, involved in price-fixing activity.
The European Commission will renew its request for a World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel to investigate Russia’s ban on European pigmeat imports later this month, after Moscow blocked an inquiry on Thursday (10 July).
European Union (EU) meat production is projected to start growing in 2014, according to the European Commission, as Europe’s economic recovery solidifies. This could be up 0.7% year-on-year for beef, veal, pigmeat, poultry, sheep and goat meat.
Ukraine’s parliament has approved a bill to introduce a system of mandatory identification and registration for all livestock animals that are kept on farms, regardless of ownership.
The Russian ban on imports of processed beef, pork, lamb and horsemeat from Moldova is rather "symbolic" and will not have a major impact on the country’s meat exports, a Moldovan foreign ministry official has told GlobalMeatNews.
Latvia became the third EU state to report instances of African swine fever (ASF) after 13 wild boar and four farmed pigs tested positive for the disease.
Despite the unstable situation in south-east Ukraine, meat production during the first five months of the year grew by more than 50%, according to a report from the country’s statistical services.
Mixed messages were received from the Russian sector during the World Meat Congress, with a presentation calling for increased international co-operation, despite an underlying desire to improve the country’s self-sufficiency.
Sweden’s ministry of agriculture has responded to its pig industry’s demand for greater state support by producing a new national action plan that aims to help Swedish pig farmers improve animal care standards and competitiveness.
In the coming months the Crimean peninsula could be left without meat products, with almost all companies involved in meat processing at risk of bankruptcy, experts have predicted.
With thousands of football fans gearing up to descend on Brazil for the FIFA World Cup 2014, Global Meat News thought it timely to take a look at how Brazil’s meat industry stacks up against its rivals.
There should be no detectable carry-over contamination of meat when produced in line with current good manufacturing practice and properly cleaned, according to a report.
Live pigs imported from the USA and Canada will henceforth be tested for porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDv) to prevent the disease being introduced to Europe from North America.
Denmark has a population of just 5.5 million people, but with total pig production standing at over 29m and producers exporting to the value of DKr32bn (£3.5bn) in 2013, the significance of the pig industry to this country is obvious. Global Meat News...
Russia has banned imports of live pigs from six countries, including the US, Canada, Mexico, Japan, South Korea and South Africa, due to fears about the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus (PEDv), according to the Russian veterinary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor.
Danish officials have raised concerns over a boycott of Danish pork in Swedish ICA Supermarket stores during a meeting of Nordic prime ministers in Iceland.
Russia is planning to substitute imports in a number of product categories, including meat. The move was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Food safety in the meat industry could be negatively affected by the result of the current Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks between the US and the European Union, according to the Center for Food Safety (CFS) in the US.
Russia’s largest meat and fodder producer Cherkizovo Group has revealed an increase in revenue of 13% in local currency the rouble (RUB), for the first quarter ending 31 March 2014.
Food & Hotel Asia (FHA) in Singapore (7-11 April) attracted a record 3,200 exhibitors and 45,000 visitors. The show demonstrated the economic buoyancy and the increasing demand for meat in Singapore itself and south-east Asia.
Following a request from the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) panel has published a scientific opinion on the issue of tail-docking in pigs, looking at risk factors and impact on animal...
