Several feed organisations in the EU have warned of the dangers posed by a lack of soya supplies, writes Rachel Ralte reporting for ThePigSite.
The present financial crisis that is affecting the world could see a decrease in global pig meat consumption, writes ThePigSite Senior Editor, Chris Harris.
Controversial animal welfare legislation was given the green light in California on 4 November at the same time that Barack Obama was voted into office as the President of the USA, writes ThePoultrySite Senior Editor, Chris Harris.
Country of Origin Labelling is the next step to an entirely open marketplace for the US. In an ideal supermarket, consumers can understand as well as see the product that they are purchasing and they can monitor the system of production which has brought...
By the USDA, FSIS. The US Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing a Public Health Risk-Based Inspection System (PHRBIS) for all processing and slaughter establishments.
By Jane Jordan, ThePigSite Editor. The EU Hygiene Regulations which came into force in 2006 recognised that all primary producers - including livestock farmers - are 'food' producers.
By Jane Jordan, ThePigSite Editor - Food miles are not the environmental 'bad boy' marketeers may have us believe. Other factors involved in the production chain have a far greater impact on the environment and it's these areas that farming industries...
By Keith Wilson of the Wilson Law Office in Edmonton and published by Alberta Pork.
By Wayne J. Caldwell and presented at the 2006 Banff Pork Seminar - Across Canada the continued viability of livestock production is increasingly dependent upon the willingness of the community to accept the industry as it continues to evolve.
By The Meat Hygiene Services and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland - This Guide is relevant to those UK food businesses that slaughter animals for human consumption or cut or process meat, particularly those establishments...
By the European Commission - Concrete measures to improve the protection and welfare of animals over the next five years are outlined in a new Action Plan on the protection and welfare of animals, adopted by the Commission today. The Action Plan aims...
By the Environment Agency - Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) is a regulatory system that employs an integrated approach to control the environmental impacts of certain industrial activities. In England and Wales IPPC operates under the...
By RUMA - This article summarises the responsibilities of pig farmers as they use antimicrobials to safeguard the health and welfare of their animals.
By Digby Scott, NPA - 'Unless the Environment Agency has a major rethink about the way it implements IPPC, the British pig industry, which has recently started to expand again after five years in the doldrums, will find it is critically short of pigs...
By the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service - The FSIS has released regulatory sampling data showing a continued downward trend in positive tests for Salmonella. The Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) rule, implemented July 25, 1996,...
By Defra, Edited and Published by the NPA - If your incinerator is used only for pigs/poultry and it has a capacity of less than 50kg an hour the following rules apply. This is a summary distilled from the latest advice from Defra.
By Eduardo Beltranena IAZ PhD, published by Prairie Swine Centre - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) published in the Canada Gazette (Part 1; 2000 February 05) the proposed new regulations for the mixing of medicated feeds. These minimum compliance...
Ontario Pork Newsletter - The world's first case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) was diagnosed in Britain in 1986 by Britain's Central Veterinary Laboratory. The exact cause of BSE continues to be debated, but it is known that it is associated...
By L. M. Safley, Jr., President, Agri-Waste Technology, Inc. - This paper, presented at the January 2003 Banff Pork Seminars, discusses the influences on the confined animal feeding operation (CAFO) regulations.
By Norman Dunn, Better Farming Magazine (Ontario) - Germany and Denmark are taking two different paths to hog barn approvals. Just as in Canada, growing environmental awareness in most parts of Europe is forcing farmers to conform to a bewildering number...
By European Commission - This article provides a question and answer session on the Euopean Unions' regulations regards animal transport.
By Professor J Verner Wheelock and Charlotte Foster - This extensive report commissioned by The Danish Bacon & Meat Council examines Danish controls on antibiotics, veterinary medicines and Salmonella, and is supported by an analysis of systems and legislation...
This article discusses the results from the September 2002 publication of the National Residue Monitoring Plan for 2001, released by Ireland's Department of Agriculture and Food.













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