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Pig Industry News by Topic
News by Topic: Pig Meat Quality
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Less Boar Taint by Selecting Terminal Boars EU - TOPIGS will soon start selecting finisher boars which have less risk of breeding offspring with boar taint.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Vaccine to Reduce Boar Taint Treats Over 1M Pigs EU - Pfizer Animal Health announced today that over one million pigs have already been treated in Europe with its innovative vaccine to reduce boar taint.
Friday, May 07, 2010
MEPs Vote to Exclude Food from Cloned Animals EU - Food derived from cloned animals and their descendants must be excluded from draft legislation on the authorisation of "novel foods", Environment Committee MEPs said on Tuesday, 4 May. Foods produced...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
EFSA Assesses Risk of Salmonella from Pig Meat EU - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has assessed the public health risks from Salmonella in pigs and the impact of possible control measures.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Agriculture MEPs Back Study into New Quality Logo EU - Meeting Tuesday (23 February) MEPs on the Agriculture Committee back a study launched into a new "European quality logo" which would be reserved "exclusively for agricultural goods resulting entirely...
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Boar Taint Prevention Vaccine Launched in Europe EUROPE - A vaccine that could spell the end of boar taint in pork was launched in Europe this week by pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Help for Smaller Abattoirs Proposed EU - The European Commission should ensure that meat imported from non-European Union countries meets European standards, said MEPs at a meeting of the European Parliament agriculture committee.
Friday, February 06, 2009
Maximum Levels of Vitamin A in Feed Recommended EU - EFSA’s FEEDAP Panel has adopted an opinion on the consequences for consumers of the use of vitamin A in animal feed, and recommended revised maximum levels in feed intended for the main food producing...
Thursday, January 22, 2009
EFSA Tracks European Zoonoses EU - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have published their Community Zoonoses Report for 2007, which analyses the occurrence of...
Monday, December 29, 2008
EFSA Evaluates Salmonella Contamination EU - EFSA’s Task Force on Zoonoses Data Collection has today published an analysis of the risk factors related to Salmonella in slaughter pigs within the European Union (EU).
Friday, December 12, 2008
EU Agrees on Pork Storage Aid for Ireland EU - The European Union (EU) member states yesterday unanimously backed an aid scheme, which will allow the storage of up to 30,000 tons of pig meat for six months at EU expense, according to the European...
Friday, November 14, 2008
EU Organisations Unite Over Food Safety EU - The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the European Food Safety Authority have signed a new cooperation agreement to advance knowledge on food and feed.


