Will US Consumers Eat Up GM Meat Rule?
US - On January 15, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration decided how it will regulate genetically engineered animals, for the first time paving the way for such animals or their products to be sold as...

Maple Leaf Foods Enhances Safety Protocols
CANADA - While listeria exists in all ready-to-eat plants and presents an exceptionally low risk, Maple Leaf has implemented industry leading practices to detect and eradicate listeria, which are performing...

Tainted Irish Pork Seized in Eastern China
CHINA - Chinese quarantine authorities in the eastern city of Nanjing have seized more than 23 tonnes of frozen Irish pork that was found to be contaminated with dioxin and ordered it be returned, state...

Consumers Looking For Quality Ham
UK - The Quality Standard Mark for ham is becoming increasingly important as more and more consumers look for country of origin when shopping.

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...

Pigs Illegally Injected with Water in Tianjin
CHINA - Food inspectors in north China have discovered that a city-backed pork products plant was injecting pigs with water to illegally increase their weight.

PM Interrogated Over Welfare Standards
UK - Richard Bacon (Lab), a long-term supporter of the pig industry posed a question to Gordon Brown pointing out 70 per cent of imported pork is reared to unacceptable welfare standards.

USDA: Naturally Raised Marketing Claim Standard
US - The US Department of Agriculture on Friday (16 January) issued a voluntary standard for naturally raised livestock and meat marketing claims.

The Future of US Livestock is Genetically Modified
US - The US Food and Drug Administration today issued a final guidance for industry on the regulation of genetically engineered (GE) animals, which advises the use of GE animals for food.

UFU Comment on Discussions Regarding Dioxin Scare
NORTHERN IRELAND - The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has commented following the outcome of the Northern Ireland Executive meeting at which the plight of farmers and processors affected by the contaminated...

South Korea to Ship Pigs to North
SEOUL - South Korea's Jeju island will on Friday send equipment to build a farm in North Korea which will raise the island's speciality black pigs, officials said.

NPB Announces 2009 Celebrated Chefs
US - America's pork producers entered the 13th year of their Celebrated Chefs program by naming five distinguished chefs as spokespersons for the Pork Checkoff and The Other White Meat. More than 50 leading...

Farmers Not to Be Blamed for Beta-Agonist
MALAYSIA - The banned beta-agonist substance found in pigs have found its way not through unscrupulous farmers looking to increase their livestock's lean meat but through a permissible hormone.

Australia Forecasts an Organic Future
AUSTRALIA - From delectable dairy to chemical free meat, IBISWorld market researchers have predicted Australians will turn towards organic and biodynamic with renewed energy in the years ahead.

Pork Export Accreditation Plans Put on Hold
THE PHILIPPINES - The government has temporarily set aside its plans to tap Asian markets for its pork exports, pending findings of tests by an international team now in the country to study the Ebola...

Dead, Diseased Pigs Sold for Food
CHINA - Six people have been detained in southern China's Guangdong Province for allegedly running a network that processed and sold meat from dead and diseased pigs.

First British Breeding Pigs Exported to Cambodia
CAMBODIA - The first of 600 genetically-advanced breeding pigs have been shipped out to Cambodia as part of a 20-year franchise agreement in a deal clinched by Yorkshire-based international pig-breeding...

Irish Dioxin Scare to Undergo Analysis
IRELAND - The Oireachtas agriculture committee inquiry into the handling of the pork dioxin crisis is to open this morning at Leinster House.

Vet Sounds Warning Against Ebola Reston Virus
THE PHILIPPINES - The Office of the City Veterinarian in Zambo City recently warned the public against the so-called Ebola Reston strain virus among pigs.

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).

Higher Welfare Pork Launched
UK - The Co-operative has announced plans to role out higher welfare pork in the New Year.

Authorities Recall Processed Pork Products
ROMANIA - The Romanian authorities are recalling from the market all the processed pork products which are containing Irish pork meat.

Italy Locks Down on Irish Pork and Beef Imports
ITALY - Following the recent Irish recall of all pork and pigmeat due to the discovery of dioxin in meat samples, Italian Ministry of Health officials report that they have seized all 90 shipments of Irish...

NZ Consumers Reject Imported Pork
NEW ZEALAND - Consumers are beginning to reject imported pork and favour local product, according to the latest import figures.

IFA: Pig Producers Expect Processing to Begin
IRELAND - IFA President Padraig Walshe has said there was relief among pig producers that a resolution had been found to the disruption of the industry in the past week.