Chloramphenicol Detected in Pig Urine Samples
GERMANY - During routine inspections under the National Residue Control Plan, the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety has detected chloramphenicol in urine samples from pigs. The chloramphenicol...

Court Rules in Favour of Gaseous Pig Emissions
GERMANY - A court in the northern German town of Osnabrück has ruled that a farmer is allowed to feed his pigs vast quantities of raw onions, despite complaints from neighbours about their pungent gaseous...

Ministry Imposes Stricter Control on Antibiotic Use
GERMANY - The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV) has announced a package of measures to gain better control of the use of antibiotics in animal husbandry.

WPC - Concern Rises over ASF in Russia
GERMANY - There is little that Russia can do to stop the spread of African Swine Fever in the country, writes ThePigSite editor in Chief Chris Harris.

WPC - Concerns Raised over Introduction of Loose Housing
GERMANY - Tackling the problems that egg producers in the EU have in fulfilling the new directive on enriched cages for laying hens could be used as a model for the EU directive on loose housing for p...

WPC - Pig Industry Facing International Challenges
GERMANY - The pig meat industry around the world is facing formidable challenges, writes ThePigSite editor-in-chief Chris Harris at the World Pork Conference.

EC Urges Germany to Complete Feed Directive
GERMANY - The European Commission (EC) has asked Germany to notify the remaining national implementing measures of the Animal Feed Directive (2010/6/EU), which sets maximum levels for undesirable substances...

Ministers Get Tough on Food Safety
GERMANY - The federal states have agreed on tough measures, including possible prison terms for offenders, in an effort to prevent a repeat of the dioxin scandal that has severely damaged the agriculture...

Ag Minister Acts to Prevent Another Dioxin Scandal
GERMANY - The agriculture minister has said introducing a new nation-wide early warning system would make a repetition of the dioxin scandal unlikely. But consumer protection organisations do not think...

German Minister Promises Action on Dioxins
GERMANY - Germany has promised tough action in the wake of a dioxin scare that has led to bans on German products in several countries. About 3,000 farms out of 4,700 that were closed were given the green...

New Dioxin Scandal Hits Poultry, Pig Industries
GERMANY - About 1,000 poultry, pig and turkey farms in Lower Saxony have been quarantined and 8,000 layers in North Rhine-Westphalia destroyed following the discovery of dioxins in animal feeds from at...

Metacam for Pigs Now Available as Oral Suspension
GERMANY - Boehringer Ingelheim’s market leading Animal Health medication Metacam® (active ingredient: Meloxicam) obtained EU wide marketing authorisation as an oral suspension in a concentration of...

EU Approval for Pain Relief in Castrated Piglets
GERMANY - Boehringer Ingelheim’s Metacam® (active ingredient: Meloxicam) 5mg/ml solution for injection obtained EU wide marketing authorization for its use as an analgesic to relieve post operative...

Antibiotic-Free Pig Rearing to be Studied at New Centre
GERMANY - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; German Union for Research) has approved funding for 17 new collaborative research centres, one of which will be based in Berlin and aims to find better ways...

State Aid for German Farmers Hit by Recession
GERMANY - The European Commission has temporarily authorised Germany to grant up to €15,000 to farmers.

Canadian Pork Gets Support in Global Markets
GERMANY - "Canadian pork is the best in the world!" That’s the message sent by Minister of National Revenue and Minister of State (Agriculture) Jean-Pierre Blackburn throughout his visit to the ANUGA...