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Thursday, July 09, 2009
Roadmap to Boost European Agro-food IndustryEU - The EU’s food industry is not excluded from today’s economic downturn. To give this important industry sector fresh impetus, European Commission Vice President Günter Verheugen and Commissioners...
Friday, June 26, 2009
EU Ministers Agree Not to Extend Pollution DirectiveEU - At the end of the first stage of negotiations, Environment Ministers have agreed not to extend the scope of the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive (IPPC) to cover smaller...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
EU Ministers Agree To New Slaughterhouse RulesEU - Conditions for animals at the time of killing will improve considerably from 1 January 2013, when a regulation, agreed by the European Council and providing for a series of practical measures to ensure...
European Pig Meat Supply Chain ProbeEU - Ministers from a number of European countries are continuing to highlight the discrepancy between producer and supermarket prices.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
New EU Feed Rules Will Improve Food SafetyEU - The European Commission has welcomed the adoption of new feed regulation that will further strengthen food safety in the EU. They will simplify and modernise procedures for labelling and marketing...
Friday, June 19, 2009
McDonalds Launches Flagship Farms ProgrammeEU - Fast food restaurant chain McDonald's Europe has launched a new Flagship Farms programme, designed to promote and share the benefits of sustainable agricultural practices via real case studies from...
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Place of Farming Legislation Planned for Next YearEU - Brussels’ “place-of-farming” communication published last week sets out ideas as to how Europe’s food quality policy should evolve in the years ahead, says farm commissioner Mariann Fischer...
Friday, May 29, 2009
European Commission Proposes New Labelling RulesEU - Action is needed to improve communication about the qualities of agricultural products — to help reconnect farmers with consumers. Quality labelling schemes must also be easier for people to use...
Friday, May 22, 2009
Breeding for ProfitabilityEU - Following on from the article on PIC Profit Equations (4 March 2009), which explained the...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Efforts to Prevent IPPC Extension Stepped UpUK - The European Commission's bid to extend IPPC to embrace all breed-to-finish pig units above 200 sows will be discussed next week by the European Agricultural Union (COPA).
Friday, May 01, 2009
Measures to Cut Risk of Importing Animal DiseasesEU - A regulation on the introduction into the European Union of small quantities of animal products intended for personal consumption – a measure that will help reduce the risks of importing serious...
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Completion of Animal Feed Assessment by EFSAEU - EFSA’s Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) has just completed the final opinion in a series of 30 risks assessments undertaken over the last 5 years looking at undesirable substances...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Stricter Transport Rules Equal More Expensive MeatEU - The European Commission has admitted proposals to reduce livestock journey times and stocking densities may lead to a “slight increase” in meat prices for consumers.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
EFSA RE-Evaluates Ractopamine SafetyEU - European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has re-evaluated the safety of the growth promoter, ractopamine, in pig feed.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
EFSA Study MRSA Link of Humans and LivestockEU - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published an opinion on the public health significance of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in animals and foods.
Monday, March 30, 2009
EC Ups Budget for Animal Disease ControlEU - Commission Decision 2008/897/EC is providing a budget of €223 million to eradicate, control and monitor animal diseases in in the EU-27 in 2009, according to a new GAIN Livestock and Products Report...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Help for Smaller Abattoirs ProposedEU - 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.
Update on Pig Welfare Quality ProgrammeEU - Henri de Thoré gives an overview about the work on setting animal welfare standards in the EU Project Welfare Quality® for European Pig Producers.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Council Makes Progress on Animal WelfareEU - At the 2934th Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting in Brussels on 23 March 2009, support was given for a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW).
Thursday, March 19, 2009
IPPC Should Not Include Smaller Pig FarmsEU - The pig industry has had some success with its amendments to the proposed "recast" IPPC. However it failed to persuade sufficient MEPs from other countries that IPPC should not be extended to include...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
EU Considers Regulations to Stop Slaughter SufferingEU - All forms of unnecessary suffering by animals must be avoided, but religious freedom must be respected, says the Agriculture Committee, which voted on Monday on plans to tighten up the rules on animal...
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
PIC Profit EquationEU - Pig producers across European Union and beyond will remember the 24 months of 2007 and 2008 as a sharp adjustment to a change in market conditions. The combination of weakening slaughter prices with...
Monday, March 02, 2009
Ministers Reject Industrial Pollution 'Safety Net'EU - A proposal, backed by Germany and Austria, to place a cap on noxious emissions spewed out by a wide range of industries, including steel, chemicals and processed food plants, is set to be voted down...
Friday, February 27, 2009
EU Hosted Global Conference on Trade, WelfareEU - On 20-21 January 2009, the European Commission hosted a Conference on Global Trade and Farm Animal Welfare. The highlights are presented as as USDA Foreign Agricultural Service GAIN report in the...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Yeast Product Approved for SowsEU - Biosprint (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) has been approved by the FEEDAP Panel for sows at the minimum recommended dose, and no safety concerns were raised by the European Food Safety Authority...
Thursday, February 12, 2009
New Feed Rules Get Green Light from MEPsEU - The European Parliament has given the green light to new rules on ingredients and labelling of animal feed. It is likely the new rules will come into force next year.
Monday, February 09, 2009
EC Orientation Debate on Animal CloningEU - The College of Commissioners held an orientation debate on 13 January 2009 regarding the cloning of farm animals for food production to see if the EU’s current regulatory framework is sufficient...
Friday, February 06, 2009
Maximum Levels of Vitamin A in Feed RecommendedEU - 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...
EC Welcomes Parliament's Vote on Animal Feed LawEU - Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted in first reading a Regulation to replace the current legislation on marketing and use of feed, both for farm animals and pets, based on a Commission proposal...
Thursday, February 05, 2009
OIE: Vet Education on the Move to Protect WorldEU - Over 90 of the OIE's Member Countries, for the most part developing and in-transition countries in all regions of the world, have already invited the OIE to conduct an independent evaluation of their...
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