Former Minister Defends Hog Plant Grants
CANADA - PEI's agriculture minister under the Pat Binns administration was called before a legislative committee to explain why that government gave $2 million in grants to the provincial hog plant.

NASDA Plans to Help Producers
US - The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) has put forward a plan to take extra dairy, pork and poultry supplies off the market to help producers.

RP to Import 20,000 Tons of Pork to Avert Shortage
PHILIPPINES - An expected tight supply of pork in the coming holiday season amid low production has prompted the government, private traders and even hog raisers to agree to import an additional 20,000...

Health Risks as Cairo Starts to Miss its Pigs
EGYPT - Garbage is building up in the streets of Cairo following the slaughter of all the country's pigs in the country earlier this year in the mistaken belief that they posed a significant risk of passing...

Lifting of Funding Ban Could Help US Pork Producers
US - The National Pork Producers Council commended conferees on the agriculture appropriations bill, on text slated for the FY 2010 agriculture appropriations conference report regarding the use of appropriated...

EPA Told Changes to RFS Could Affect Ag Prices
US - Comments submitted on Friday (25 September) to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the American Meat Institute (AMI), National Turkey Federation, National Chicken Council and FarmEcon LLC...

FSANZ Invites Public Comment on Food Law Changes
AUSTRALIA - Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has invited individuals and organisations with an interest in the regulation of food to provide information and comment on possible changes to the...

Intervet/Schering Plough Found in Breach of NOAH Code
UK - The National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) Code of Practice Committee, chaired by Guy Tritton has found Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health in breach of four items under complaint, relating to...

Study: Supply Management Not a Simple Solution
ONTARIO, CANADA - A recent study prepared by The University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus, finds that implementing a supply management system for Ontario’s hog industry would be a challenge.

President Obama Commended on USTR Nomination
US - The National Pork Producers Council yesterday praised President Obama’s nomination of Dr. Islam A. Siddiqui as the Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the office of the US Trade Representative, an agency...

China Denies Imposing Restrictions on EU Imports
CHINA - China has never placed any restriction on pork imports from the European Union (EU), and its demand for health certificate from the EU imported pork was needed to prevent the spread of A/H1N1 flu,...

Call for Data on Antibiotic Use in Animals
US - Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter, Chair of the House Committee on Rules, asked the Government Accountability Office to review federal efforts to collect data on antibiotic use in animals.

China Restricts EU Pork Due to H1N1 Fears
GLOBAL - The European Union's health chief said today that China had slapped restrictions on pork imports from four member states over swine flu concerns - a move she slammed as protectionist.

Pig Farm Receives Grant to Reduce GHG Emissions
SCOTLAND, UK - A Scottish pig farm has received a grant to turn manure into electricity as part of a new government scheme to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from farming.

Pune Govt Prepares for Influenza
MAHARASHTRA, INDIA - The state government is planning to introduce a bill to regularise the poultry and pig industries ahead of any possible outbreak on H1N1 flu.

ALMA Funds 30 Industry Projects
CANADA - More than C$3 million in new funding is helping Alberta’s livestock and meat industry discover innovative ways to move forward.

NFU Praises Retailers' Honest Food Labelling Move
UK - The British National FArmers' Union has said it is pleased that supermarkets Tesco and Morrison's have signed up to the Conservatives' Honest Food campaign aimed at letting consumers know where the...

Livestock Manure Application Not Raised for Pigs
UK - Farmers are to be allowed to apply 250kg of grazing livestock manure nitrogen per hectare, where certain conditions are met to help protect waters. The 170kg nitrogen limit continues to apply to livestock...

Public Consultation on Pig Carcase Classification
UK - On Friday (18 September), Defra launched a public consultation on the implementation of new European legislation concerning the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcases and the reporting of...

Pork Exports to Japan Set to Resume
SOUTH KOREA - The first Korean pork exported to Japan in nine years will leave port today, according to the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries yesterday.

EFSA Proposal: Feed Vitamin A Could Risk Deficiency
EU - The UK's National Pig Association (NPA) is calling on European Food Standards Agency (EFSA) to re-consider its latest proposal on maximum vitamin A levels in pig feeds.

JBS Buys Bertin
BRAZIL - Brazilian meat processing giant JBS has bought Brazilian beef processing competitor, Bertin.

Animal Transport Proposals Off the Table... for Now
SCOTLAND, UK - NFU Scotland yesterday welcomed the news that proposals to introduce controversial new animal transport laws have been withdrawn from internal European Commission consultation.

NPPC Briefs US Trading Partners on H1N1 Flu
US - At a briefing on Monday evening, the National Pork Producers Council told foreign officials that the US pork industry and the US government are gearing up for a return of the novel H1N1 flu and that...

European Agricultural Commissioner Steps Down
EU - Mariann Fischer Boel, the European commissioner for agriculture and rural development, has announced that she will not seek a second term in the post.