Pig Industry News: Chile
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
Rise in Chilean Pork ProductionCHILE - So far this year (January to September) meat production in Chile has risen but exports have fluctuated with exports of beef down on last year but pork exports up. This bulletin contains detailed...
Friday, November 09, 2012
Panamanian Authority Visits Slaughter Plants in ChileCHILE - From 30 September to 8 October, officials of the Panamanian Food Safety (AUPSA) visited farms and meat processing establishments in Chile to verify the safety of products. ...
Thursday, May 31, 2012
CIWF Steps in to Help in Chilean Pig Farm CrisisCHILE - Animal welfare organisation Compassion in World Farming has stepped in to offer help to the beleaguered pig complex at Freirina in Chile. ...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Pigs in Health Alert to be SlaughteredCHILE - The 500,000 pigs due to be moved from a pig farm and processing facility in Chile after the government closed it for health and environmental reasons could now be slaughtered. ...
Monday, May 28, 2012
Strong Growth in Chile’s Pork, Poultry Meat OutputCHILE - Poultry meat and pork account for most of the meat produced in Chile and output of both rose between 2000 and 2010, while beef, lamb and horse meat all declined over the period. ...
Health Alert at Chilean Pig PlantCHILE - Chilean Health Minister, Jaime Mañalich, has stepped in to help the residents of Freirina because of deficiencies at the Agrosuper pig processing plant in the area, where pigs have been dying...
Friday, April 20, 2012
Success of Pig Health Project in ChileCHILE - An experiment to compartmentalise pigs in Chile to ensure high biosecurity and health has been approved by the World Organisation for Animal Health. ...
Monday, April 16, 2012
Beef, Pork, Chicken Production Increased in 2012CHILE - Production of beef, pork and chicken all increased in the first month of 2012, compared to January 2011. ...
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Livestock and Fish Exports Doubled in SeptemberCHILE - INEGI, the National Institute of Statistic and Geography, reported that agriculture, livestock and fish exports in September totalled US$617 million, an increase of over 50 per cent. ...
Friday, June 24, 2011
Chile Holds Promise for US Co-Product ExportsCHILE - On completion of a recent US Grains Council market assessment in Chile, staff and consultants concluded that Chile could easily import up to one million metric tons of US corn products including...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
First Shipment of Chilean Pork to ChinaCHILE - The first shipment of pork has been made from Chile to China, expanding Chile's existing Asian markets of South Korea and Japan. ...
Monday, April 20, 2009
Japan Lifts Restrictions on Chilean Pork ExportCHILE - Chilean pork has been allowed to be exported to Japan without restrictions starting Friday, the Agriculture Ministry said. ...
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Chile Admits to Dioxin-Affected Hog ProductionCHILE - Only 4.5% of Chile’s pork production has been affected by dioxins. Agriculture Minister Marigen Hornkohl admitted to this and underlined the good quality and sanitary conditions of all meat production...
Monday, August 18, 2008
Chilean Pork Factories QuarantinedCHILE - The Chilean Health Ministry quarantined four additional pork factories last Thursday after Canadian health officials confirmed high levels of the carcinogenic chemical dioxin in their pork meat...
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Japan Suspends Chilean Pork ImportsCHILE - Chile has called the Japanese ambassador in Santiago to express concern over Tokyo’s decision to suspend imports of Chilean pork allegedly for sanitary reasons. ...
Chile shuts down six pork plants in dioxin scareCHILE - The Health Department in Chile has quarantined six pork plants this week to investigate claims of high levels of dioxin in the meat after elevated levels were found in a shipment to South Korea....
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Eruption Descends on 40,000 Abandoned LivestockCHILE - The Chaiten volcano in Southern Chile has blasted ash some 20 miles into the atmosphere, which has forced thousands to evacuate, leaving farm animals vulnerable to the toxic cloud. ...
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Chileans eat more poultry and porkCHILE - The latest national meat consumption statistics in Chile reveal a 5% increase on 2005 meaning that it is now considered to be a developed country. ...
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