Blue-Ear Vaccine Is Effective and May Curb Disease in China
CHINA - China, the world's largest pork consumer, said a new vaccine for pigs against so-called Blue Ear Disease is effective, and may curb the rate of new infections among herds from next month.

Man Diagnosed with Rare Pig-Borne Disease
CHINA - A 49-year-old man from Shenzhen has been diagnosed with Streptococcus Suis, a pig-borne bacterial disease that can be fatal.

Ministry Says China Trying To Combat Rampant Pig Disease
BEIJING - Nearly 90,000 pigs have died or been slaughtered because of blue ear disease, a Ministry of Agriculture official said Wednesday, part of the cause of a spike in pork prices.

More special teams to oversee pig production
CHINA - China's Ministry of Agriculture has dispatched 20 more special teams today to inspect pig production and help prevent livestock diseases in 20 provinces.

China triggers alert over falling pig stocks, disease
CHINA - China must do everything possible to boost pig populations decimated by blue ear disease and pay more attention to fighting the sickness which has pushed up pork prices, a minister was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

'Meat Reserve' to stay intact in spite of price hikes
CHINA - Authorities in Shenzhen of Guangdong Province will not utilize the city's 2,000-ton "meat reserve" although pork prices in the city are expected to remain high for at least another three months, reported yesterday's Daily Sunshine.

China's pork prices soar 74.6 per cent
BEIJING - The wholesale price of pork in China surged 74.6 percent in June compared with the same month last year, says the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA).

Pig disease control key to stabilising pork prices
CHINA - China will enhance the prevention and control of the deadly blue-ear disease (PPRS) to secure a stable supply of live pigs and curb the increase of pork prices, reports the China Business News.

China's pork prices will continue to rise
CHINA - Pork will continue to be expensive in the latter half of the year as supply shortfall can hardly be eased in a short period of time, said a senior Chinese trade official.

Pork leads food price hikes in Guangdong
CHINA - The pork price hike has driven up prices of other foods, such as mutton, fish and eggs, in South China's Guandong Province, according to statistics from the province's pricing monitoring authority.

Beijing sets up committee to study supply of live pigs
BEIJING - Beijing has set up a special committee to study the supply of live pigs to Hong Kong and to guarantee their quality, as well as a stable supply.

High prices fuel illegal pork scam and prompts insurance scheme
CHINA - The markets watchdog of Shenzhen city, Guangdong Province has launched an investigation into a scandal that unlicensed and unhygienic pork isbeing supplied to local meat markets.

Crackdown as Chinese pork crisis goes bad
BEIJING- Unscrupulous meat-sellers have been injecting pigs with water and passing off diseased meat as safe, to try and take advantage of record Chinese pork prices, state media said on this week.

Chinese Pork prices in major cities continue to rise
SHANGHAI - China's Year of the Pig is rapidly turning into the Year of the Lean Wallet with pork prices going through the roof in major Chinese cities.

Pork price rise alone won't affect CPI much: Economists
CHINA - China's pork prices continued to rise this month, but that factor alone will not significantly push up the consumer price index (CPI ), analysts said.

Time ripe for the launch of live pig futures
CHINA - Live pig futures is expected to be launched in the second half of this year or in the first half of next year, according to insiders from the China Animal Agriculture Association.

Pork prices soar in big cities, inflationary pressure still heavy
CHINA - Despite the Chinese government's measures to curb the bulgy consumer price index (CPI) figure, the price of pork still keeps soaring in some large Chinese cities, which makes the inflationary pressures still heavy.

Chinese factories closed due to contamination
BEIJING - China has closed 180 food factories after inspectors found industrial chemicals were being used in products from candy to seafood.

Zhongpin Receives $13 million from Exercise of Warrants
CHINA - Zhongpin Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ZHNP) ("Zhongpin"), a leading meat and food processing company in the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), is pleased to report the exercise of warrants to purchase 2,869,859 shares of its common stock for net...

China pig disease caused by new strain
CHINA - A pig disease that swept through 10 provinces in China decimating the swine population and ramping up pork prices was caused by a new and highly pathogenic strain of blue ear disease, Chinese scientists said.