EU Pig Prices: Further Rise in Prices
EU - In most European countries, the pigs-for-slaughter market appears friendly again this week. Extensive live-animal exports towards the Eastern European countries help relieve many Western European...

News from European Pig Producers
EU - During the recent and very successful meeting of the European Pig Producers (EPP) in Austria, Dutch farmer Erik Thijssen was elected the new EPP-President. The next meeting will be in the Netherlands...

EU Ministers Agree Not to Extend Pollution Directive
EU - 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...

EU Ministers Agree To New Slaughterhouse Rules
EU - 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 Probe
EU - Ministers from a number of European countries are continuing to highlight the discrepancy between producer and supermarket prices.

New EU Feed Rules Will Improve Food Safety
EU - 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...

EU Pig Prices: Short Supply to Increase Prices
EU - This week the quotations continue to go up steeply in the European slaughter pig market.

McDonalds Launches Flagship Farms Programme
EU - 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...

MRSA Found in Animals but No Threat in Food
EU - The European public health agencies have evaluated methicillin resistance of Staphylococcus aureus. They conclude that food-producing animals such as pigs, veal calves and broiler chickens...

EU Pig Prices: Price Barometer On the Increase
EU - This week, the European slaughter pig market seems to be in a bit of a jaunty mood.

Boar Taint Prevention Vaccine Launched in Europe
EUROPE - A vaccine that could spell the end of boar taint in pork was launched in Europe this week by pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

EU Pig Prices: Market Situation Well Balanced
EU - The European slaughter pig market appears to be mostly steady this week.

Place of Farming Legislation Planned for Next Year
EU - 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 Boel.

EU Pig Prices: Irritation, Unexpected Decline in Prices
EU - This week there is much irritation on the EU slaughter pig market as well as an unexpected decline in prices.

European Commission Proposes New Labelling Rules
EU - 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 and...

EU Pig Prices: Prices are Still Going Upward
EU - This week, the atmosphere appears to be confident on the European slaughter pig market.

Breeding for Profitability
EU - Following on from the article on PIC Profit Equations (4 March 2009), which explained the...

Efforts to Prevent IPPC Extension Stepped Up
UK - 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).

EU Pig Prices: Price Barometer Shows Upward Trend
EU - There is an optimistic view on the overall situation on the slaughter pig market this week.

EFSA Evaluates Bacteriophages
EU - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reports that bacteriophages, viruses that attack bacteria, are effective against specific food-borne pathogens. However, it was unable to state that they...

Support for Animal Proteins in Pig Diets
EU - Support for the carefully controlled reintroduction of animal proteins (meat and bonemeal) in animal feeds is to be found in Vion Food Group's annual report.

EU Pig Prices: Market Situation is Easing
EU - This week, the situation is clearly easing on the European slaughter pig market.

Salmonella: Commonest Cause of Food-Borne Outbreaks
EU - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have published their Community Summary Report on Food-borne Outbreaks in the EU in 2007...

EU Pig Prices: German Companies Cause Uncertainty
EU - This week, there appear to be inconsistencies in the European slaughter pig market.

Measures to Cut Risk of Importing Animal Diseases
EU - 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 animal...