Commission to Tackle Anti-Microbial Resistance
EU - The new European Commission paper lays foundations of discussion to tackle the problem of anti-microbial resistance.

Warning: More Drug Resistance in Zoonoses
EU - Better surveillance needed to fight spread of antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic infections, particularly Salmonella and Campylobacter, according to a group of health agencies.

EU Pig Prices: Prices Steady or Slightly Increasing
EU - Prices throughout Europe have stabilised widely this week.

EFSA Harmonises Monitoring of Food-Borne Zoonoses
EU - The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has reported its aim to harmonise the monitoring of Yersinia and VTEC.

EU Pig Prices: Prices Rise Almost All over Europe
EU - Finally, the knot was cut - as for the slaughter pig market, an upward trend is reported from almost all European countries.

Guidance Document on Pig Protection Endorsed
EU - EU Member States endorsed yesterday at SCoFCAH a guidance document on control and surveillance measures to protect pigs against the H1N1 influenza virus.

EU Pig Prices: Inconsistency Throughout Europe
EU - This week, inconsistent trends are prevailing on the European slaughter pig market.

Monsanto Welcomes EU Approval of its GM Maize
EU - Monsanto's YieldGard VT® corn technologies have received European Union regulatory approval.

EU Moves to Improve Animal Welfare Labelling
EU - A new European Commission report has launched a political debate over animal welfare labelling. The aim is to make it easier for consumers to identify more animal welfare-friendly food products.

EU Pig Prices: Prices Inconsistent Throughout Europe
EU - This week, the slaughter pig prices throughout Europe prove to be tending inconsistently.

EU Pig Meat Production Cost Report
EU - The latest in a series of annual reports examining the relative costs of pig meat production up to farmgate level in selected EU countries will be available shortly.

EU Pig Prices: Varied Trend in Europe
EU - The prices in Europe fall in the last 8 weeks from 8 cents in Ireland to almost 27 cents in Spain.

EU Finished Pig Supplies Likely to Fall in 2009
EU - The results of the latest EU pigmeat working group suggest that for the full year 2009, finished pig supplies will fall by almost three per cent to 248.8 million head.

EU Authorises Rovimix Hy-D 1.25% from DSM
EU - ROVIMIX Hy-D® 1.25% from DSM Nutritional Products is now approved for pig feeds in the EU.

EU Pig Prices: Weakness Around Europe in October
EU - The European slaughter pig market finds itself in the maelstrom of price recession this week.

EU Pig Prices: Slaughter Market Going Downward
EU - A downward drift is observed on this week’s slaughter pig market.

EU Pig Prices: Inconsistent Price Trends
EU - Inconsistent price trends are being reported on from all over the European slaughter pig markets this week.

Breeding for Profitability More Accurate than Ever Before
EU - As described in the article Breeding for Profitability, rather than focusing on selecting...

European Pig Herd Still in Decline
EU - The European pig herd is continuing to fall. Even though it is falling at a much slower rate, it means British prices will stay higher for longer.

EU Pig Prices: Prices Falling Throughout Europe
EU - Slaughter pig prices continue to go down throughout the European Union, as they have over the past weeks.

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.

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.

EU Pig Prices: Further Reductions in Prices
EU - In many member countries, the European slaughter pig market this week presents downward trends, showing various price levels.

New Disease Threat?
EU - There were reports of a new unexplained syndrome of diarrhoea in young piglets from Denmark and France at the first European Symposium on Porcine Health Management in Copenhagen at the end of August....

EU Pig Prices: Slack for Seasonal Reasons
EU - The overall impression which is given by the European slaughter pig market this week is that of being weaker than recently.