Packed Agenda for World Meat Congress
FRANCE - The role of the meat industry as it affects the environment, animal welfare and human health are three of the main themes for the World Meat Congress in Paris in June.

Forum on Demedicalisation of Monogastric Feed
FRANCE - Biomin France organized a Forum on the hot topic of demedicalization. It was held on 8 December at the Institut Supérieur des Productions Animales et des Industries Agroalimentaires (ISPAIA),...

French Swine Vets Rewarded for Study
FRANCE - For the second year running, Dr Yannig Le Treut, DVM, has been awarded the Patrick Pommier Short Communication First Prize at the Annual Congress of the French Swine Veterinarians Association...

Pig Prices Move Closer to Production Cost
FRANCE - French pig prices are moving closer to cost of production after increases in recent weeks, according to the French Pig Producers Federation.

France Opposes Use Of Animal Meal
FRANCE - As long as Bruno Le Maire is Minister of Agriculture and Food, animal meal will not be reintroduced in France.

Food Safety Body Does Not Support Return of PAP
FRANCE - The country's food safety agency has published a negative opinion on the reintroduction of non-ruminant processed animals protein (PAP; previously known as meat and bone meal).

Innovation Key for French Agriculture
FRANCE - The agriculture outlook is distorted, said Xavier Beulin, President of the French farming union, FNSEA.

French Govt to Reduce Antibiotic Use in Five Years
FRANCE - The French Ministry of Agriculture has announced plans to reduce the risk of antibiotic resistance through veterinary medicine.

TOPIGS France Innov’space Award Winner 2011
FRANCE - TOPIGS France is one of the Innov’space award-winners 2011. They have won this prize by creating CHRONOS, a supporting tool to calculate the labour productivity of a pig farm expressed in kilogram...

Biomin at SPACE 2011
FRANCE - The 25th SPACE, held in Rennes from 11 to 16 September 2011, ended on a highly successful note in terms of exhibitor numbers, visitor attendance and, above all, the very positive atmosphere for...

Sanofi Chooses City of Lyon as Merial's Global HQ
LYON, FRANCE - Merial, a world leader in animal health and a division of the Sanofi Group, is establishing its global business headquarters at Lyon. Merial is historically well-established there, with...

Breton Cooperatives Prepare to Sell Gad
FRANCE - The Gad pig processing operation in Britanny is to be sold. Possible regional buyers for the €700 million a year group include cooperative Cooperl Arc Atlantique and the Bigard-Socopa processing...

French Pig Herd Continues to Shrink
FRANCE - The decade-long downward trend in the French pig herd is continuing, according to France's May 2011 pig census.

Biomin to Exhibit at SPACE
FRANCE - Biomin invites visitors to SPACE to visit its booth, B36 in Hall 9.

Auvergne Pork Protected
FRANCE - The European Commission has added three names of agricultural and food products to the list of protected designations of origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indication (PGI).

Tackling Challenges of Animal Health Surveillance
FRANCE - Assessing animal health surveillance systems is a major issue, says CIRAD.

Registration is Open for SPACE 2011
FRANCE - Registration for international and local visitors is now open for SPACE 2011, the international livestock fair in Rennes on 13 to 16 September.

Global Meeting on Vet Education Celebrates 250 Years
FRANCE - The World Conference on Veterinary Education marks 'Vet Year' and the 250th anniversary of the profession, starting on Friday this week in Lyon.

Supply Chain Agrees to Control Price Volatility
FRANCE - Last week, Bruno Le Maire, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, met representatives from producer, processor and retailer groups to diccuss the volatility of commodity prices in the livestock...

Threat of Wildcat Pig Meat Action in France
FRANCE - Young farmers in the west of France are today (Wednesday) threatening to stop consignments of pig meat on the road, check the load and confiscate product, which is not stamped VPF (French pigmeat)....

Beulin Leads FNSEA into 2011
FRANCE - Xavier Beulin, the new president of France's national federation of farmers' unions, the FNSEA, has repeated his commitment to shore up farm incomes in the current economic crisis, adding that:...

France Reports New Outbreak of Aujeszky's Disease
FRANCE - The French veterinary authorities have reported a new outbreak of Aujezsky's disease after more than a month, the last outbreak having occured on 20 October.

Six New Outbreaks of Aujeszky's Disease in France
FRANCE - The French veterinary authorities have reported six new outbreaks of Aujeszky's disease in the country.

AI Catheter Winds Silver Medal for Innovation
FRANCE - The TrueGreen AI catheter from IMV Technologies and Biocath from Landata/Cobiporc have jointly been awarded a Silver Medal by the DLG.

Trading Halted at French Pork Exchange
FRANCE - The French pork exchange postponed trading for the second time in two weeks as farmers and processors were unable to reach agreement over prices.

Aujeszky's Disease Found on Three More Farms
FRANCE - Three more farms have been found with pigs seropostive for Aujeszky's disease, all in the same area as the previous cases.

France Reports Two Aujeszky's Disease Outbreaks
FRANCE - The French veterinary authorities have reported two outbreaks of Aujeszky's disease in swine herds.

France to Lead Wave of European Pig Farm Closures
FRANCE - The hog sector in Europe is to suffer a wave of closures as farmers sell up rather than fork out on meeting tighter animal welfare red tape, helping depress the region's herd to its smallest in...

French Angered by Burger Chain's Pork Ban
FRANCE - A French fast food chain has fuelled the country’s bitter debate over the influence of Muslim values by banning pig products from its menu.

Problems in French Pig, Poultry Sectors Exposed
FRANCE - A report from the European Commission's Food & Veterinary Office (FVO) has exposed major non-compliances in the French pig and poultry sectors.