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ThePigSite Latest News
News from Indonesia
Monday, June 08, 2009
Decreasing Pork Price Causes Deflation INDONESIA - The decreasing price of pork is believed to be the primary factor behind a 0.17 per cent deflation experienced by Denpasar in May.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Pork Found in Beef Products, Reports BPOM INDONESIA - The food and drug supervising agency (BPOM) has found traces of pork in sampled meat products from traditional markets and supermarkets in Bandung and Jakarta.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Indonesia Will not Ban Pork Derivative Products JAKARTA - Indonesia will not ban pork derivative products because they were already processed to guarantee their safety, the private news portal detikcom quoted a minister as saying on earlier today.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Pork in Halal Products Considered Public Deception INDONESIA - In what was seen as a blow for the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), several meat products circulating in the market were found to contain pork, despite bearing halal labels.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Tens of Thousands of Pigs Butchered for Galungan INDONESIA - Balinese Hindus butchered more than 22,000 pigs yesterday, one day ahead of the Galungan religious festival, according to the Bali Animal Husbandry Agency.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Pork Import Proposal Faces Rejection INDONESIA - The Bali provincial administration turned down a proposal by a canned-foods company in Bali for the company to import pork from foreign countries.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Government Focus Wrong - Not Cutting Poverty INDONESIA - A group of economists has criticized the government for failing to implement an effective and pro-poor economic policy despite improving the country's macro economic situation.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Bird flu crossing to pigs on Bali an 'old isolated case' INDONESIA - The H5N1 bird flu virus has infected pigs on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, a senior Agriculture Ministry official said yesterday.
Monday, October 09, 2006
Bird Flu Virus Infects Pigs in Bali BALI - The Team of Veterinary Faculty at Udayana University found evidence that avian influenze (AI) virus has infected pigs in Bali. Wider scale research is now in the process.
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
San Miguel to put up hitech feed mill in Manado INDONESIA - Food and agribusiness giant San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is reportedly planning to establish a modern feed mill in Manado, Indonesia in a bid to produce cheaper feed products for Mindanao's...
Friday, May 19, 2006
Indonesian pigs test negative for bird flu INDONESIA - Fresh tests on pigs from Indonesia's Sumatra island, where five people have been confirmed infected with bird flu, did not show any trace of the H5N1 virus, a senior government official said...
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Swine H5 Antibodies Found in Karo Indonesia INDONESIA - Ten of 11 pigs in the district where the infected people lived were found to have avian flu antibodies in their blood, Apriantono told reporters in Jakarta today.
Tests show Sumatra pigs carry bird flu virus SUMATRA - Pigs have tested positive for bird flu in the same village on Indonesia's Sumatra island where five people have been confirmed infected with the H5N1 avian influenza virus, a minister said on...
