FMD NEWS: Disease Hits Taiwan
GLOBAL - Keep up-to-date with Foot-and-Mouth Disease outbreaks across the world.

Same Organic Standards in US, Canada in Future
GLOBAL - The US and Canada have reached agreement for organic trade equivalence between the US National Organic Program and the Canada Organic Product Regulation.

Ag Sector More Resilient to Global Crisis Than Others
GLOBAL - Because food is a basic necessity, the agriculture sector is showing more resilience to the global economic crisis than other industries. But the risks could increase if the economic downturn...

Patchy Pig Monitoring May Hide Flu Threat
GLOBAL - Public-health experts are warning that a lack of surveillance may be allowing the 2009 pandemic H1N1 flu virus to go undetected in pigs. This raises the risk that the virus could circulate freely...

OIE: Recommendations to Animal Health Authorities
GLOBAL - In light of the WHO declaration that the novel influenza A/H1N1 has reached phase 6 of an influenza global pandemic, the OIE maintains its previous recommendations made to animal health authorities...

Brazil Set to Expand Meat Imports to Russia
GLOBAL - Brazil is to expand meat exports to Russia, says Brazil's Agriculture Minister, Reinhold Stephanes.

CPF Plans Large Overseas Investments
GLOBAL - The good performance of the overseas businesses of Thailand's Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF) have helped to offset a local slump. The company plans to invest about THB 2.5 billion this year...

Influenza Pandemic Alert Raised to Phase 6
GLOBAL - On the basis of available evidence and expert assessments of the evidence, the scientific criteria for an influenza pandemic have been met. The Director-General of WHO has therefore decided to...

85th OIE Anniversary Marked with New Transparency
GLOBAL - The Delegates of OIE Members marked the 85th anniversary of the creation of the OIE by renewing and strengthening their commitments, especially as regards transparency.

AMI Says Industry Made Progress on Food Safety
GLOBAL - A senior official of the American Meat Institute (AMI) has told the Canadian House of Commons that the US and Canadian meat and poultry industries have made great progress on food safety.

Climate Change Brings Heightened Disease Risk
GLOBAL - The impact of climate change on the emergence and re-emergence of animal diseases has been confirmed by a majority of World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) member countries in a worldwide...

FAO: Animal Welfare Web Portal Launched
GLOBAL - A new internet portal has been launched today by FAO that will serve as a one-stop-shop for individuals and organisations searching for the latest information about the welfare of livestock. ...

OIE: Global Standards for Humane Killing of Animals
GLOBAL - The OIE already strongly advised on the pointless culling of pigs in relation with the recent outbreaks of novel A/H1N1 influenza.

World Swine Vaccine Market Driven by PCV2 Vaccination
GLOBAL - PCV2 vaccination has driven the pig vaccine market, according to Boehringer Ingelheim.

Fruitful Meeting with Japanese Partners
GLOBAL - A Japanese delegation has visited Big Dutchman Asia for fruitful discussions.

Spirochaetes as Intestinal Pathogens
GLOBAL - David J. Hampson (Murdoch University, Australia) and Niyaz Ahmed (University of Hyderabad, India) have published a paper in Gut Pathogens that helps understanding of how the Brachyspira...

OIE Reacts to Trade Restrictions Due to H1N1 Virus
GLOBAL - Several countries around the world have imposed trade restrictions on countries exporting animals or products of animal origin that have declared human cases related to the new influenza of the...

LEGS: New Guidelines for Livestock Emergencies
GLOBAL - Following the disastrous 2005 earthquake in Pakistan, several humanitarian organizations came forward to help households who had lost their livestock to rebuild herds and flocks by providing replacement...

Ag Leaders Urge Trading Partners to Resume Exports
GLOBAL - The top three agriculture officials from the United States, Canada and Mexico have strongly urge the international community not to use the outbreak of the H1N1 human influenza as a reason to...

US and Canada Re-affirm Support for Pork Industry
GLOBAL - Secretary Vilsack and Minister Ritz have re-affirmed their respective governments' support for the pork industry, and that pork is safe to eat.

More Smithfield Experts Visit Farm in Mexico
GLOBAL - Smithfield Foods of the US has sent a second expert team to its farm in La Gloria, Mexico, where some believe that the influenza A H1N1 may have started. Local opinion is divided on the matter,...

Global Hog Markets Suffer from Unfair Concerns
GLOBAL - Health officials assure consumers that pork is safe to eat and no victims in the current flu outbreak had contact with hogs, but neither fact has protected market prices or import restrictions...

World Takes Drastic Steps to Contain H1N1 Flu
GLOBAL - From Egypt's order that all 300,000 pigs in the country be slaughtered to travel bans and putting the kibosh on kissing, the world is taking drastic - and some say debatable - measures to combat...

Japan - Agricultural Situation - 2009
GLOBAL - The USDA Foregin Agricultural Service (FAS) has published a GAIN report sub-titled The History of U.S. Beef and Pork Exports to Japan.

Russia Widens Ban on Meat Imports
GLOBAL - In the wake of the 'swine flu' crisis, Russia has extended its ban on meat imports. For poultry meat, the ban now covers five US states although there is no evidence whatever that humans can become...