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3517  The world largest retailer enters the beef market  Walmart opens a meat processing facility in Thomasville, Georgia, as part of its $90 million commitment to supply Black Angus beef to 500 retail stores in the southeast.  <p>Since April 2019, Walmart has started to invest in its own branded beef program, signing partnership with 44 Farms, a Cameron, Texas-based Angus seedstock operation and Mc6 Cattle Feeders in Hereford, Texas, to secure the supply needed for this program. After that, the finished cattle will be slaughtered at Creekstone Farms, Arkansas City, Kansas. At the end of last week, the retailer opened a meat processing facility in Georgia to complete the final phase of the program.<br />Beef from the Creekstone Farms' slaughterhouse will be sent to the new Georgia facility to be packaged and further processed for Walmart&rsquo;s branded program, according to Drovers magazine.<br />"Beef is an important purchase for our customers&hellip; it&rsquo;s likely the most expensive item on their plate, and they are treating themselves when they buy it. Creating this supply chain allows us to treat our customers by giving them unprecedented quality and transparency. Our customers can trust that what they pick up from our meat department will be among the best &ndash; and most delicious &ndash; meat they can get," commented Scott Neal, Walmart Senior VP Meat. The retailer has a chain of 11,300 stores under 58 banners in 27 countries and a number of 275 million customers per week. The company's revenue for the fiscal year 2019 was $514.4 billion.</p>    Retail 2020-01-14 07:08:27  2025-07-30 02:56:54  Details Edit Delete
5303  Brazil promoted duck meat shawarma at Gulfood  ABPA started a promotional campaign for duck meat in 2021 and targets the MENA region through new innovative products.  <p>Since August last year, Brazil has launched a promotional campaign for duck meat produced in the South American country. Under the brand "Brazilian duck" the product was promoted in several markets around the globe and this week has arrived under an innovative form at Gulfood. For the first time, Brazilian poultry producers have served duck meat shawarma to the visitors who arrived at the trade fair. "We have been offering the tasting of shawarma with chicken for several years, and our partner company, Villa Germania, had the idea of participating with the duck as well. It has been a success; everyone wants to taste it," ABPA's Marketing and Commercial Promotion manager, Isis Sardella declared for the MENAFN agency. According to the manager, the average is 1,500 snacks served per day. Around 400 of them are made from duck meat sent by Villa Germania, the first company to join the Brazilian Duck initiative.<br />Currently, the main destinations for duck meat produced in Brazil are Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Peru, Qatar, Kuwait, Japan and Hong Kong but Villa Germania, a Brazilian enterprise, looks to enhance its presence in the Middle East and North Africa. Founded in 1996, Villa Germania is the largest duck meat production and export unit in Latin America. We want to expand. Today, we export the whole duck, and it is still very elementary and basic. We want to start with shawarma and the cuts. We want to increase sales in the Middle East region by 40%,&rdquo; explained Marcondes Moser, vice president of Operations at the brand, quoted by MENAFN.<br />The company operates already in Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.</p> <p><strong><em>(Photo source: ABPA/Twitter)</em></strong></p>    Events 2022-02-16 15:04:49  2025-07-30 08:45:17  Details Edit Delete
4090  Asian states are banning pork imports from Germany  South Korea was the first country to place a ban on German pork, while China is expected to do the same tomorrow.  <p>Since Friday, 09.11.2020, South Korea decided to place a ban on German pork imports due to the ASF outbreak reported in German wild boars. At the same time, rumours regarding a similar decision taken by China have started to appear and some analysts are saying that this may come into force on September 12. Earlier this week, Agriculture Minister Julia Klockner confirmed the first ASF case in Germany and informed about the further procedure. She is aware of the concerns of the pig farmers and the crisis management team of the region is discussing how to proceed. All three samples of the pig confirmed the infection, now it is necessary to estimate how many infected animals there are and how large the affected region is.<br />Klockner went on to say that they are in talks with third countries about regionalization of the restricted areas. The point is not to make quick decisions, but to get an overview. When asked, Klockner confirmed that they were in talks with China. The giant Asian market is also the main importer of German pork and, if the virus reaches industrial farms in the country, the whole European market could be impacted. The carcass of a wild boar was found a few kilometres from the German-Polish border in the district of Spree-Neisse. In Europe, ASF is also present in Poland, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, the Baltic states, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Hungary.</p>    Market 2020-09-11 10:55:51  2025-07-30 01:06:37  Details Edit Delete
6039  Danish Crown: Production in Germany is being reorganized  Falling slaughter numbers and falling consumption of pork in Germany are now causing Danish Crown to adjust its approach to the German market with the clear aim of raising earnings. Therefore, a deboning factory is scheduled for closure, so that all slaughter and deboning are collected at the group's German slaughterhouse.  <p>Since Germany was hit by African swine fever in the early autumn of 2020, the country's production of pigs has plummeted.&nbsp;From being one of Europe's leading exporters of pork, Germany has now been reduced in terms of market to a country with a focus on the domestic market.&nbsp;Danish Crown is now taking the consequences and is reducing its production capacity in Germany.</p> <p><span lang="EN-GB">"</span>We simply have to make more money in Germany.&nbsp;Therefore, we believe it is time to shift the focus from pure large-scale production to a more agile setup.&nbsp;The slaughterhouse in Essen has an important task in supplying our own processing factories with raw materials, and at the same time production will be adapted so that we can produce exactly the goods that our customers in both Germany and the rest of Europe demand from week to week," says Jais Valeur, Group CEO of Danish Crown.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Specifically, Danish Crown's factory in Boizenburg, east of Hamburg, is set for closure.&nbsp;The group has had production at the factory in Boizenburg for almost 20 years, but within the next six months the plan is to transfer a large part of the activities to Danish Crown's slaughterhouse in Essen, southwest of Bremen.</p> <p>More than 200 employees at the factory have been already informed.&nbsp;As far as possible, they will be offered work at other factories in the Danish Crown Group.</p> <p>"It is a miserable situation, because there are many skilled and faithful employees employed at the factory in Boizenburg.&nbsp;To the extent that it is possible, they will be offered a job at one of our other factories," says Per Laursen, who is production director at Danish Crown.</p> <p>The management in Boizenburg is now negotiating with the factory's work committee about the conditions for transferring employees to other factories, as well as what can be done for the employees who may not want to accept the offer of another job in the group.&nbsp;Once the negotiations have been completed, Danish Crown will draw up a plan for the winding down of production in Boizenburg.&nbsp;After that, it is expected that the buildings will be disposed of.</p>    Market adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro 2023-01-20 06:00:41  2025-07-29 23:59:07  Details Edit Delete
1999  New updates for USDA's Foodkeeper app  85 new food items and tips about how to cook and consume it were uploaded on the platform.  <p>Since it was launched in 2015, Foodkeeper app has been downloaded nearly 182,000 times by the American consumers. Starting this week, the app has 85 new items added on its list, according to a press release from US Department of Agriculture. "The update includes chorizo, prosciutto, edamame, fresh salsa, canned tuna, cereal bars, and salad dressings.</p> <p>The FoodKeeper app educates users about food safety with guidance on the safe handling, preparation and storage of foods. The app also helps reduce food waste by showing users how long foods may last in the refrigerator, freezer or pantry, and allowing consumers to place reminders on their smartphone calendar, to use these items before they may spoil.</p> <p>The FoodKeeper app is one way USDA is utilizing technological advances to better improve public health. It offers specific storage timelines for various products including meat, poultry, produce, seafood, dairy products and eggs, and more", said the press release.<br />With the app, users can:<br />- Access cooking tips, safe food handling information and cooking temperatures for various types of meat, poultry and seafood products.<br />- Add products to their device&rsquo;s calendar and receive notifications when they are nearing the end of their recommended storage date.<br />- Receive information on food safety recalls.<br />- Search food and beverages in English, Spanish and Portuguese.<br />The app offers information on more than 650 food and beverage items, and it has an &ldquo;Add Item&rdquo; feature that allows consumers to suggest items that may not be in the app. The suggestions are reviewed and researched for future updates. Foodkeeper runs on both Android and Apple devices as it does on desktops.</p>    Technology 2018-10-04 07:02:41  2025-07-29 20:08:23  Details Edit Delete
4642  China's pork prices fall, demand for imports remains high  Wholesale market prices have eased to $4.86 in recent months.  <p>Since January this year, pork wholesale prices have dropped continuously in the Chinese market reaching $4.86/kilo last week. However, demand for pork imports is expected to remain elevated, despite large supplies that have been put on the market in the last couple of months. "The market for pig meat appears to be well supplied at the moment, although market reports indicate Chinese importers are keen to secure volume at the moment. So, whether wholesale prices soften further is uncertain," commented Duncan Wyatt, Lead Analyst for Red meat, AHDB.<br />The Chinese pig inventory has also been reduced, according to official data released in April. Pig numbers are just below 250 million head, a level similar to the one reported in August last year. Sow numbers are also down (25 million head) due to the impact of ASF outbreaks reported in the last couple of months in the country.<br />"Progress in rebuilding the Chinese pig herd has taken a slight turn for the worse. It may take some time for these lower pig numbers to feed through to wholesale market balances. Indeed the current de-stocking may in fact be supporting pork supplies in the short term," added Mr. Wyatt.<br />Major suppliers such as JBS and Danish Crown have expressed their confidence that demand for pork in the Chinese market is not going to drop this year, while WH Group, the largest meat producer in China is taking a different approach and while expecting pork imports to remain elevated it also looks to import more poultry.</p>    Market 2021-04-26 10:21:16  2025-07-30 09:09:17  Details Edit Delete
2174  Food traceability technology nominated for top British award    <p>Since July of this year, Hybu Cig Cymru &ndash; Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has partnered with world-leading technology company Oritain to support the strong traceability of PGI Welsh Lamb throughout the supply chain using &lsquo;origin fingerprint&rsquo; technology. The results were so good that Oritain&rsquo;s technology has been shortlisted in the Best New Product or Service category at the Society of Food Hygiene and Technology&rsquo;s annual awards, which will take place in London on 15 November.<br />Rather than some other systems which use barcodes or food additives, Oritain&rsquo;s testing method uses forensic level science to determine the origin of food and other products using elements absorbed from their natural environment.</p> <p>The partnership with Welsh Lamb is the first initiative of its kind for a PGI product. Under the PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) scheme, the lamb must have been born and reared in Wales and slaughtered and processed in an HCC-approved facility if it is to carry the respected Welsh Lamb label.</p> <p>HCC&rsquo;s Industry Development and Relations Manager John Richards said, &ldquo;Welsh Lamb already has an excellent reputation for traceability among consumers thanks to the PGI scheme, but the agreement with Oritain takes this to the highest level, ensuring that our premium brand has the ultimate in robust product traceability.&rdquo;<br />Grant Cochrane, CEO of Oritain, said; &ldquo;Having our technology shortlisted for the Best New Product or Service award at the SOFHT Awards 2018 is a huge compliment and recognition of the innovative program we have in place with PGI Welsh Lamb.</p> <p>He added, &ldquo;PGI Welsh Lamb already has a world-leading reputation for quality and traceability. To have that underpinned by Oritain&rsquo;s traceability technology ensures that the PGI Welsh Lamb consumers are enjoying &ndash; wherever they are across the globe &ndash; is exactly that.</p>    Technology 2018-11-11 15:13:01  2025-07-29 18:21:10  Details Edit Delete
3158  China to increase pork imports  Exports are expecting a second wave of high volume of pork to enter the country.  <p>Since June, Chinese pork prices are set to grow as the country's dependence on imports of animal protein is increasing. "By the middle of July, live pig prices across the country were 20% higher than the end of May and 47% higher than year-earlier levels. The price increase indicates that supplies are becoming tighter. This reflects a decline in the pig inventory, which was reported as 26% lower than year-earlier levels in June. Some estimates suggest the decline may be even larger than this, with Rabobank estimating 40% of the herd has been lost," said Bethan Wilkins,&nbsp; AHDB analyst.<br />During the first half of the year, pork prices in China have been growing constantly but not at a fast pace, suggesting any decline in production was matched by falling demand. Reports suggest that consumers have been switching away from pork in response to safety concerns. Nevertheless, China is still the world's largest market for pork and a severe spike in prices is expected as the country's pig inventory is decreasing. "For 2019 overall, production is still expected to fall significantly though. The latest estimates from Rabobank and the USDA attach&eacute; suggest a year-on-year decline of 11-25%. Further declines are expected next year. Some of this increase reflects Chinese speculators purchasing pork in anticipation of rising Chinese pork prices. However, Chinese prices did not rise quite as soon as some expected, and reports suggest this trade has slowed more recently. With prices now on the rise though, import growth is expected to strengthen again, especially in the peak demand period at the end of the year," believes Bethan Wilkins.</p>    Industry 2019-08-06 10:40:00  2025-07-30 10:00:18  Details Edit Delete
1034  South Africa bans some meat products from Brazil  Three Brazilian facilities are affected by the move, their MDM products being suspected to be at the centre of the listeriosis outbreak in the African country.  <p>Since March, the South African Department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries suspended meat imports from three Brazilian production facilities under the suspicion that some meat products imported in the past 12 months could be linked the listeriosis outbreak that hit the African country.<br />The announcement came after a new episode has begun in the Weak Flesh scandal in Brazil, which started a year ago and is targeting the Brazilian meat industry. Bomikazi Molapo, the department's spokesperson, confirmed that South Africa suspended imports of meat from these facilities on March 16 when it received an official report from the Brazilian authorities, informs Mail&amp;Guardian newspaper.<br />A number of firms, including BRF, one of the largest poultry exporters in the world, have been implicated in the scandal. Two of the recently suspended facilities belong to BRF. <br />At this time, South Africa's authorities are investigating if the listeriosis outbreak has caused by the imported mechanically deboned meat (MDM), a key ingredient for the processed meat products like viennas and polony.<br />In 2017, South Africa has imported a volume of 202,000 tons of MDM from countries in the European Union, the United States, Thailand and Brazil. A large portion of that volume came from Brazil.<br />In total, South Africa has put under the suspension a number of 21 establishments that were implicated in the wider Brazilian meat investigation. The latest phase of the Operation Weak Flesh has led to the arrest of numerous officials as well as industry players &mdash; including that of BRF&rsquo;s former chief executive.<br />Still, the tests effectuated on the MDM imported by South Africa have not revealed any evidence that the ST6 string of the virus has been found on these products. Also, the Brazilian embassy in Pretoria claims that the irregularities questioned in the Weak Flesh scandal could be associated with possible cases of Salmonella and are not linked to cases of listeriosis. <br />In a recent press statement, the embassy noted that Brazilian companies export processed meat to many other countries and no outbreak of the disease could be linked to Brazilian products anywhere else in the world.</p> <p>&ldquo;Processed meat is used as a raw material for different products available for consumption and it is therefore subject to industrial processes that should eliminate any risk of contamination by Listeria,&rdquo; it said.</p>    Industry 2018-04-02 07:00:47  2025-07-27 11:46:39  Details Edit Delete
1706  Big progress in reducing the antibiotics use reported in the UK  A review published by the National Pig Association (NPA) indicates significant progress in the field.  <p>Since May 2016, when NPA published the Pig Industry Antibiotic Stewardship Programme outlining commitments to reduce, replace and refine antibiotic use in UK pig production, the whole industry, including producers, representative bodies, vets, feed and pharmaceutical companies, increased its efforts to address the antibiotic challenge, show the latest <a href="https://www.npa-uk.org.uk/hres/NPA%20Pig%20Industry%20Stewardship%20Programme%20July%202018">report</a>.</p> <p>According to data presented in NPA's report, in 2016, the volume of antibiotics administered to pigs in the UK dropped by 34% from 278 mg/PCU to 183 mg/PCU. This was followed by a further 28% reduction in 2017, to 131 mg/PCU. Overall, the UK pig industry has more than halved its antibiotic use within the last two years. Also, critically important antibiotics represented just 0.08% of total antibiotic use in pigs in 2017.<br />The quality of water and feed are extremely important in keeping the herd safe, said the report. Training and some other programs in hygiene and biosecurity have been delivered to farmers across Great Britain by authorities. "Farmers and vets are working together to improve biosecurity and disease control on farms to raise the overall health status of the national pig herd. The feed industry is also supporting the drive, working with producers to ensure optimum nutrition delivers benefits to pig health at the different stages of production", says the report.<br />The new target set by the pig industry is to reduce total antibiotic use by 62% over five years, to reach 99mg/PCU by 2020.</p>    Industry 2018-08-02 16:25:03  2025-07-25 04:50:17  Details Edit Delete
3985  Pork prices on the rise in China  Pork consumption has begun to rebound and has increased significantly.  <p>Since May, live slaughter pig and wholesale pork prices in China are continuously rising and are expected to break the barrier of $7/ kg, says Lyle L Jones, Director of Sales China, Genesus Inc.<br />The impact of the coronavirus crisis seems to be over and the consumption is back, explains Mr Jones."China&rsquo;s live slaughter pig and wholesale pork prices are once again on the rise after a steady decline following a drop off after Spring Festival. The downward trend in prices occurred during a time when domestic production is still recovering and a slow rebound of consumption after the Covid-19 epidemic. The high price of pork and drop in consumption from the heavily affected catering business pushed the pig price down to a low point in May. Since the catering industry has resumed operations and factories ramp up production following COVID-19 restrictions. Thus, pork consumption has begun to rebound and has increased significantly," he said in his latest market report.<br />Due to the lasting impact brought about by ASF, there is a substantial gap in the domestic pork supply in China. To prevent soaring prices, a large amount of imported pork entered into the Chinese market. The import volume of pork reached 3.5 million tons in 2019, which was 1.4 million tons more than the previous year.</p> <p>Among exporting countries around the world, Brazil and Europe are the biggest beneficiaries of the explosive increase in the demand for pork in China. In 2019 the amount of pork purchased from EU increased by 76%. According to the recent data released by GACC, China has imported 2.123 million tons of pork from January to June 2020 with a year-on-year increase of 140%.<br />In 2019 the Chinese hog inventory decreased to 310 million heads, and the number of marketed pigs had a sharp drop to 540 million heads which amount to a year-on-year decrease of 21.57%.<br />With the rapid decline in production capacity, pork prices continue to rise. To stabilize the local market, in March 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture and other governmental agencies released a set of policies to support the hog farming industry. Since then, many companies have announced aggressive new plans to increase production. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the national pig inventory is 339.96 million head at the end of Q2, increasing by 5.8% over Q1. Among them, the sow inventory is now reported to be 36.29 million, which is an increase of 5.4% on a year-on-year basis, or up 7.3% over Q1. <br />However, China's demand of pork is yet to remain high due to the massive reduction in the national inventory. "The combination of ASF with the shock of COVID-19 creates a lot of uncertainties in the recovery of China&rsquo;s production capacity and pork supply. There is no doubt that the import of superior swine genetics from International companies will play a critical role in speeding up the recovery of China&rsquo;s hog industry. Since the beginning of 2020 imports have resumed, and large numbers of breeding pigs have been flown into China to help resupply its breeding farms. It&rsquo;s been reported that more than 100 planeloads of international genetics are needed to fill this void left by ASF," added Mr Jones.</p>    Market 2020-07-24 08:40:33  2025-07-28 22:17:29  Details Edit Delete
3238  Bettcher opens its own sales structure in Spain  Starting this month, the American company is present in the Spanish market with its own sales structure and direct factory service.  <p>Since September 1, Bettcher has implemented a direct sales structure and services for its customer base in Spain.&ldquo;The market in Spain has been important for Bettcher for decades. We believe that the implementation of direct distribution and sale of equipment and parts, as well as a direct factory service, will allow us to optimize our customer base to the maximum," says Russ Stroner, Vice President of Global Sales of Bettcher, quoted by Carnica.<br />Customers can also enjoy quick and easy access to Bettcher equipment and parts found in the company's European facilities in Dierikon, Switzerland.<br />The American producer of equipment for food processing and foodservice is approaching the Spanish market from a different angle than its former distributors. According to Mr. Stroner, the Spanish customers will benefit from a "punctual, effective and efficient presence of our company's highly trained and experienced staff, in addition to receiving a leading service and experience in this industrial sector".<br />The company has manifested its interest in the Spanish market due to the significant growth that the protein industry is experiencing in this country.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>    Technology 2019-09-06 10:42:53  2025-07-30 03:44:25  Details Edit Delete
4470  100,000 birds culled in Vietnam due to avian influenza  14 provinces in the country are fighting against H5N6 and H5N1 strains of bird flu.  <p>Since the beginning of 2021, more than 100,000 birds have been culled in Vietnam in an attempt to contain the spread of bird flu. The data was released by the Vietnamese government who worries about a large scale epidemic. "The risk that outbreaks will spread on a larger scale is very high," the Vietnamese government said in a statement this week, according to Reuters.<br />The country has reported outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 and H5N6 avian influenza strains in 14 provinces. The Southeast Asian country has a poultry sector of 460 million birds and the current development of the epidemic may increase poultry imports in the following months. In Asia, other countries are confronted with the same problem such as South Korea, where egg supply has become scarce, Japan or the Philippines, where chicken meat in some regions has doubled its price.<br />In the EU, 18 member states are fighting against avian flu (H5N8), with 12 of those been partially or totally banned from exports to third countries. The most worrying situation is in France, where the virus has been confirmed close to the Spanish border, triggering the alarm for the Spanish poultry industry.</p>    Industry 2021-02-10 08:24:23  2025-07-29 18:18:33  Details Edit Delete
5075  ASF puts pressure on the German swine sector  The country has already lost its position as the leading pork producer and exporter in Europe.  <p>Since the beginning of the ASF outbreak in Germany, in September last year, the country has lost access to some of the largest markets around the world, such as China, the Philippines, Japan, South Korea, or Vietnam. Volumes of 250,000 to 350,000 have been pushed in the EU market but the long-lasting domination of the German swine sector within Europe has been lost. Spain is currently replacing Germany but other countries may benefit as well from this situation, according to a report from Rabobank.<br />"The aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, long-term structural issues, and changes in global demand also weigh on the pork market. Germany&rsquo;s pork supply chain has been through many challenges in the past, and while things are clearly different this time, we expect the resilience that the pork industry has shown in the past will help it to weather the worst of this storm. The situation in Germany has broader implications for the rest of Europe. We highlight two aspects that are sometimes overlooked when considering what the ASF outbreak in Germany has meant. The first is that Germany lost its position as the leading pork producer and exporter in Europe, creating opportunities for other pork-producing countries. The second is that pork supply chains in western Europe can draw lessons from Germany&rsquo;s experiences," said Eva Gocsik, Animal Protein Analyst at Rabobank.<br />So far, it becomes clear that lower exports have led to oversupply, and the resulting low prices are accelerating the rationalization of the production base. That could trigger a change in the power base of European pork. It could cement the role of Spain as the largest pork producer, but it could also open up opportunities for other second-tier producing countries, such as Denmark and the Netherlands, which have long stood in Germany&rsquo;s shadow, Ms. Gocsik added.</p>    Industry 2021-11-10 05:11:02  2025-07-29 23:14:28  Details Edit Delete
4660  Cambodia bans frozen meat imports from India  Starting May 1st, frozen meat and meat products from India are banned over coronavirus fears.  <p>Since the beginning of this month, Cambodia decided to ban all meat products and frozen meat imports from India in a bid to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the Southeast Asian country. The ban took effect immediately and until further notice, Kun Nhim, director-general of Cambodia's General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE), said in a statement, adding that the temporary suspension came after India reported a sharp spike in COVID-19 cases.</p> <p>Nhim also advised customs officials to spray disinfectant on transport vehicles and the outer packaging of other products that have been sourced from India. Earlier this week, the Southeast Asian country also banned travelers from India in order to prevent the spread of the more infectious COVID-19 virus variant, B1617.<br />India is suffering from a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases. India on Saturday logged 401,993 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking its total tally to 19,164,969 with 211,853 deaths, according to Xinhua news agency.</p>    Industry 2021-05-04 09:16:04  2025-07-30 02:04:04  Details Edit Delete
1452  Russia is increasing octopus imports from Vietnam at a fast pace  For the first three months of this year, the growth in cephalopod imports stands at 889%.  <p>Since the beginning of this year, Russia has entered the top 9 leading buyers of Vietnam cephalopod, informs Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.<br />The product exports to Russia registered an increase of 889% in the first quarter of the year compared to the same period of 2017. The value of cephalopod items shipped to Russia was over $1 million, compared to $102,304 resulted from the octopus exports in the first quarter of 2017.<br />The export value of this product to Russia accounted for more than 90% of total export value. This year Vietnam promotes shipments of this product group to Russia. In addition, Vietnam also boosts fresh/frozen squid products to this market.<br />According to the statistics of Trademap, Russia's cephalopod imports in the last 3 years from 2015 to 2017 were unstable. However, in 2017, Russia tended to increase imports of this item.<br />A recent report by the Federal Customs Service of Russia shows that, in 2017, imports of frozen/dried/salted squid accounted for 58% of the country's total mollusc imports; followed by processed squid with 41% of the total import value. Last year, Vietnam octopus exporters had to compete with companies from China, Peru, Belarus and Thailand for this market.</p>    Industry 2018-06-19 14:28:54  2025-07-30 07:45:50  Details Edit Delete
5574  INTERPORC relaunches its biosafety awareness campaign  The Interprofessional INTERPORC, together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA), the Autonomous Communities and the organizations and associations that make up the Interprofessional, will once again launch different communication actions to raise awareness among professionals from the sector (farmers, carriers, merchants, industrialists...), hunters and travelers on the importance of extreme prevention and biosecurity measures to prevent the entry of African Swine Fever (ASF) into Spain.  <p>Since the detection of the first outbreaks in Europe and, above all, since its detection in Germany two years ago, the Interprofessional has carried out several communication actions to emphasize that "it is everyone's job to take extreme precautions and keep our country free from this disease.</p> <p>To this end, it has carried out initiatives such as the preparation and distribution of posters with biosafety measures, as well as direct actions to raise awareness among agents in the sector and society through internal communications and publications on social networks and in different media.</p> <p>In addition, it has implemented information campaigns specifically aimed at workers from other countries, mainly from Eastern Europe, conveying the importance of avoiding bringing products of animal origin from their country, such as meat and meat products.</p> <p>Another of the actions in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) has been the campaign, called&nbsp;<em>'Feeding wild animals is NOT natural'</em>&nbsp;, aimed at citizens to remind them of the importance of not feeding these animals, for which leaflets, posters, infographics and videos have been made for hikers, visitors to natural parks or residents of areas with an overpopulation of wild boars.</p> <p>Given the importance of this health threat, INTERPORC recommends:</p> <ol> <li>Avoid&nbsp;contact&nbsp;with wildlife, especially workers and personnel in contact with domestic pigs.</li> <li>Thoroughly comply with the cleaning and disinfection protocols for transport vehicles.</li> <li>Extreme measures of cleaning and disinfection of equipment (clothes, footwear, utensils...).</li> <li>If you have traveled to any of the affected countries, do not bring meat or fresh or cured products (neither cold cuts nor sausage).</li> <li>Avoid leaving traces of food made with pork in containers that are not enabled for it and, above all, without closing.</li> <li>Inform the authorities if any dead boar is found.</li> <li>Extreme biosecurity measures on farms, transport and industries.</li> </ol> <p>Request the non-importation of live animals (piglets and fattening pigs) for a period of at least 15 days until the causes of the latest outbreaks are known, and the real situation of ASF is known at this time.</p>    Industry adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro 2022-07-14 04:33:38  2025-07-29 21:57:33  Details Edit Delete
4236  France is rasing the level of risk in avian influenza  France is once again raising the level of risk and strengthening the implementation of preventive measures in poultry farms.  <p>Since the detection of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N8 in two swans in the Netherlands on 23 October, the number of cases in wildlife has continued to increase in Europe.&nbsp;Domestic outbreaks and cases in wild avifauna have been confirmed not only in the Netherlands but also in Germany and the United Kingdom.</p> <p><strong>The acceleration of the infection dynamic increases the risk of introducing the virus into France via the migration corridors currently used by wild birds.</strong></p> <p>Faced with this situation, the Minister of Agriculture and Food Julien Denormandie has decided to reduce from "moderate" to "high" the level of risk of introduction of the avian influenza virus by avifauna in metropolitan France or in the departments crossed by the migration corridors of these wild birds and in areas at particular risk .<br />This decision was taken after informing the professionals of the poultry industry and the National Federation of Hunters and consulting the French Biodiversity Office. However, it is important to remind farmers and transporters that they must strictly adhere to all biosecurity measures, including cleaning and disinfection in farms, transport crates and vehicles, in order to prevent any arrival of the virus in France, regardless of the route of introduction.</p> <p><strong>Julien Denormandie&nbsp;calls for strict compliance with biosecurity measures and increased surveillance on the part of professional actors, individuals who keep birds, and hunters.</strong></p> <p>The following preventive measures are made mandatory&nbsp;<strong>in all departments classified as &ldquo;high&rdquo; and in areas at particular risk :</strong></p> <ul> <li>confinement or protection of poultry farms by a net with reduction of outdoor routes for animals;</li> <li>ban on the gathering of birds (examples: competitions, fairs or exhibitions);</li> <li>a ban on involving birds originating from these departments in gatherings organized in the rest of the territory;</li> <li>ban on the transport and release of game birds;</li> </ul> <p>The following measures are also kept mandatory&nbsp;<strong>throughout the territory</strong>&nbsp;:</p> <ul> <li>daily clinical monitoring in commercial farms;</li> <li>ban on racing pigeon competitions departing or arriving from a cited department;</li> <li>compulsory vaccination in zoos for birds that cannot be confined or protected under netting.</li> </ul> <p>To date, France is free from avian influenza.&nbsp;The consumption of meat, fatty liver and eggs does not present any risk for humans.&nbsp;Highly pathogenic avian influenza is an infectious, viral, highly contagious animal disease that affects birds.</p>    Industry adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro 2020-11-11 06:48:50  2025-07-27 10:36:28  Details Edit Delete
1210  VIDEO - "There is a huge opportunity in Central and Eastern Europe"    <p>Since the opening of a regional office in Warsaw for CEE region, Bord Bia has managed to increase the Irish food exports in the area. Poland is one of the important partners in CEE region, with a 19% growth for the Irish food and beverage exports in 2017, but the agency is also interested in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary or Romania, the last one having the smallest growth rate for imports of Irish products among the CEE countries, only 3%.<br />" [The CEE region] is growing in importance. We opened an office two years ago simply because we see there is a huge opportunity. If we take the 11 countries that I am responsible for we are looking at a market over 100 million people", declared Judith Clinton in an interview for EuroMeatNews.<br />Irish exports in this part of Europe have doubled in the last 10 years and Poland is the main destination in the area, last year the value of Irish products sent to this market reaching &euro;165 million.<br />Dairy and beef, along with whiskey and seafood are the main products delivered by the Irish producers to the Central and Eastern European markets but the partnership has also advantages for meat producers in the region.<br />"We are very open to trade and we import as well we export food. We import a lot of poultry, we import pork", mentioned Judith Clinton. The presence of Bord Bia representatives on these markets is also a part of a strategy to secure the Irish food&amp;beverages exports in the light of Brexit.<br />In March, Bord Bia has announced the start of the largest-ever recruitment operation, 29 positions inside the agency being created to support the effort to diversify and open new markets, as a safeguard measure in front of a hard-Brexit.</p>    Video 2018-05-04 12:51:22  2025-07-30 04:39:21  Details Edit Delete
4251  Danish Crown introduces quotas for deliveries of pigs    <p>Since the outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in Germany, the number of pigs registered for slaughter has been rising and abnormally high.&nbsp;This has put considerable pressure on Danish Crown's slaughterhouses, and therefore Danish Crown has decided to introduce quotas that divide the members' deliveries into A- and B-pigs, so that B-pigs with effect from Monday 30 November are settled with a deduction of 142 kroner pr.&nbsp;pig.&nbsp;The deduction is variable and will in principle be determined once a month. "The intention with the quotas is that the stable suppliers can continue to have their pigs slaughtered according to plan.&nbsp;At the same time, we want to avoid producing pigs in Denmark that do not have the capacity of the slaughterhouses," says Erik Bredholt, chairman of Danish Crown.&nbsp;</p> <p>In order to be able to slaughter the many extra pigs, Danish Crown is currently expanding the capacity of the slaughterhouses and expects to have hired over 400 new employees before the new year.&nbsp;Most recently, it has been decided to establish an evening team at the slaughterhouse in Ringsted, so that up to 14,000 extra pigs can be slaughtered per week on Zealand.</p> <p>For that there is a need to make a differentiated settlement is primarily due to the limit that lies in Danish Crown's opportunities to export to countries outside the EU.</p> <p>Export capacity out of the EU is mainly governed by two factors.&nbsp;These are the packing capacity of the slaughterhouses and the freezing and storage capacity of the cold stores.&nbsp;The capacity has for a long period been fully utilized, so therefore a very large part of the extra pigs that Danish Crown now receives for slaughter must be sold fresh within the EU.</p> <p>In the EU, the prices of most products are significantly lower than when exporting to markets outside the EU.&nbsp;This is because the European market must already absorb the 600,000 tonnes of meat that Germany has been barred from exporting from the EU following the outbreak of African swine fever.</p> <p>"There should be no doubt that this is an extreme situation we are in. In the EU, prices are low after the outbreak of ASF in Germany because the market is oversupplied with pork.&nbsp;In China and large parts of Asia, people are also affected by ASF, but this means that prices are attractive because the markets in Asia are undersupplied, so there is a big difference in what the extra pigs we get for slaughter, can be sold for," says Erik Bredholt.</p>    Industry adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro 2020-11-13 12:37:55  2025-07-30 00:16:33  Details Edit Delete
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