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2180	VIDEO: What are you going to eat in 2030?		<p>In 2030, the food may look and taste different from what you use to eat today. Alternative proteins may be the answer to environmental issues like deforestation and pollution and that is not all, according to experts that worked within Future Lab at Sial Paris 2018.<br />Big data and diet apps may prescribe personalized diets for every single individual in perfect accordance to its body needs. Also, robots can turn into useful "chefs" around your house or in restaurants, learning the tricks of cooking directly from you.<br />Watch how the Food Planet may look in 12 years from now in this short video.</p> <p> </p>	1		Industry		2018-11-12 12:34:47	2025-08-06 05:33:47	Details Edit Delete
5543	UK meat has a great opportunity in online	In 2021, online’s share of grocery sales plateaued at 10.3%, up 3.9 percentage points (%pts) on pre-pandemic levels (2019) according to an AHDB analysis. However, its growth is predicted to accelerate with share hitting 11.2% in 2027, accounting for £1 in every £9 spent on grocery (IGD, UK Channel Forecasts, June 2022). This will be driven by channel innovation, new fulfilment capacity, expansion of rapid delivery services and an appeal among budget conscious consumers. 72% of shoppers buy groceries online because they find it easier to control their spending (AHDB, Online Meat Shopper Journey, 2019), resonating with the current cost of living crisis.	<div>Undoubtedly the pandemic had a huge impact on online grocery shopping with the number of households using the channel increasing by 11%pts at the peak in 2020, according to Kantar. The channel typically over indexes among family shoppers but the pandemic bought in a new older shopper. Since then, penetration has reached saturation, remaining at 39% in 2021. However, among those already shopping online, the frequency of grocery shops is increasing (an average of 22 times online in the year), with an average spend of £71 per shop. In the last year, meat, fish and poultry (MFP) sold online has been worth £2.6bn, accounting for 12.2% of total MFP sales (Kantar, 52 w/e 15 May 22). It is a particularly important category to drive higher spend due to its price point.  </div> <div> <p>Sales of MFP online have been boosted by the increase in shopper numbers with volumes up 57% compared to pre-pandemic (Kantar, 12 we 17 April 2022). However, MFPs growth online is slowing faster than total grocery and as yet some MFP categories do not achieve their fair share of the online market. Fish, pork and added value have done particularly well online versus pre-pandemic, with promotional support boosting these categories. As shopping online naturally means shoppers can’t interact with products (56% claim they find it hard to buy meat online because they can’t see it according to AHDBs latest research), higher priced proteins and cuts, like lamb roasting and beef marinades, under perform online.</p> <p>Therefore, for meat to reach its full potential online the category needs to better engage shoppers through improving the shopper experience.</p> </div>	1		Industry	adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro	2022-06-30 07:23:45	2025-08-06 05:33:54	Details Edit Delete
2257	Brazil to export bovine and poultry genetic material to Saudi Arabia	Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) has announced this week that the country has received approval to export bovine and poultry genetic material to Saudi Arabia.	<p>Authorities from Saudi Arabia have approved the International Animal Health certificate models developed by Brazil for its bovine and poultry genetics. Saudi Arabia has thus authorized the Brazilian imports of fertile eggs, day-old chicks, in vivo bovine embryos, in vitro embryos and bovine semen.</p> <p>The sanitary negotiations between Brazil and Saudi Arabia started earlier last year with a market prospecting action launched by MAPA which identified "a business opportunity to export these commodities to the Saudi market".</p> <p>Minister Blairo Maggi stressed the importance of Saudi Arabia as Brazil's trading partner, which imported more than US $ 2 billion worth of Brazilian agribusiness products in 2017. In addition, he stressed that the opening of new markets helps diversify the tariff and contributes to reaching the goal of 10% of Brazil's share in the world market for agricultural products.</p> <p>The director of MAPA's Department of Animal Health, Guilherme Marques, added that Brazil's successive market openings with Saudi Arabia are due to the country's international recognition for its poultry and bovine genetics.</p> <p>"The level of biosafety implemented by establishments producing Brazilian genetics and poultry lineages allows them to develop products with quality and productivity," said Marques. "The health advances of the last decade were recognized by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) last May as a country free of foot-and-mouth disease with vaccination. Also, Brazil has never had any cases of avian influenza."</p>	1		Industry		2018-11-28 12:27:38	2025-08-06 05:34:03	Details Edit Delete
302		Hilton Food announced that it is investing 33 million euros (NZ $54 million) in the expanding of its operations in New Zealand.	<p> </p> <p>The company will construct a new meat processing facility in Auckland and supply Progressive Enterprises Ltd (“Progressive”), New Zealand’s leading retailer, trading as Countdown Supermarkets. As Progressive Enterprises LTD is also part of the Woolworths Ltd this development further strengthens Hilton’s existing relationship with Woolworths Ltd.</p> <p>The development will take place as an extension of the existing site, and is subject to government approvals and the negotiation and finalization of construction and tenure agreements.</p> <p>It is proposed that Hilton’s newly formed subsidiary, Hilton Foods New Zealand, will finance the new food packing facility, with the commencement of production targeted for 2020.</p> <p>The new facility will be capable of supplying Progressive stores in New Zealand with a range of beef, lamb, pork, chicken, and added-value products. It is expected that Hilton’s investment in plant and equipment will be approximately NZ $ 54 m.</p> <p>Hilton Food Group, a leading retail meat-packaging producer, reported an increase in its revenues by 9.3% in the first six months of 2017, to £690.7 million.</p> <p>The company's operating profit increased by 9% to £18.8 million and its turnover rose by 3.3% on a constant currency basis, reflecting raw material prices increases, enhanced by favorable currency translation.</p> <p>Moreover, Hilton's volume growth was driven by Australia, Ireland, Sweden and Portugal partly offset by challenging market conditions in Central Europe. It was up 8.7% in the first half of 2017.</p>	1		Retail		2017-10-16 14:00:37	2025-08-06 05:34:05	Details Edit Delete
3818	US pig market close to collapse?	"The virus has decimated our industry", cries National Pork Producers Council President Howard Roth.	<p>Pig producers in the US are facing a collective $5 billion loss for the remainder of the year due to coronavirus crisis. Despite the fact that the federal government announced a series of measures meant to support small businesses, 25% of the hog producers in the country are not eligible for the financial aid due to restrictive conditions imposed by the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Payroll Protection Program (PPP).<br />Specifically, PPP eligibility is determined by a positive farm profit in the calendar year 2019, or the last 12 months. For many pork producers, 2019 was not profitable as they bore the brunt of trade retaliation in China and Mexico, among two of the largest export markets. Using SBA’s restrictive language, an estimated one-quarter of the US hog industry is automatically disqualified from applying to the program, said the National Pork Producers Council in a press release.<br />“Our hog farmers are underwater through no fault of their own,” said National Pork Producers Council President Howard “A.V” Roth, a pork producer from Wauzeka, Wisconsin. “Hog farmers were at the tip of the trade retaliation spear in 2018 and 2019, losing $20 off the price of every hog. In 2020, they were forecast to make a $10 profit on every hog, until the COVID-19 crisis hit. The virus has decimated our industry and for SBA to unfairly punish pork producers and deny them access to this program is adding insult to injury.”</p> <p>“We urge SBA to expeditiously remove this arbitrary restriction and allow our hog farmers, deemed essential throughout this pandemic, to access this vital program,” Roth added. In his opinion, US pork producers desperately need significant and immediate government aid or else many generational family farms will go bankrupt. At this time, the industry is also confronted with severe disruptions in the supply chain which reduced the processing capacity by 32%.</p>	1		Industry		2020-04-28 11:11:07	2025-08-06 05:34:32	Details Edit Delete
4585	Israel increases livestock imports by 51%		<p>Israel has increased its livestock imports for the first quarter of the year. 207,214 calves and lambs arrived at the country’s ports, a number substantially larger than the period January-March of 2020 (136,983 animals). Last year, a total of 601,741 animals arrived in Israel on live shipments, 90,000 less than in 2019, which stands for a historical record in livestock imports.<br />Israel is the fourth-biggest beef and veal consumer in the OECD, after Brazil, the US and Argentina, with annual per capita beef consumption in 2018 standing at 20.5 kilograms and totaling 137,000 tonnes. <br />The figures in live animal imports are stirring protests from activists, such as the animal rights organization Animals Now. “The dizzying increase in the number of live shipments proves that the minister of agriculture shows contempt for the state comptroller and the Israeli public. While 86% of Israelis support legislation to stop live shipments, the Agriculture Ministry is taking advantage of the political situation. By 2021 live shipments should already have been history,” the organization said in a statement, quoted by the Times of Israel newspaper.<br />The Economy Ministry has gradually increased quotas for duty-free imports of chilled meat. Last year, permits were given to import more than than 21,000 tons of it — 17,500 tons under duty-free import quotas and the rest according to bilateral agreements. Nevertheless, this is just a small drop in the "ocean" of meat consumption in the country. The market for the shipping, fattening and slaughter in the country is controlled by two companies: Tnuva and Dabbach.</p>	1		Market		2021-04-05 12:28:12	2025-08-06 05:34:38	Details Edit Delete
4119	Hog prices in the US have doubled	ASF in Germany and strong demand from China is improving the market conditions.	<p>The cash hog prices have more than doubled since the end of July. The backup of hogs have been eliminated and demand for the pork is on the rise, announced Allan Bentley, USA Sales at Genesus Genetics. "Currently, the cutout value is just under $90. That leaves plenty of margin for packers to continue to chase the hog prices higher. This is usually not the season for an increase, however, nothing about this year is normal. I usually like to advise taking advantage of December hogs when they approach $66 but I think we have some more upside at this time. Demand from China is up and the disconnect between futures and cash hogs could be factored in pushing prices even higher," he explained.<br />However, packers in the US are reacting slowly to this market reality and are trying to protect their margins. "They still feel they are in the driver's seat although that is changing as they are struggling to buy open market pigs at a lower cost as they normally can this time of year…but then again this is 2020 so who knows what could happen! Packers, or for that matter, feeder pig buyers like to negotiate in the 4th quarter as it gives them the upper hand with seasonal low prices. It is my belief that sellers will be in the driver seat this year," added Mr Bentley.</p>	1		Industry		2020-09-25 08:23:01	2025-08-06 05:34:39	Details Edit Delete
2924	VIDEO: "Consumers ask for traceability, animal welfare, and a superior product"		<p>Present at TuttoFood, in Milan, with a new range of products presented for the first time in Europe, Salumficio Fratelli Beretta Marketing Export Manager Christian Riva explained how the company responds to the current trends in the market.<br />"All these products are going in the direction of consumer's needs. Consumers are requesting more and more traceability in the product, animal welfare standard and, ultimately, they want a superior product in taste. We are expecting, first of all, our consumers to enjoy these products and, again, to build on this for the next years", explained Mr Riva in an interview for EuroMeatNews.<br />The company presented at the fair some of its new products such as Carpegna, a 20-month cured ham, launched last year in the US market in the premium segment and also Puro Beretta, an antibiotic-free product, and Filiera Beretta, an ethnic product made 100% from Italian meat.<br />On the other hand, the Italian consumer is requesting for convenience in the products and that that is the trend Fratelli Beretta is following right now.</p>	1		Industry		2019-05-22 09:01:26	2025-08-06 05:34:42	Details Edit Delete
431	VASEP: Pangasius exports increased by 8.2%	Between January-July 2017, Pangasius exports from Vietnam increased by 8.2% compared to the corresponding period from 2016, reaching 1 billion dollars, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).	<p> </p> <p>VASEP explains that despite a decline in shipments to the EU by 23.5% year-over-year, pangasius exports to other markets such as Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Saudi Arabia have witnessed a positive evolution.</p> <p>Vietnam’s pangasius exports to these potential markets "showed good signs over the same period last year with growth of 59.3%; 25,7%; 8.9% and 6%, respectively." VASEP expects a year-over-year increase from 8% to 35% for the export value to these markets in the second semester of 2017.</p> <p>Pangasius exports to the US increased by 3.3% in the first 7 months of this year compared to the similar period from 2016, reaching 220.8 million dollars. Shipments destined for the US market accounted for 22% of Vietnam's total pangasius exports. "In QII/2017, exports to the market recorded the remarkable increase from 11% to 52% over the same period in 2016, which pushed the market to the leading position," according to VASEP.</p> <p>Pangasius exports to China - Hong Kong grew by 46.2% between January-July 2017 compared to the similar period from the previous year, reaching 206.1 million dollars.</p> <p><em>Photo source: Wikimedia Commons/<a title="User:Xufanc" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Xufanc">Xufanc</a></em></p>	1		Market		2017-11-21 10:01:45	2025-08-06 05:34:53	Details Edit Delete
2320	Smithfield to invest $45 million into Sioux Falls facilities	Smithfield Foods has announced a $45 million investment into its Sioux Falls, South Dakota, operations, which will add 70 new jobs in the area.	<p>Smithfield will rennovate a high-speed bacon line, a ground seasoned pork operation, and the distribution center, as well as the rebuilding of a facility that houses more than 8,000 hogs.</p> <p>The company that it is taking this step in order to meet the increasing domestic demand for bacon and international demand for ground seasoned pork, a growing category in export markets.</p> <p>“At Smithfield, we’re committed to our continual investment in our facilities and farms in Sioux Falls,” said Kenneth M. Sullivan, president and chief executive officer for Smithfield Foods. “In the past five years, we have invested more than $73 million into our operations in South Dakota, which positively impacts the local economy. With these new projects, we’re proud to further strengthen our presence in this state.”</p> <p>Smithfield will upgrade its equipment for producing bacon by including high-speed lines, which will allow the company to meet the high demand for bacon in the US. The company's goal with the renovations, on track to be completed by May 2019, is to improve the volume, yield, and quality of the bacon produced by the facility.</p> <p>Changes to Smithfield’s ground seasoned pork operation will bolster its ability to support increased demand by export markets and include a renovation to the existing distribution center, which is currently underway and on schedule to be completed by March 2019. The company added that this will be the most modern operation in the industry, incorporating the latest technology for automated packaging, boxing, labeling, and stacking.</p> <p>Smithfield is also renovating its hog barn, which will be complete in early Fall 2019. The new barn’s features and design will reflect leading animal handling practices, including automatic climate control systems.</p>	1		Industry		2018-12-11 09:05:16	2025-08-06 05:34:53	Details Edit Delete
8068	China will investigate beef imports as oversupply squeezes prices	China will launch an investigation into beef imports, according to Reuters, as the world's biggest meat importer and consumer grapples with an oversupplied market that has sent domestic prices to multi-year lows.	<p>Any trade measures to try to reduce beef imports would hit China's largest suppliers, Brazil, Argentine and Australia.</p> <p>China's total beef imports reached $14.2 billion in 2023, surging from $8.2 billion in 2019, customs data show. Brazil accounted for 42% of the total trade value, followed by Argentine at 15% and Australia at 12%.</p> <p>The inquiry will focus on fresh beef, cold beef, head of beef and frozen beef imported between Jan. 1, 2019 and June 30, 2024, the ministry said in a statement, adding that it followed an application by the China Animal Husbandry Association and other cattle and livestock groups.</p> <p>The applicants said a sharp increase in import volumes over the period had "seriously damaged" China's domestic industry, the ministry said.</p> <p>Beef imports in 2023 were almost 65% higher than in 2019, it said, with imports in the first half of 2024 more than double those in the first half of 2019.</p> <p>The ministry said imports of the products under investigation accounted for 30.9% of the Chinese market.</p> <p>Meat prices in China, including pork, beef, and poultry have declined as shoppers, grappling with a slowing economy, buy less.</p> <p>"Most beef cattle farms in China are in a loss-making situation," the China Animal Husbandry Association was reported saying in a state media report. "The impact of a large amount of imported beef is undoubtedly adding insult to injury."</p> <p><br />The price of beef has fallen to its lowest level in the last five years, and the price of live cattle has fallen to the lowest in the last 10 years, the association said.</p> <p>Average wholesale beef prices have declined 22% to 59.82 yuan ($8.20) a kilogram in late December from 77.18 yuan two years ago, agriculture ministry data showed.</p> <p>The Brazilian government said in a statement that it will work over the coming months to demonstrate that the beef Brazil exports to China is "complementary" to Chinese beef output and does not harm the Asian country's industry in any way.</p> <p><br />"The Brazilian government reaffirms its commitment to defending the interests of Brazil's agribusiness while respecting the sovereign decisions of our top trade partner," it added.</p> <p><br />Beijing in June sought to contain prices by asking farmers to limit and optimise the size of their beef cattle herd, but prices remain in decline amid a surge in imports, particularly from Argentine.</p> <p>Beef imports from the South American producer during the first 11 months of 2024 rose 10% from the same period in 2023 to 533,005 metric tons.</p> <p>"The industry reflects that excessive beef imports have caused substantial damage to my country's beef cattle industry," China Animal Husbandry Association said in the report.</p> <p>"The industry strongly calls on the country to take control measures on imported beef to protect farmers' livelihoods and the industry's security," it said.</p> <p>China imported 2.6 million tons of the targeted beef products between January and November. In calendar year 2019, China imported just 1.66 million tons.</p> <p>The investigation is expected to conclude within eight months, although it could be extended in special circumstances. It is not targeted at specific countries or regions, does not distinguish the origin of products, and will not affect normal trade while under way, the commerce ministry said.</p> <p>China is also considering trade restrictions on imports of dairy and pork from the European Union, although in those cases, the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation are a tit-for-tat response against bloc's tariff plan for China-made electric vehicles, analysts have said.</p>	1		Industry	adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro	2025-01-06 02:27:41	2025-08-06 05:35:00	Details Edit Delete
2434	The average consumption of meat in Spain is 4 times a week	25% of the Spaniards are afraid that they eat more meat than they should, according to a new study.	<p>Meat consumption in Spain has fallen steadily in the last 10 years and the latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food shows that last year, Spaniards have eaten about 47 kilos of meat per capita, with 3 kilos less than in 2017.<br />Health issues and animal welfare are the main reasons for 29% of the Spaniards to reduce their meat intake, reveals a study conducted by Federacion Empresarial de Carnes e Industrias Carnicas (Fecic) along with the Association of manufacturers and distributors (AECOC).<br />The 2018 report showed that Spanish consumers like to consume meat regularly and 56% said that they did it for the pleasure and enjoyment that comes with it. In addition, 45% said they used it for a balanced diet of proteins and nutrients, and even one in four, for health reasons.<br />Also, another relevant data in the 2018 report is that the average consumption of meat in Spain is 4 times a week although a quarter of consumers considered that they ate more meat than they should. In the scenario that was drawn, there was a perception of a constant decrease in the consumption of meats, favoured by social pressure and changes in the lifestyle of consumers.<br />"A report of this type, in which, in addition, focuses on a topic of interest, will allow us to have a history of indicators of the sector, which will help companies to know trends of consumption and the keys of decision of the consumer to be able to adapt thus his strategies and products", declared the general secretary of Fecic, Josep Collado.<br />The next report on consumer habits in Spain is to be released in March, during the lunch prior to the inauguration of the AECOC Congress of Meat and Processed Products 2019, announced Interempresas magazine.</p>	1		Market		2019-01-15 09:54:41	2025-08-06 05:35:02	Details Edit Delete
1412	Chicken meat is the leader on Australian market but with no substantial gains	Low prices of chicken are no guarantee of big profits for the producers compared with beef, lamb or pork, argue an expert from Australian Country Choice.	<p>Chicken meat consumption has surpassed beef consumption in Australia's retail system thanks to low prices, $5/kg of chicken compared to $30/kg of beef, but that doesn't count when the value is the main criteria. In fact, this barrier of $5/kg of chicken has never bee broken in the last 16 years.<br />Poultry industry sector has registered a growth in volumes by reducing costs through operational efficiencies. Nevertheless, the average retail price of chicken goes flat line while beef, pork, lamb has climbed during the last 12 months, informs <a href="https://www.beefcentral.com/trade/chicken-winning-the-consumption-battle-but-at-what-price/">Beef Central</a>.<br />For the last two decades, the beef industry has realized an investment of more than $100 million in meat science for the purpose of assuring high-quality beef experience for its clients and the results are paying off, according to David Foote, CEO of Australian Country Choice.<br />"It has certainly been an advantage to get clients to pay more. If we have canvass around this room, 10 years ago there was a 50% chance you have a crap piece of steak at your favourite restaurant. The industry has spent $100 million to develop this eating quality assurance scheme based on objective measurement, not subjective measurement", declared Foote, while present at Australian Miling Conference and Poultry Information Exchange.</p>	1		Retail		2018-06-12 11:19:25	2025-08-06 05:35:05	Details Edit Delete
7752	EDEKA: Bauerngut welcomes nine new trainees	The new training year has begun and Bauerngut, the production subsidiary for meat and sausage products of EDEKA Minden-Hannover, has now welcomed nine young employees to the company at its two production sites in Bückeburg and Könnern. From production to administration to the workshop - the trainees work in a wide variety of areas and training occupations.	<p style="font-weight: 400;">In Bückeburg, Dennis Weber and Justin Jean Pascal Hudalla started their careers as professional drivers in the fleet, and Adrian Kekessi Nunenz and Tom Patrick Besch started their careers as mechatronics engineers in the workshop. Cinja Magens and Marie Lange are training to be office management clerks. The two young women really appreciate the size of the company. Because EDEKA is highly regarded in the region, they quickly became aware of Bauerngut when looking for an apprenticeship. "We find the work in the office particularly interesting. What we particularly like about the apprenticeship is that we will get to know many different departments," the two agree.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Niyol Hey has decided to train as a butcher at Bauerngut. Alexander Gram is learning to be a food technology specialist. "I have always had a passion for food and love to cook. So I quickly decided that I wanted to work in this field and that the training here at Bauerngut was ideal for me. I am particularly excited about the theoretical content at the vocational school," says Alexander Gram, looking forward to the upcoming apprenticeship. Tom Halang has started his training as a butcher at the Könnern production site.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">A total of 24 people are currently training at Bauerngut across all years of apprenticeship. During their training period, all trainees at Bauerngut receive extensive insights into the company and constant support with learning content as well as comprehensive exam preparation. The aim is to take on the trained specialists in the company group after they graduate.</p>	1		Retail	adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro	2024-09-24 00:15:02	2025-08-06 05:35:05	Details Edit Delete
1325	VASEP: China imported 43% more pangasius from Vietnam	Vietnam reported a record growth in its exports of pangasius to China.	<p>Vietnamese exports of pangasius reported an increase of 43% in the first four months of 2018 compared to the corresponding period from 2017 and reached a value of $145 million, according to the latest data presented by Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).</p> <p>The record growth makes China the largest importer of pangasius from Vietnam, surpassing the US that previously held this position.</p> <p>According to VASEP, Vietnam is currently the third largest provider of white fish for China, after Russia and Norway.</p> <p>VASEP expects that the positive trend in pangasius exports to China will be maintained.</p> <p>"As pangasius exports to traditional markets like the EU and the US are facing difficulties due to high anti-dumping tariffs and technical barriers, China is considered a good alternative market for businesses," VASEP said in a statement.</p> <p>According to a report of the Directorate of Fisheries, the pangasius output hit 1.2 million tonnes in 2017, a year-on-year rise of 5.1 percent. In the year, export turnover of this fish reached 1.78 billion USD, up 4.3 percent against the previous year, accounting for 21 percent of the fishery industry’s total export value.</p>	1		Market		2018-05-26 09:21:55	2025-08-06 05:35:06	Details Edit Delete
2667	Swedes have reduced their meat intake for second year in a row	After they've hit a peak in meat consumption in 2016, Swedish consumers have reduced their meat intake by 5%.	<p>Meat consumption has dropped in Sweden for the second year in a row, according to statistics released by the Swedish Board of Agriculture. On average, Sweden's meat consumption decreased by 2.2 kg per person in 2018, which led to a drop of 6% in the last two years.<br />According to the board, the change is due partly to prevailing food trends, but also to Swedes' increasing awareness of sustainability issues. "Everyone knows today that meat production contributes more to greenhouse gases than vegetable production," Asa Lannhard-Oberg, an agricultural policy analyst at the Swedish Board of Agriculture, mentioned at Swedish Television (SVT).<br />Swedes have increased their meat intake in the last three decades to reach a peak of 87.7 kg per person in 2016. Since then, meat consumption in Sweden has started to decrease steadily at about 2 kilograms per person. Also, the statistics are showing consumer's preference for meat produced in Sweden rather than imports.<br />Nevertheless, meat consumption in Sweden is still above the international average but Lannhard-Oberg believes that this trend will continue in the following years.</p>	1		Market		2019-03-06 10:49:03	2025-08-06 05:35:15	Details Edit Delete
7375	FAO recognizes the Pelifolk sheep by incorporating it into WDISDA	The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced that the Pelifolk breed of sheep, the first 100% Mexican breed, obtained recognition from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) by incorporating it into the World Diversity Information System of Domestic Animals (WDISDA).	<p><span lang="DE">This is a recognition of the national sheep culture and the creation of this Mexican breed, he stressed when celebrating the meeting "Our wealth: The Pelifolk sheep" in Zapotlanejo, Jalisco.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">As part of this distinction, a commemorative National Lottery ticket was also unveiled, with a jackpot of seven million pesos in a series and a distributable bag of 24 million pesos in prizes.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The general coordinator of Livestock of the Ministry of Agriculture, Arturo Macosay Córdova, highlighted that this recognition is for the work of the producers, the contribution of sheep farming to the nutrition of Mexicans and the development of national livestock.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"This productive activity provides meat, milk, wool and skin, and 53.4 percent of the sheep inventory is in the State of Mexico, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Puebla, Zacatecas and Jalisco", said the Secretary Víctor Villalobos Arámbula.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In 2021, an agreement was established between the General Livestock Coordination and the Mexican Association of Pelifolk Registry Sheep Breeders, which gave rise to the Technical Regulations for this breed of sheep and the issuance of the registration certificate, which is validated by the federal government.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">This certification endorses the process of raising sheep and is the result of more than 30 years of work and effort by all Pelifolk sheep producers, he explained.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development of Jalisco, Ana Lucía Camacho Sevilla, explained that this breed was created in 1991, in 2010 it was accredited as the first developed in Mexico, in 2021 it obtained the official certification record and the FAO recently recognized it by incorporating it into the World Domestic Animal Diversity Information System.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The president of the Mexican Association of Registry Pelifolk Sheep Breeders, Reyes Venegas Estrada, stressed that the unveiling of the lottery ticket represents a historic day for sheep farming and the Pelifolk breed, as it recognizes the work of the producers.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">He highlighted that the Pelifolk sheep was developed in the municipality of Zapotlanejo and it is expected that it will be reproduced throughout the country, known worldwide and that the export protocol accreditation work will begin.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The president of the Technical Committee of the Mexican Association of Registry Pelifolk Sheep Breeders, Benjamín Nuño Hernández, recalled that more than three decades ago he began the journey to use genetic resources and create a more efficient and productive breed of sheep in Jalisco.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The origin scheme, he said, incorporates three pure breeds –Black belly, Suffolk and Pelibuey–, which later allowed the Pelifolk sheep to be consolidated as the first Mexican breed of sheep and was officially recognized on December 11, 2021, with the participation of producers from 12 states.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Mexico today has 4,200 females and 900 Pelifolk sheep stallions, but high genetic material from the first specimens is kept frozen to continue their uses and research, he specified.</span></p>	1		Market	adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro	2024-05-24 00:05:16	2025-08-06 05:35:17	Details Edit Delete
1822	VASEP: Pangasius exports to Brazil set to recover this year	The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) expects the country's pangasius exports to Brazil to increase in the second half of 2018 and sees a great potential for Vietnamese pangasius in this South American market.	<p>The association's outlook for 2018 is positive, although in the first five months of this year, Vietnamese pangasius exports were down 31.9% from the same period last year, reaching a total value of $34.1 million.</p> <p>Still, from 2008 to 2017, Vietnam has reported a continuous growth for its pangasius exports to Brazil in terms of turnover, but it fluctuated from $114.8 thousand in 2008 to $104.7 million last year.</p> <p>"In 2012, sales to Brazil only accounted for 4.3% of Vietnam's pangasius export volume and held as the 6th rank. But in 2013, those to Brazil picked up 6.7% of Vietnam's pangasius export turnover and ranked the 4th behind the US, the EU and ASEAN. While pangasius exports to big markets faced difficulties, exports to Brazil in 2013 recorded the good growth," VASEP's analysis read.</p> <p>Furthermore, Vietnam exported pangasius worth $104.7 million to Brazil in 2017, up 54% over the previoys year. VASEP says that this was considered as a potential market of Vietnam with the highest growth in the year.</p> <p>Although, in the first half of 2018, pangasius exports to Brazil declined, however, VASEP explains that with low level glazing and high quality, pangasius products remain popular to Brazilian customers. <br />Therefore, VASEP expects Brazil to be a potential market with the good growth in the last months of the year.</p>	1		Industry		2018-08-27 10:27:30	2025-08-06 05:35:20	Details Edit Delete
8576	Brazil: Egg exports grow 295.8 percent in May	Brazilian egg exports (including fresh and processed) totaled 5,358 tons in May, according to the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA). The number is 295.8% higher than the total shipped in the same period last year, with 1,354 tons.	<p style="font-weight: 400;">Revenue from shipments in May has accumulated an increase of 356.2%, with US$ 13.756 million recorded in the fifth month of this year compared to US$ 3.015 million in the same period last year. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In the year (January to May), egg exports totaled 18,357 tons, a volume 165.6% higher than the 6,912 tons exported in the same period last year.  </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In terms of revenue, the increase in the first five months of the year reached US$ 42.100 million, a balance 195.8% higher than that recorded in the previous year, with US$ 14.235 million. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Shipments to the United States – the main export destination – grew 996% between January and May this year, totaling 9,735 tons. Next are Chile, with 2,354 tons (+10.8%), the United Arab Emirates, with 1,422 tons (-13.8%), Japan, with 1,422 tons (160.9%) and Mexico, with 1,050 tons (without comparative period. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In the monthly comparison (May 2025 x May 2024), the United States registered growth of 1,384%, with 4,166 tons exported. It was followed by Chile, with 534 tons (-22.3%), Mexico, with 232 tons (without comparative period), Japan, with 205 tons (+132.7%) and Angola, with 102 tons (without comparative period). </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"The egg sector has seen a strong increase in exports, amid a reconfiguration of the flow of shipments that now includes the United States, Japan and Mexico as the main destinations for the products. Even with the suspensions resulting from the specific outbreak of Avian Influenza, sales continued at a high pace, demonstrating the markets’ confidence in Brazilian biosecurity", says ABPA president Ricardo Santin.</p>	1		Market	adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro	2025-06-17 00:15:24	2025-08-06 05:35:20	Details Edit Delete
2742	Malaysia opens market for Pakistani halal meat imports	Official sources said the two countries have signed MoUs in five sectors, including halal meat imports.	<p>Malaysia Finance Minister Asad Umar announced that his country will soon start halal meat imports from Pakistan following delegation-level talks between Pakistan and Malaysia led by the Prime Minister Imran Khan and Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, reports <a href="https://www.geo.tv/latest/231849-malaysia-to-import-halal-meat-rice-from-pakistan">GeoTV</a>.<br />The two parts have already signed MoUs in five sectors, including halal meat imports. Since 2010, Malaysia is confronted with a decline of its cattle herd, which increased the country's dependence on livestock imports from Australia or Thailand or on water buffalo meat imports from India.<br />At the same time, Pakistan has promoted the livestock sector, now considered to be a considered central component in its agricultural sector. In 2017, the halal meat sector was estimated at about $600 billion. Pakistan meat industry is vibrant and has seen rigorous developments during last decade as the government also showed interest to boost livestock production and processing facilities to meet increasing local and global demand, as described in an analysis published by Muhammad Sohaib and Faraz Jamil.<br />"In Pakistan, meat production is still based on traditional management practices and is less productive. For the last few years, annual growth of meat production showed elevated trends. The meat production has risen to 3.873 million tons in 2016 compared to 3.696 and 3.531 in 2015 and 2014, respectively. Among exports, Pakistani mainly exports red meat that is annually growing by 30%, ", said the analysts.<br />Meanwhile, Malaysia is to see a further decline of its cattle herd and, according to Ben Santoso, a Rabobank Singapore food and agribusiness analyst, the country's beef imports will reach 90% of the domestic consumption by 2022.</p>	1		Market		2019-03-22 13:13:07	2025-08-06 05:35:28	Details Edit Delete

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