Meat, Fish & Dairy Processing Industry News
20 May 2015

US - It appears the “final answer” has finally come down from the World Trade Organization (WTO), writes Steve Meyer...

CANADA - The chair of Manitoba Pork is hopeful the US will respond to the latest WTO ruling by eliminating Country of Origin...
19 May 2015

GLOBAL - The World Trade Organization has thrown out the US appeal against its ruling over mandatory country of origin labelling....

CANADA - The head of Human Nutritional Sciences with the University of Manitoba says ensuring populations have access to...

INDIA - Research suggests that pork consumption can solve India’s cheap protein link and cultivation of rapidly multiplying...

UK - Over recent months, the Farmers’ Union of Wales has met with many major UK retailers to highlight the current and...

UK - Pork imports to the UK rose in March compared to March last year, according to the latest data from HMRC....

UK - New figures from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) show that up to a third of the population could contract food poisoning...

CANADA - The Canadian Meat Council is urging all political parties to support Canada's participation in the Trans-Pacific...

AUSTRALIA - During March, Australian mutton slaughter continued to slow, easing by 14 per cent compared to the same period...
18 May 2015

ST LUCIA - A new meat processing complex at Beauséjour, Vieux Fort on St Lucia has been completed....

JORDAN - The Jordan Food and Drug Administration recently hosted three EFSA representatives for a workshop on “Knowledge...

CHINA - China and Brazil deepened agricultural relations last week in a meeting between Vice Minister Chen Xiaohua and the...

UK - A turkey abattoir and a dairy farmer have been successfully prosecuted for breaching food safety regulations....

FRANCE - French Agriculture Minister Stéphan Le Foll has stepped up measures to back the beef sector in France....

SOUTH KOREA/DENMARK - Korea and Denmark have joined forces to promote organic foods....

SCOTLAND, UK - Politicians have taken action to try and save jobs after the closure of a poultry processing plant in Angus...

EU - The European Commission (EC) has announced that a new scientific advice body will be set up, so that Europe has timely...

US - Rates of infection from a serious form of E. coli and one of the more common Salmonella serotypes fell in the US last...

GERMANY - The German Federal Cabinet has approved the new German Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy (DART 2020)....