Category Archives: Global news

EU publishes evaluation on origin-labelling for meat

Source: Pig333.com, photo credit: Food Navigator The evaluation assesses whether the rules on food information ...

17
Nov
Happy Meals could get healthier under a proposed Maryland law

Source: Gabriel Pietrorazio, Civil Eats, 16 November 2020, photo credit: McDonald’s The McDonald’s restaurants dotting ...

17
Nov
6 Ways to keep bacon on US plates as China rebuilds

Source: Jennifer Shike, 5 November 2020, Photo credit: Delish.com What will the U.S. export picture ...

10
Nov
Australia’s NFF calls for government action on research warning

Source: Global Ag Meida/The Pig Site, 9 November 2020, photo credit: Medium An alarming new ...

10
Nov
EU poised to impose $4 billion in tariffs on US goods this week

Source: Global Ag Meida/The Pig Site, 9 November 2020, photo credit: Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative Reuters ...

10
Nov
China eyes 95% self-sufficiency target for pig meat as herd rebuilds

Source: Pig-World, photo credit: China Highlights A document recently released by the Chinese Government highlights ...

02
Nov
Russia: Traces of ASF virus found in processed pig products

Source: Pig333.com, photo credit: Schutterstock/LiveScience The detection of genetic traces of African swine fever (ASF) ...

02
Nov
NPPC lobbying leads to US trade sanctions against Thailand

Source and photo credit: The Pig Site The US Trade Representative (USTR) announced it is ...

02
Nov
Hopes for regionalisation policy with ASF in Germany

Vladislav Vorotnikov, Pig Progress, 9 October 2020, photo credit: CNN Travel The occurrence of African ...

26
Oct
Bacon-scented masks prove bacon makes everything better

Source: Jennifer Shike, Farm Journal’s Pork, 19 October 2020, photo credit: Hormel Foods/Farm Journal’s Pork ...

26
Oct
China: Recovery of live pig production ‘better than expected’ in first three quarters of 2020

Source: Pig333.com, 23 October photo credit: Anthony Wallace—AFP/Getty Images/Time Magazine The live pig census has ...

26
Oct
Brazil to suspend tariffs on corn and soy until 2021

Source: Global Ag Media/The Pig Site, 19 October 2020, photo credit: Amazon.in Brazil will suspend ...

19
Oct