http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk This is the RSS syndication feed for MeatTradeNewsDaily.co.uk. Ministers were briefed on the state of play of trilogues between the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission on the reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP). http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/200513/eu___cap_reform.aspx 5mpublishing Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT At a high-level conference organized with the Irish Presidency, Copa-Cogeca and other key stakeholders presented detailed views on the EU Commission package designed to strengthen animal and plant health, seeds and safety measures in Europe. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/220513/eu___farming_and_health_issues.aspx 5mpublishing Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Nine countries with predominately smaller farms have signed a common declaration urging the presidency to exempt farmers receiving less than 5,000 euros from cuts under the financial discipline. Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Romania, Poland, Latvia and Bulgaria are protesting that attempts by the UK, Denmark and the Czech Republic to lower the threshold were unacceptable. There are plans for a 5% cut to direct payments this year to establish an agricultural crisis reserve and the secure sufficient funds for aid to new Member States. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/200513/eu___small_farmers_have_their_say.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The downward trend has come to a halt, having hit rock bottom. The German, Belgian, Dutch, Danish and Austrian quotations are moving sideward, all of them showing balanced market situations. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/200513/eu___the_pork_market.aspx Pig World Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The European Commission has adopted a package of measures to strengthen the enforcement of health and safety standards for the whole agri-food chain. Food safety is essential to ensure consumers' confidence and sustainability of food production http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/150513/eu___new_health_and_safety_rules_for_the_meat_industry.aspx 5mpublishing Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The additional costs of compliance with EU sow welfare rules is being blamed for short pig supplies and high prices in Spain, while the slump in US pig meat exports is attributed to the Russian ban on meat imports from animals given ractopamine. Under pressure from retailers, http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140513/eu___pork_production_on_the_slide.aspx 5mpublishing Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Last week’s trend continues on the European slaughter pig market, with the quotations swinging back noticeably http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/130513/eu___the_pork_trade_.aspx Pig World Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The National Chicken Council (NCC), USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC), and the National Turkey Federation (NTF) - in response to the Federal Register notice of 1 April 2013 Document 2013-07430 soliciting public comment - have submitted a statement to express its views that any new trade agreement with the European Union (EU) must provide for real and meaningful market access to the European market for US poultry. Without a successful outcome for poultry in the TTIP Agreement, the US poultry industry will seriously question the need to support such a bilateral trade agreement. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170513/eu___farm_drug_abuse_and_shoddy_meat_inspection_make_us_poultry_imports__a_non_starter.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT A total of €230 million of EU agricultural policy funds, unduly spent by Member States, is being claimed back by the European Commission under the so-called clearance of accounts procedure. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/090513/eu___cap_repayments_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Farmers’ organisations from Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Denmark call on the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers and the European Commission to guarantee that if any funds are transferred by a Member State from pillar 1 to pillar 2 , they must be match funded by national co-financing’. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/150513/eu___farm_subsidies.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The markdowns range from a corrected minus 5 cents in Belgium to minus 1 cent in France. As a result of the slight price decrease in France, the German quotation ranks fifth again within the European price structure of the five major pig-keeping nations. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/150513/eu___the_pork_market.aspx Pig World Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT After France continued its downward trend by a corrected minus 3.8 cents on Thursday other quotations in Central Europe followed suit on Friday. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/090513/eu___the_pork_trade_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has been requested to provide advice by the European Commission (EC) on the impact on Public (Human) Health and Animal Health from the use of antibiotics in animals. Potentially, this is very good news, as long as the conclusions have not been pre-written. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/100513/eu___drug_lobby_get_their_own_way_again_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The European Commission have recently decided to take Greece and Italy to the Court of Justice of the European Union over the failure to correctly implement Directive 1999/74/EC banning "un-enriched cages" (battery cages). http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070513/eu___greece_and_italy_breaking_animal_welfare_laws__0.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT New incentives continue to be missing and market participants keep waiting. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/300413/eu___the_pork_market_.aspx Pig World Sun, 05 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The volume of beef produced in 2012 in the European Union (EU) decreased by 4% to total 6.9m tonnes. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/230413/eu___beef_production_down__.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The European Commission has today published proposals to provide transitional arrangements in 2014 for certain Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) rules, notably the system of Direct Payments. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/290413/eu___cap_transitional_arrangements_in__.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT A European Commission measure to revise rules on imports of food and feed originating from Japan following the Fukushima nuclear accident has ben endorsed by experts meeting in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH). http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/290413/eu___japanese_food_imports_.aspx 5mpublishing Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT On 17 April 2013 in Niigata, Japan, the General Assembly of the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) unanimously adopted a proposal by CEJA for differentiated and specific terms of membership, with favourable membership fees for young farmer organisations, in order to guarantee young farmer participation from across the world. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180413/eu___world_farmers_organisation_recognises_importance_of_young_farmer_representation.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT At the Council meeting this week, ministers were briefed by the Presidency on the state of play of the informal trilogue process on the reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP). http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020513/eu___more_talks_on_cap_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Intensive farms like piggeries with methane capture projects to reduce emissions will still be better off financially, despite a collapse in the carbon credit market in Europe. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250413/eu___the_pork_industry_and_carbon_emissions_.aspx Google news Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The States is stepping up its demands for easier access to the European pigmeat market. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/230413/eu___american_pork_is_not_up_to_eu_standards_.aspx Pig World Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT The global pork market has been stable in the first quarter of this year, with supply and demand more or less in balance. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250413/eu___pork_market_in_good_shape_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT The European Commission must act quickly on unfair practices in the food supply chain through legislation, the NFU said today. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250413/eu___supply_chain_issues_.aspx nfuonline.com Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Europe's persistent recession and a spring swoon in the U.S. economy are hurting the prospects of the global recovery this year, the International Monetary Fund said. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250413/eu___the_americans_forget_wall_st_created_the_bloody_recession_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT The world’s financial focus seems to have switched away from commodities and back to economics. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180313/eu____month_low_in_wheat_prices.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Commission publishes European test results on horse DNA and Phenylbutazone: no food safety issues but tougher penalties to apply in the future to fraudulent labelling http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180413/eu___commission_publishes_european_test_results_on_horse_dna.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT As international debate continues on the use of the feed additive ractopamine, Neogen Europe Ltd. has launched easy 10 minute tests to detect ractopamine in animal and animal feed samples. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/190413/eu___ractopamine_in_pork_meat_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Board of Eurasian Economic Commission for Europe - the management body of Custom Union (Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan) has decided to exclude the fresh, chilled or frozen pork, poultry meat and processed products from the list of imported goods from developing and least developed countries with the special tariff preferences. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/240413/eu___russian_poultry_excluded_from_tariff_preferences_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT This week, the prices on the EU slaughter pig market appear to vary. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/240413/eu___the_pork_trade_.aspx Pig World Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Rabobank’s global cattle price index has shown the shoots of recovery but is down 8 per cent year on-year, in the face of growing inflation, Rabobank say this leaves the outlook mixed. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260413/eu___global_beef_forecasts_.aspx 5mpublishing Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Five per cent of the samples taken in the European-wide tests on beef products have been found to be contaminated with horse meat. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180413/eu____of_beef_sold_in_the_eu_is_quothorsemeatquot_says_eu_report.aspx 5mpublishing Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT The European Medicines Agency is to provide advice on the impact on public health and animal health of the use of antibiotics in animals. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250413/eu___farm_antibiotics_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT AFTER three decades of squabbling, the authorities in Brussels and Washington meet in Dublin this week to take the first concrete steps to hammer out a historic new trade deal. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250413/eu___the_proposed_us_trade_deal_.aspx irishindependent. Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT AkzoNobel Salt Specialties launches ground breaking one-to-one sodium reduction solution for processed meat – incorporating Givaudan’s flavour expertise http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/150413/eu___akzonobel_salt_specialties_launches_ground_breaking_sodium_reduction_solution.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT The European Commission is threatening England with legal action over the use of perches in free range egg units. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010413/eu___english_poultry_farmers_caught_cheating_again_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Copa-Cogeca has urged EU institutions to ensure that findings on the reports by the EU Commission are fully reflected in the final agreement on the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) expected in June. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/280313/n_ireland___germans_call_for_ulster_blues.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT MSD Animal Health (known as Merck Animal Health in USA and Canada) announced the European approval of a new indication for Panacur AquaSol (fenbendazole 200 mg/mL) to effectively treat swine infected with Trichuris suis (T. suis), a whipworm found worldwide that causes multifocal inflammation. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/270313/nireland___politics_and_food_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Board of Eurasian Economic Commission for Europe - the management body of Custom Union (Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan) has decided to exclude the fresh, chilled or frozen pork, poultry meat and processed products from the list of imported goods from developing and least developed countries with the special tariff preferences. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/240413/eu___russian__pork_excluded_from_tariff_preferences_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Pigtek Pig Equipment Group now offers sow producers an advanced ad-lib lactation feeder. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070313/eu___the_pigtek_pig_equipment_group.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT The European Court of Auditors has hit out at some EU states for using food processing subsidies as a general support and not as a means of supporting value-added measures. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180413/eu___food_subsidy_scam_.aspx 5mpublishing Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT To ensure the fresh meat stays fresh, BT9 have launched a new system Xsense which has been designed to mimise risks to poultry and meat quality by providing real time monitoring information and enable decision makers to take immediate action if necessary. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/190413/eu____bt_have_launched_a_new_system_xsense.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Five per cent of the samples taken in the European-wide tests on beef products have been found to be contaminated with horse meat. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/190413/eu____of_beef_sold_in_the_eu_is_quothorsemeatquot_and_has_been_so_for_last__years_.aspx 5mpublishing Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Beef production is no longer profitable for many farmers as a late winter and heavy rains are making feed provision extremely tough. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/190413/eu___beef_production_no_longer_viable_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT The global pork sector has experienced a stable first quarter in 2013, with supply and demand more or less in balance, resulting in stable prices for the Rabobank five-nation finished hog price index. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/190413/eu___the_pork_market_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Why, after the vote at the European Parliament and the last Council of EU Ministers of agriculture, is CAP reform not already adopted? http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180413/eu___a_look_at_the_cap.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT High pressure production processes can increase the microbial hazards associated with mechanically separated meat products, according to the European Food Safety Authority. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180413/eu___high_pressure_meat_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Campylobacteriosis is the most reported zoonotic disease in humans, with a continuous increase in reported cases over the last five years, according to the annual report on zoonoses and food-borne outbreaks in the European Union. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170413/eu___fearmongering_from_the_drug_companies_to_push_sales_.aspx 5mpublishing Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Owing to the trend reversal producers have been longing for, the European slaughter pig market is playing it safe this week. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170413/eu___the_pig_and_pork_market_.aspx Pig World Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Owing to the trend reversal producers have been longing for, the European slaughter pig market is playing it safe this week. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160413/eu___the_pork_market_.aspx Pig World Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT