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JAPAN DATA SHOWS HOW MEAT DEMAND CONTINUES TO OUTSTRIP DOMESTIC SUPPLY



Japan’s meat producers are struggling to meet growing demand amidst falling production, new data has underlined, prompting rising imports, concerns on food security and government action to support cattle farming.

Consumption of beef, pork, chicken and lamb has been long on the rise, reaching 89.7g per person per day in the fiscal year to March 2018.…

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OFFICIAL US STUDIES HELP REDUCE ANTIMICROBIAL USE IN PIGS AND CATTLE



NEW data from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will help guide US animal health officials in ensuring livestock producers use antimicrobials in a more judicious way, says this federal government agency.

The data, which was released last month (May 2019), gives the latest benchmark for swine sites and cattle rearers on antimicrobial use in US feedlots and swine operations.…

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INDIAN GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES AGGRESSIVE ANTI-FMD AND BRUCELLOSIS VACCINATION CAMPAIGN



 

AN INDIAN government’s Indian Rupees INR133.43 billion (USD1.9 billion) initiative to eradicate foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) from the country will increase meat exports from the country, say experts. “It will definitely help opening up meat markets especially China, which is the biggest,” Priya Sud, a partner at buffalo meat exporting firm Al Noor Exports, in New Delhi, told GlobalMeatNews.…

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JAPAN DATA SHOWS HOW MEAT DEMAND CONTINUES TO OUTSTRIP DOMESTIC SUPPLY



Japan’s meat producers are struggling to meet growing demand amidst falling production, new data has underlined, prompting rising imports, concerns on food security and government action to support cattle farming.

Consumption of beef, pork, chicken and lamb has been long on the rise, reaching 89.7g per person per day in the fiscal year to March 2018.…

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INDIAN GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES AGGRESSIVE ANTI-FMD AND BRUCELLOSIS VACCINATION CAMPAIGN



AN INDIAN government’s Indian Rupees INR133.43 billion (USD1.9 billion) initiative to eradicate foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) from the country will increase meat exports from the country, say experts. “It will definitely help opening up meat markets especially China, which is the biggest,” Priya Sud, a partner at buffalo meat exporting firm Al Noor Exports, in New Delhi, told GlobalMeatNews.…

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OFFICIAL US STUDIES HELP REDUCE ANTIMICROBIAL USE IN PIGS AND CATTLE



NEW data from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will help guide US animal health officials in ensuring livestock producers use antimicrobials in a more judicious way, says this federal government agency.

The data, which was released last month (May 2019), gives the latest benchmark for swine sites and cattle rearers on antimicrobial use in US feedlots and swine operations.…

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MONGOLIA LOOKS TO LEVERAGE DAIRY TRADITIONS TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE EXPORT SECTOR



MONGOLIA’S grassland ecology has always lent itself to livestock and hence milk production, so it is no surprise that the development of a dairy industry has been a priority for its government and international institutions.

A five-year loan worth USD12 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development via Mongolia’s XacBank announced in February (2019) is just one such related initiative.…

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TURNING MANURE INTO ENERGY: THE GROWTH OF MANURE-TO-BIOGAS SYSTEMS ON DAIRY FARMS



PROMISING a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, energy cost-savings, sustainable manure management and a diversified revenue stream, the number of anaerobic digestion (AD) plants producing renewable biogas on dairy farms is growing globally. When upgraded to natural gas it can be sold to local utilities companies and used as transportation fuel as well as generate on-farm combined heat and power (CHP) – this biogas can be an important source of income.…

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INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – ISO LAUNCHES NEW COCOA SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS



THE INTERNATIONAL Organization for Standardization (ISO) has launched a series of standards designed to help the cocoa industry ensure its products are both sustainably harvested and processed, but also traceable across their supply chains. Its ISO 34101 series is designed to promote good environmental and labour practices in a sector that involves sophisticated confectionery companies, global commodity traders and small farmers, often in poor countries, notably in west Africa.…

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PLANNED EU RULING MAY REGULATE TATTOO INKS FOR THE FIRST TIME TO AVOID HEALTH RISKS

Body artists in Europe may have to reconsider the pigments that they use in future, with the European Union (EU) drafting new rules that could regulate what chemicals can be used in tattoo inks.

While today 12 out of every 100 Europeans are tattooed or have some sort of permanent cosmetic treatment, experts are increasingly concerned that these skin colouring agents may contain hazardous substances, known or suspected to have adverse health effects causing cancer, allergies or mutations.…

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