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  • 07
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    Uzbekistan increases meat production

    In January-September 2023, 2.04 million tons of meat were produced in Uzbekistan, Azernews reports, citing Kun.uz News Agency. According to the Statistics Agency, over the nine months, the total volume of products (services) of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries amounted to 292.7 trillion soums. This is more by 104.1% compared to the...

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  • 07
    Dic

    Rounds, Tester lead legislation to block Paraguayan beef imports in response to animal health concerns

    U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) introduced bipartisan legislation to suspend beef imports from Paraguay. The senators’ bill would also require the establishment of a working group to evaluate the threat to food safety and animal health posed by Paraguayan beef. This comes after the Biden administration...

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  • 06
    Dic

    Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Oppose Allowing Beef Imports from Paraguay

    In bipartisan and bicameral agreement, members of Congress do not want any beef imports from Paraguay. Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Mike Rounds, R-S.D., introduced a bill Monday that would immediately halt the import of beef from Paraguay and create a new working group to examine both the risk...

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  • 06
    Dic

    Value of red meat exports drop by 14 percent on last year

    The value of red meat exports continues to drop. The value of beef and sheep meat exports in October dropped 14 percent compared to the same month last year, to $615 million, according to new figures from the Meat Industry Association (MIA). Exports to China, New Zealand’s largest customer...

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  • 06
    Dic

    NZ dairy and red meat exports to China forecast to grow in next decade

    Exports of red meat and dairy to China will continue to grow in the next decade, however, the amount will eventually taper off as the country looks to produce more of its own food. That is according to the 2023-2032 China Agricultural Outlook Report recently released by China’s Ministry...

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  • 05
    Dic

    Lucrative Californian market opens up to UK pork in the new year

    California’s Proposition 12 is crucial for UK farmers who want to comply with the state’s new animal welfare standards NSF, the only Red Tractor Certification Body for pork, can now certify British pork for the lucrative Californian market. NSF has become one of the first UK certification bodies to...

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  • 05
    Dic

    House coalition opposes plans to accept importation of Paraguay beef 

    A bipartisan group of House lawmakers are asking Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to intervene and stop the potential importation of Paraguay beef citing concerns about the potential for highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease.  U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann, R-KS, and Jim Costa, D-CA, chairman and ranking member of the House...

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  • 05
    Dic

    NZ dairy and red meat exports to China forecast to grow in next decade – report

    Exports of red meat and dairy to China will continue to grow in the next decade, however, the amount will eventually taper off as the country looks to produce more of its own food. That is according to the 2023-2032 China Agricultural Outlook Report recently released by China’s Ministry...

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  • 04
    Dic

    Poultry meat, pork imports from Brazil to Armenia banned

    As a result of the Food Safety Inspection Body inspections at the border, from November 24 to 28, the importing of several food products into Armenia has been banned on the basis of their laboratory inconsistency. These products are as follows: Poultry meat from Brazil: 64,000 kg, due to...

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  • 04
    Dic

    Brazil meat lobby complains of Mexican court’s ban on pork imports

    SAO PAULO, Dec 1 (Reuters) – A Brazilian association representing pork and poultry processors said on Friday it “regrets” a decision taken by a Mexican court which suspended pork imports from the South American nation at the request of local producers, calling it “protectionist.” In a statement on Friday, ABPA said...

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