EU Eases Import Controls on South America
EU - The Euroeapn Union has relaxed its embargo on imports of meat from South America.

EU Compound Feed Production Still Rising
EU - Recent figures have revealed that last year's EU compound feed production had its highest annual growth rate in almost twenty years.

Got Beef With EC Import Tarriff Reduction?
EU - The National Beef Association has joined with farmers’ organisations in Europe to persuade MEP’s to back efforts to persuade the European Commission to scrap plans to reduce beef import tariffs by 70 per cent – which is part of the settlement package...

Commission Propose New Rules for By-products
EU - The European Commission adopted today a proposal that will facilitate the efficient management of animal by-products, while preserving at the same time the current high levels of protection against risks to public and animal health and the envir...

Generation Gap in EU farmers Worries MEPs
EU - While food production in the future is likely to rise, the future of the next generation of farmers is uncertain. At present just 7.6% of farms in the European Union are run by people under 35.

Experts Cry Out for More as Zoonoses Spread
EU - Zoonoses, diseases that are transmitted between vertebrate animals and humans, are on the rise and the meat industry is having to pay the price.

Developing Agriculture Needed in Developing Countries
EU - In adopting a resolution on rising food prices in the EU and the developing countries, MEPs say that priority should be given to investment in agriculture, aquaculture, rural development and agribusinesses in developing countries.

EU Appeals WTO Ruling on Hormone Treated Meat
EU - The EU yesterday began to appeal elements of the WTO panel decision of 31 March 2008 reguarding the debate over US and Canadian exports of hormone treated meat.

EU: Cloning for Economic Purposes Should be Banned
EU - MEPs support the objectives of the Commission's Animal Health Strategy for the EU, but call for more ambition and stress that such objectives can only be achieved with a sufficient and clearly defined budget.

Prevention Before Cure: New Health Plan
EU - Animals in Europe, from wild and farmyard animals to domestic pets, could soon come under the remit of a proposed EU-wide animal health strategy. The aim is to put the onus on prevention rather than cure.

EC Acts on CAP Health Check and UK Reacts
EU - The European Commission today proposed to further modernise, simplify and streamline the Common Agricultural Policy and remove remaining restrictions on farmers to help them respond to growing demand for food.

Effects of Rising Food Prices Outlined by Commission
EU - The European Commission today adopted a Communication setting out potential policy responses to mitigate the effects of rising global food prices. The document will be discussed at the European Council on 19-20 June.

New Biosecurity Products for a New World
EU - A company that specialises in solutions for safer feed and food, has chosen VIV Europe, to launch two new products which it says will benefit even the modest modern feed mills.

EU/Russia Meat Row Erupts
EU - The European Union's executive arm yesterday said that a Russian ban on European meat was disproportionate and should therefor be alleviated.

Feeding Animals to Animals: EU May Lift Ban
EU - It is believed that if the EU go ahead with contraversial plans to relax current safety measures on pig and poultry feeds, which outlaw animal proteins, then vast amounts of money could be saved by EU farmers.

Pfizer Acquires Animal Health Products
EU - Pfizer Animal Health today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire multiple product franchises from Schering-Plough Corporation covering all major animal health species including cattle, swine, equine, and companion animal.

Bone of Contention: New Law on Vertebrate
EU - As of today, the European Commission has adopted a 30 month age limit to which the vertebral column must be removed from beef rather than the previous 24.

Concerns Reproducing on Antimicrobial Resistance
EU - The use of antimicrobial agents in feed and livestock is contributing to a rapidly evolving and diverse range of antimicrobial resistant bacteria which can be passed on to humans through the food chain, says the European Food Safety Authority’s BIOHAZ...