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EFTA finds shortcomings in Norway import controls

fleischwirtschaft.com - SWITZERLAND, Geneve. Norway needs to improve its import control system and veterinary checks of products of animal origin coming in to the country, according to the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).

   

UK farmers first to use Schmallenberg vaccine

fleischwirtschaft.com - THE UNITED KINGDOM, London. Farmers in the United Kingdom will be the first in the European Union to use a new Schmallenberg vaccine. The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) accelerated its assessment of the drug to make it available by summer.  

First-ever appearance of porcine virus in US

fleischwirtschaft.com - USA,Washington DC. Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) has been identified in the United States for the first time, according to the US Department of Agriculture.  

Big investment in new plant

fleischwirtschaft.com – JAMAICA, Kingston. The Jamaica Broilers Group has invested more than $300 million to construct a new processing plant at Spring Village, St Catherine, to relocate its Further Processing Facility from Content, Bog Walk, in the parish.  

Resistant bacteria remain an important issue

fleischwirtschaft.com – ITALY, Parma. The third joint EFSA and ECDC report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic bacteria affecting humans, animals and foods shows the continued presence of resistance to a range of antimicrobials in Salmonella and Campylobacter, the main bacteria causing food-borne infections in the European Union (EU).