The continued recovery from PEDv in Japan has resulted in a 4% decline in imports of pork into the country during the first half of 2015,…
Year: 2015
Concern about food hygiene when eating out and the use of additives in food products are the top two issues raised by consumers in the latest…
Jane Jordan takes a closer look at the Pig Health and Welfare Council’s (PHWC) biennial report for 2013/14, launched in July at the Houses of Parliament…
Evidence linking three severe cases of lameness in growing pigs with the use of “inadequate” home-mix diets has prompted the Animal & Plant Health Agency (APHA)…
Dr Sadie Douglas (pictured above centre) has joined Reading-based Farmex as data services manager. The appointment marks an expansion of the company’s pioneering information technology services…
Growing doubts about the state of the Chinese economy could be a “cause for concern” for global pork exporters, according to AHDB Pork. “Although Chinese economic…
Red Tractor Assurance (RTA) is urging retailers to take part of its “biggest ever” on-pack promotional campaign later this year. Due to spread over seven weeks…
An alert to farmers and vets to be vigilant concerning possible outbreaks of septicaemia in piglets due Klebsiella pneumonia (Kpp) is contained in the latest pig…
Industry views are being sought on the newly launched contingency plan for the control and elimination of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus (PEDv) which has been drawn…
Meryl Ward, who was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen’s 2013 Birthday Honours List for her work on…