The huge Tönnies pork processing plant in Germany is set to partially re-open, after being closed for around a month due to a major outbreak of COVID-19…
Month: July 2020
An investigation is underway after 20 tons of rotting pig trotters were found having washed up on a beach in China’s southern province of Guangdong on Saturday morning.…
China’s pork production has fallen for the seventh consecutive quarter in the period from April-June, according to a report from Reuters. The country, which is the world’s…
The NPA has responded to an article in the Telegraph that made a number of inaccurate claims about UK pork production. The article entitled ‘A Pig’s…
The EU Commission has recently published the summer edition of its short-term outlook for agricultural markets which forecasts strong pork export growth in 2020 for the EU-27, excluding the…
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has written to International Trade Secretary Liz Truss to raise concerns over the balance of expertise on the new Trade and…
The continuing fall out from COVID-19 is putting EU pig prices under serious pressure again. The EU Reference price (excluding the UK) stood at 144p/kg last…
Richard Irvine has been named as the new Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer (DCVO) for the United Kingdom following an extensive international recruitment campaign. Irvine is an…
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has reiterated its warning to travellers about not bringing pork products back into the country as COVID-19 travel restrictions…
The cull sow market remains ‘extremely difficult’, with animals backing up on farms, as the closure of a major plant in Germany continues to have a…