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Biosecurity Key to Gaining Control of Manitoba PED Outbreak

2017-07-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

CANADA - The Veterinary Counsel with the Canadian Pork Council says biosecurity remains the key to gaining control of a surge of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea cases in Manitoba, Bruce Cochrane reports.

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UK Not Ready for Brexit's Impact on Food, Report Warns

2017-07-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

UK - The UK is unprepared for the most complex ever change to its food system, which will be required before Brexit, according to a new briefing paper published by SPRU, the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex.

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Raw Pork Main Cause of Hepatitis E Infection in EU, EFSA Reports

2017-07-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

EU - Last week, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said that consumption of raw or undercooked pork meat and liver is the most common cause of hepatitis E infection in the European Union (EU).

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Gov't, AGPI Firm Submit Proposals for Sale of Lety Pig Farm

2017-07-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

CZECH REPUBLIC - The Czech government and the AGPI firm representatives have handed over to one another their offers for the sale of the firm's pig farm in Lety, south Bohemia, situated at the site of a former Nazi internment camp for the Roma, the human rights minister's spokesman Michal Kacirek told CTK last week.

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Pig Prices on a Plateau?

2017-07-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

UK - Although the SPP put on a significant 1.43p this week to stand at 163.86p, signs are emerging from the other side of the Channel that prices are levelling off, according to Peter Crichton in his "Traffic Lights" commentary for 14 July 2017.

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