US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reached an agreement with Mexico and Peru on beef and pork trade, allowing US producers to expand their market. The latest agreement will allow US producers to export slaughter cattle to Mexico and ...
Tags: Beef Exports, Pork Exports
Canadian agricultural company Grober Group will build a $12m dairy plant in the Cayuga County Industrial Park in Aurelius, US. Last week Grober representatives met with the Cayuga County Industrial Development Agency board of directors to ...
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Cargill has resumed operations at its hog slaughtering plant in Beardstown, Illinois. This plant processes 19,500 hogs a day. The plant slaughter operations were suspended on 23 January 2015 due to equipment failure, reports Reuters. ...
Although it’s been a quiet topic since jumping to Hawaii, the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) is still taking a toll on hog markets. The hog market yo-yo’ed throughout 2014, and we should expect that to continue into 2015 ...
Tags: hogs, pork, Agriculture
Red meat prices already on the rise as farmers restock and Japanese agreement comes in The Australian red meat industry has seen cattle and sheep prices soar, as it welcomes the news that the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement ...
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Capital Biotech, a French-start up, has launched a device, ‘Halal Kit’ to test the presence of pork in a dish within a few minutes. The introduction of the device into the market is expected to help Capital Biotech to have a ...
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Known to many as the Mosuo, but known often to themselves as the Na, the Mosuo are a small ethnic group living in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in China, close to the border with Tibet. Consisting of a population of approximately 40,000, ...
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Remember the "Cattle Cycle?" It essentially dictates where cattle prices are and where they should be going, as it's done for around 150 years. So, will the arrival of this latest impending reversal in the natural market cycle be any ...
Dutch researchers are investigating a new method to produce synthetic meat without having to slaughter animals to cater to the demand for meat. In a paper published in Trends in Biotechnology's June issue, the researchers, Cor van der ...
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US-based pork producer Smithfield Foods has closed its Tar Heel, North Carolina pork plant, following an ammonia spill caused by the collapse of a water tank. Over 2,000 workers were evacuated from the hog slaughtering plant. Details on ...
The UK Government has blocked the European Union (EU) proposals compelling retailers to introduce labels on meat informing whether prior to slaughtering, the animal had been stunned. In June 2010, the European parliament approved the ...
Tags: EU Proposals, Halal Meat
These norms for Islamic way of slaughtering of animals, handling and preparation must be compulsorily observed at all establishments involved in the processing of Halal food. Halal food and drinks are considered najis if they are ...
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The followings items must be given attention for inspection purpose . Suspicious source of ingredients such as raw materials, processed materials or additives must be proven by a Halal certificate from a recognized Islamic Body. ...
Category. Applicants for Halal certification are broadly categorized under THREE categories: Abattoir: Islamic Halal Zabiha (Shariah compliant slaughter) including Beaf (buffalo), Mutton (goat & sheep), Chicken. Manufactured / ...
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US pork processor Smithfield Foods has halted hog slaughter operations at its pork processing facility in Tar Heel,North Carolina,over Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus(PEDv). The Tar Heel site has shortened the slaughter operations ...
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