Could China be Heading for Grain Market Crisis?
China could be heading for a crisis in its grain market with a surplus of corn and imports of other grains apparently rising. According to official figures from the Central … Continue reading
Germany Renews Zoonoses Research
The German government is renewing its efforts find answers to the threat of numerous diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans. The research backed by the German agriculture … Continue reading
Threat of Bird Flu Back in USA
Bird flu is back in the USA and once again threatening turkey production. The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed that … Continue reading
Should Waste Food be Fed to Pigs?
The need to reduce the environmental footprint of current systems of meat production is increasing. Strategies must be found to reduce the environmental impact of livestock products as their demand … Continue reading
WTO US COOL Ruling Causes Deeper Divides
A ruling by the World Trade Organization to impose more than $1 billion in trade tariff sanctions against the US by Canada and Mexico over mandatory country of origin labelling … Continue reading
Does Farming Sector Really Understand Climate Change?
When it comes to the carbon footprint of food, the bucks really do matter – but where does the buck stop? The problem is that most farmers think that taking … Continue reading
Could EU-US Trade Deal Collapse over Cloning?
Animal cloning and food products derived from cloned animals could be the stumbling block for agreement in the EU-US Trans-Atlantic Trade Agreement. In September this year, the European parliament beefed … Continue reading
Could Politicians Force Meat to be Labelled Dangerous?
The publication of the report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization, evaluating the carcinogenicity of the consumption of red … Continue reading
France Stumbles from Crisis to Crisis
After five years of negotiations, the South African authorities have recently given their consent to the lifting of the embargo BSE that affected France. They have given the go-ahead to … Continue reading
Country of Origin Labelling Creates Stir Both Sides of Atlantic
Country of Origin Labelling has been at the centre of the global meat and agricultural sector over the last week. Not only has there been a ruling against the US … Continue reading
Farm Gate to Fork 