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MLBA3: June / July 2008

MEAT OF THE MATTER FOCUS

Asian demand for meat is skyrocketing but to ensure plentiful, safe supplies, the political will to undertake painful decisions is required. All the necessary, capital-intensive investments favour agribusiness giants over small farmers or traditional labour-intensive methods.

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MEAT OF THE MATTER

	The old and the new
	Already one of the world's top meat exporters, Thailand added another feather on its by inaugurating what is billed as Asia's biggest chicken processing plant
	Can standards match sophisticated tastes?
	In Asia, the Philippines is unique in being familiar with and having a high demand for western-style meats, spurring demand for processed meat products.

MARKET

	The great Halal promise
	The global food imports of the Islamic world - often referred to as the Halal market - are estimated to be US$80 billion, about 12 percent of total trade in agri-food products.

SUPPLY CHAIN

	The true cost of Mahachai
	Mahachai is known around the world as Thailand's biggest seafood centre, but what is hugely traded here is technically not seafood but farmed, freshwater shrimp.

INDUSTRY

	Sadia: An empire built on food safety
	From its humble beginnings as a flourmill in the Brazilian town of Concordia, Sadia has grown to be one of the world's biggest producers of chilled and frozen foods.

LIVESTOCK HEALTH

	Stressfighter: Electrolytes with multivitamins
	Electrolytes are particularly useful in minimizing stress symptoms in poultry. They not only restore body fluids, they also facilitate antibiotic and vitamin absorption.

MEAT OPERATION

	Egg pasteurisation: Varied challenges, single solution
	One way to keep them free from bacteria is through pasteurisation, a process that also keeps eggs fresh for a longer period of time. The process is governed by two main parameters: temperature and holding time.

COLD CUTS

	Boycott calls and the future of Thai shrimp
	Mr. Niwat Sutemechaikul, deputy director-general of Thailand's Department of Fisheries talks about the impact of a report that discredits Thai shrimp exports to the US.