MLBA Issue 16: August / September 2010
MARKET FOCUS
Does innovation pass Quality Control? The dilemma of Asian meat processing
Technology can be used to raise meat processing's productivity at the expense of food safety. The solution requires information systems to ensure that innovations are not misapplied.
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Breaking the cycle - The giant eastern egg producer |
China's layer industry is characterised by the mass culling of layers when low egg prices kill off profitability and the
swift expansion of inventories when tightened egg supplies boost profits. In the past ten years,China's layer industry
went through three rounds of such cycle.China's layer industry is characterised by the mass culling of layers when low
egg prices kill off profitability and the swift expansion of inventories when tightened egg supplies boost profits. In the
past ten years,China's layer industry went through three rounds of such cycle.
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The miracle of Thai eggs |
From having the perennial problem of egg oversupply and weak prices, Thailand is battling the opposite this year - a
shortage of supply and skyrocketing prices. We look into how this reversal has happened in a year's time and how it
is impacting the market.
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Lean season sets in for the Philippine swine industry |
A usually vibrant business, the hog industry nowadays is - in an apt description - in a lull. Following a tumultuous 2009,
the country's biggest livestock sector has taken severe beatings from the dreaded diseases and the wrath of climate
change.
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Now ranked as the ninth largest animal health group globally, CEVA Sante Animale retains its spirit of being a small- to
medium-sized enterprise by not losing sight of its key partners - the farmers, livestock producers and veterinarians.
| INDUSTRY |
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Tyson plans poultry expansion in Brazil; Tetra Pak, HFL to form dairy hub; GFPT joint venture gears up to process chicken;
Thailand's Prantalay expects sales growth this year; Carlyle to invest in China Fishery Group.
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BinMaster introduces new vibrating rod for higher temperature processes; Big Dutchman launches new feed flow product.
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Movers |
Aviagen announces changes in technical team; Aker Seafoods appoints new CEO.
| LIVESTOCK HEALTH |
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Characterisation of 13 multi-drug resistant Salmonella |
Prevalence of Salmonella differs between layers and broilers. We look into the factors influencing the prevalence of
chicken-associated Salmonella such as feeds and growth environment, transportation process, and chick sources.
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Genetic selection for high body weight and meat yield in broiler |
It is increasingly recognised that genetic selection for improved feed conversion efficiency, growth and muscle yields
has resulted in alterations in ante- and post-mortem muscle status. We look into how this affects the processing quality
of meat.
| COLD CUTS |
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MEAT & LIVESTOCK Business Asia spoke with Nackanun Chitaroon, whose association comprises about 90 companies
involved in the production and/or distribution of animal health products, to assess the industry's contribution to the
overall goal of improving food safety.
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