China said it is launching an anti-dumping investigation into broiler products imported from Brazil, following complaints from the domestic industry that the South American country has been selling its chicken below market value.

A large majority of Americans continue to strongly support mandatory country of origin labelling for fresh meat and strongly favor requiring meat to be labeled with even more specific information about where the animals were born, raised and processed.

Chicken consumption among US consumers remains high although 2017 levels have moderated and returned to those seen a couple of years ago, results of a new research presented last week at the 2017 Chicken Marketing Summit showed.

South Korea is set to import eggs from Thailand to ease a shortage following its worst-ever bird-flu outbreak.

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of assets of Happy Hen Egg Farms, Inc., relating to their commercial production, processing, distribution and sale of shell eggs business.

The USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) said it is again increasing its presence at the upcoming Gulfood show in Dubai with a two-level, 572-square-meter pavilion.

Global pork export prices continued to move upwards in the second quarter, AHDB Pork reported.

After raising the issue of pigmeat price cuts, this time around the Irish Farmers' Association has expressed "anger" over beef price cuts that run as high as €100 (US$119) per head.

New Hope Liuhe Co Ltd has announced it increased the size of its hog herd this year, in the face of excessive supplies and prices down at two-year lows, Reuters reported.

After 14 years, China allowed the entry of imported US beef into the country on Tuesday, June 20.

The UK has clinched new pork and beef export deals with China and the Philippines, two of Asia's largest meat consumers.

The Philippines has opened its market to UK beef, which now joins pork, poultry, lamb and dairy on the list of UK food and drink shipped to the Southeast Asian country.

A sharp fall in wheat prices largely drove the global food prices to dip in August, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.

Dairy production in the Philippines during the first half increased 11% to 11,700 tonnes from 10,540 tonnes last year, Business Mirror reported, citing a report from the Philippine National Dairy Authority (NDA).

A new study conducted by US researchers has found that heat stress undergone by conceiving cows have lifelong effects on their offspring, which have to do with the latter's milk production and quality.

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Norwegian seafood giant Marine Harvest achieved an operational EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) of EUR198 million (US$234.3 million) in the second quarter, compared with EUR149 million ($176.3 million) in the same quarter last year.

Vietnamese pangasius exports to the US market have so far remained "steady" since Aug. 2, when all products of Siluriformes fish including catfish that are shipped to the United States are required to undergo food safety tests, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) said.

China's pork producer, WH Group, has disclosed a 1% increase in net profit for the first half of 2017 - a disappointing result dashing analysts' expectations, the South China Morning Post reported.

JBT Corporation has acquired Avure Technologies, Inc. for US$57 million, before post-close adjustments.

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