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Thursday, March 10, 2022
Spain lobbies European Commission to buy Argentinian corn
Luis Planas, Spain's Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Minister is pushing the European Commission to waive import controls, in particular from Argentina, on corn and livestock feed due to supply concerns caused by Russia's invasion into Ukra ...
Monday, February 21, 2022
EU animal welfare legislation not fully implemented, according to European Parliament resolution
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) led by rapporteur Jérémy Decerle expressed that the current EU legislation on the welfare of food-producing animals is not fully implemented in all EU member states.
Monday, February 14, 2022
Nearly 300 salmonella infection cases in Europe linked to contaminated eggs
Almost 300 people have been sickened in six countries and two have died in an outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to eggs.
Monday, February 14, 2022
European Commission audit found Uruguay's meat control to be adequate
Two audits by the European Commission's health and safety body have looked at meat controls in Uruguay and France.
Monday, February 14, 2022
Sales of animal medicines in Europe increases last year
Total sales of animal medicines in Europe reached €7.4 billion (US$8.4 billion) in 2021, an increase of 8.82% from €6.8 billion (US$7.7 billion) in 2020, according to data from Animal Health Europe's latest annual report.
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
European Commission urged to adopt initiatives to help EU pig meat sector
The Chair of the European Parliament's Agriculture Committee, Norbert Lins, and the majority of political groups in the committee have called on the European Commission to adopt "immediate initiatives aimed to alleviate the negative si ...
Monday, January 17, 2022
Spain overtakes Germany as Europe's top pork producer
Spain surpassed Germany in European pork production, based on the latest published Eurostat data for the period of January-September 2021.
Friday, January 7, 2022
Potential, major impact of climate change on European raw milk's microbiological quality, study found
Climate change could have a big impact on the microbiological quality of raw milk in Europe, according to a study funded by the European predictive modelling tools to evaluate the effects of climate change on food safety (PROTECT) project.
Monday, December 20, 2021
European Commission approves IFF's Enviva® PRO for use in turkeys
Danisco Animal Nutrition, a business unit of IFF's Health & Biosciences, announced on December 13 the final authorisation from the European Commission to expand the use of Enviva® PRO, a multi-strain probiotic, to the European turkey produc ...
Monday, December 20, 2021
Czech Republic highlights challenges faced by European pig meat sector
The Czech Republic recently informed the European Commission about the challenges facing the pig meat sector in Europe.
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Members of European Parliament urge shift from live animal to meat-and-carcass transport
The ANIT committee, the European Parliament's inquiry into the protection of animals during transport, has concluded that EU provisions in this area are not always complied with in member states and do not fully take into account the differ ...
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Multiple bird flu outbreaks reported in Europe and Asia
Several outbreaks of severe bird flu in Europe and Asia have been reported in recent days to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), in a sign the virus is spreading quickly again.
Monday, November 1, 2021
European Commission reclassifies restriction zones in Germany due to no further ASF outbreaks
The European Commission has recently reclassified the German districts of Spree-Neisse and Märkisch-Oderland - which were listed as restricted zones III - as restricted zones II.
Monday, October 25, 2021
European Commission launches consultation on revising animal welfare legislation
The European Commission has recently launched a public consultation on the revision of animal welfare legislation as part of its Farm to Fork Strategy.
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
European Poultry Meat Association members commit to creation of sustainability charter
Members of AVEC, the European Poultry Meat Association, have committed to develop a sustainability charter that will be published in early 2022.

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