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Monday, May 24, 2021
Ireland's cattle slaughter drops 6.1% in March 2021
Ireland's March cattle slaughter, including cows and calves, had fell back by 6.1% on the same month of 2020, according to Central Statistics Office data.
Monday, May 17, 2021
Biggest pig slaughterhouse in Latin America to be set up in Paraná, Brazil
The inauguration of the biggest pig slaughterhouse in Latin America is scheduled for 2023 in Assis Chateaubriand, the western region of Paraná, Brazil.
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
China to see 19.2% increase in number of slaughter pigs in 2021
The number of slaughter pigs in China is expected to grow by 19.2% this year, reaching 613 million head.
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
US pork processor intends to delay court decision on controlling slaughtering speed
US pork processor Seaboard Foods is pursuing a 10.5-month delay to a US federal court decision that would force it to slow the speed of hog slaughtering at a Oklahoma pork plant, according to court documents.
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Germany's small, medium-sized slaughterhouses to get more support
Germany's Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Julia Klöckner, has recently expressed agreement with German federal states that small and medium-sized regional slaughterhouses will get greater support.
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Cuba lifts ban on slaughter of cattle, as well as beef and dairy sales
Cuba announced as part of agricultural reforms that it will lift a ban on cattle slaughter, as well as permit the sale of beef and dairy in the country, Reuters reported.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Penang, Malaysia proposal to transform street market into hi-tech poultry slaughterhouse
Loke Poh Chye, Tanjung, Penang MCA division chairman, has proposed the George Town street market be transformed into hi-tech poultry slaughterhouse for Penang state, The Star Malaysia reported.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
US meatpackers urge USDA to appeal court ruling cancelling faster slaughter speeds
The North American Meat Institute, which represents major meatpackers in the United States, have urged the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to appeal a federal court decision that cancelled the rule that permitted pork plants to increase ...
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Spain's agriculture ministry orders slaughter of 1,610 cattle on cattle ship
Spain's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has ordered the slaughter of 1,610 cattle stuck aboard the Elbeik livestock ship since December, following the slaughter order of another cattle ship the Karim Allah stuck at sea several w ...
Monday, March 15, 2021
Portugal's 2020 export of pigs for slaughter rises by 85.7% in 2020
Portugal's export of pigs for slaughter increased by 85.7% in 2020 compared to 2019, from 282,181 head in 2019 to 524,012 head in 2020 (+241,831 head), according to 2020 data on the country's pig slaughter published by GPP and provided by I ...
Monday, March 15, 2021
China's 2021 hog slaughter to reach nearly 600 million head
China's hog slaughter in 2021 is forecast to reach close to 600 million head, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Monday, March 15, 2021
USDA: Japan to see slightly slower pace of swine slaughter in 2021
Japan's swine herd at the start of 2021 is estimated at 9.100 million head, nearly flat from 2020, according to US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Monday, March 8, 2021
De Heus sells poultry slaughterhouses Van Miert to Clazing
Royal De Heus has signed a conditional agreement with poultry slaughterhouse Clazing to facilitate the latter's taking over of the poultry slaughterhouses of Van Miert and Mieki Hunsel from De Heus.
Monday, March 8, 2021
German pig sector relieved of market pressure as slaughter backlogs drop
Germany's backlog of pigs for slaughter has been reduced in most regions of the country to such an extent that it no longer exerts any pressure on the market.
Monday, March 8, 2021
Dutch meat organisation develops new code for animal welfare at slaughterhouses
The Netherlands' Central Organization for the Meat Sector (COV) has crafted a code, known as the "Code for animal welfare at slaughterhouses", to further improve animal welfare at slaughterhouses.

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