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China promises speedy bird flu sample sharing

China promises speedy bird flu sample sharing

Asia 02 Dec 2006

REUTERS 02/12/2006 HONG KONG - China has promised the new head of the World Health Organisation that it will share bird flu samples more quickly, after worries Chinese secrecy was hampering understanding of the virus, Hong Kong papers said …
S.Korea in huge poultry cull to halt bird flu

S.Korea in huge poultry cull to halt bird flu

Asia 30 Nov 2006

REUTERS 30/11/2006 SEOUL - South Korea will cull more than half a million fowl in a bid to prevent the spread of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, having already killed 150,000 chickens near farms where the virus was found, officials said…
Food safety tops the menu in China

Food safety tops the menu in China

Asia 28 Nov 2006

CHINA DAILY 28/11/2006 China's watchdog for aquatic product safety will launch a nationwide inspection targeting forbidden chemicals in the fish market, the vice-director of the fisheries bureau under the Ministry of Agriculture announc…
India dithers on corn export ban as supply dwindles

India dithers on corn export ban as supply dwindles

Asia 28 Nov 2006

REUTERS 28/11/2006 Disagreement among Indian government officials is delaying a ban on corn exports, the trade said on Tuesday, but added that such a move was inevitable as demand in the domestic market would exceed supplies. Corn productio…
Two member EU team visits Vizag seafood processing plant

Two member EU team visits Vizag seafood processing plant

Asia 28 Nov 2006

ANI 28/11/2006 A two- member team of the European Union Commission visited a seafood processing plant inVisakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, recently to check out the quality standards maintained by it. The Food and Veterinary Office in Europe or…
India lands 3.2 mln tonnes of wheat imports

India lands 3.2 mln tonnes of wheat imports

Asia 27 Nov 2006

REUTERS 27/11/2006 NEW DELHI - India said on Monday 3.2 million tonnes of imported wheat had so far arrived at its ports against the 5.5 million tonnes contracted after a poor crop sent prices spiralling. Despite agreeing the first imports …
China detains man in

China detains man in

Asia 27 Nov 2006

27/11/2006 BEIJING - China has detained a trader for his role in the sale of contaminated "red-yolk" duck eggs that have sparked fear across the country, Xinhua news agency said on Monday. Authorities in major cities, including Beijing, fou…
Poultry industry will be regulated soon, says Naik

Poultry industry will be regulated soon, says Naik

Asia 24 Nov 2006

24/11/2006 India - It will be mandatory for all areas of poultry sector, be it hatcheries, poultry feed manufacturing units and farms to register with Department of Animal Husbandry, Minister for Animal Husbandry Revu Naik, has said. This i…
Bird Flu Strikes Korean Chicken Farm

Bird Flu Strikes Korean Chicken Farm

Asia 24 Nov 2006

DONGA 24/11/2006 In a poultry farm located in Iksan City, North Jeolla Province, about 6,000 chickens were found dead and the cause is suspected to be Avian Influenza (AI). The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is presuming that the high…
US animal feed giant eyes distribution market

US animal feed giant eyes distribution market

Asia 22 Nov 2006

DAU TU 22/11/2006 US-based Cargill Inc is seeking the go-ahead from Vietnamese authorities to set up its distribution offshoot in Vietnam to supply agricultural-based products. Truong Chanh, general director of Cargill Vietnam said if appro…
Animal feed makers rely too much on imports

Animal feed makers rely too much on imports

Asia 22 Nov 2006

VIETNAM NEWS SERVICE 22/11/2006 Animal feed manufacturers nationwide have produced more than 4.2 million tonnes of feed since the beginning of the year, earning a combined revenue of VND17 trillion (US$1.1 billion), according to the Viet Na…
Pig flu virus in domestic Korean pigs

Pig flu virus in domestic Korean pigs

Asia 21 Nov 2006

21/11/2006 Scientists from Pukyong National University claim they have identified the highly infectious H3N1 swine influenza virus in domestic pigs in South Korea. The H3N1 influenza A virus is a new genetic reassortment of influenza viruse…
Government intervention paid off

Government intervention paid off

Asia 20 Nov 2006

20/11/2006 For Hoang Van Manh, a 36-year-old Vietnamese poultry farmer, it was an act of faith to keep feeding his 2,000 valuable chickens when bird flu swept across Vietnam in early 2004, claiming human lives and shutting down the once bri…
Indian Corn exports backed

Indian Corn exports backed

Asia 19 Nov 2006

REUTERS 19/11/2006 India's food ministry has not proposed a ban on corn exports, despite trade fears that demand may exceed supply in the domestic market, a senior government official said. 'As far as we are concerned, we have not m…
Thailand To Disinfect Poultry Farms In Effort To Prevent Bird FluThailand To Disinfect Poultry Farms

Thailand To Disinfect Poultry Farms In Effort To Prevent Bird FluThailand To Disinfect Poultry Farms

Asia 19 Nov 2006

19/11/2006 Thailand's central government has ordered all provincial livestock authorities to disinfect poultry farms in an effort to prevent outbreaks of bird flu which have devastated the poultry industry in recent years, a government …
Philippines eyes self-sufficient in corn by 2007: report

Philippines eyes self-sufficient in corn by 2007: report

Asia 18 Nov 2006

XINHUA NEWS 18/11/2006 The Philippines may stop importing corn next year as it hits corn production at a self-sufficiency level of 6.1 million metric tons owing to hybrid corn expansion and government's investment on post harvest facili…
Over 100 million chickens in Indonesia vaccinated against bird flu

Over 100 million chickens in Indonesia vaccinated against bird flu

Asia 17 Nov 2006

XINHUA NEWS 17/11/2006 The Indonesian government has vaccinated about 140 million chickens against bird flu, which account for only 10 percent of the total of 1.4 billion chickens across the country, an official said. The vaccination has to…
China's aquatic products to hit 60 million tons by 2010

China's aquatic products to hit 60 million tons by 2010

Asia 17 Nov 2006

XINHUA 17/11/2006 China's aquatic products will hit 60 million tons by 2010, up 18 percent on that of 2005, according to the country's 11th five-year-plan (2006-2010) for the fishery industry, revealed by the Ministry of Agriculture…
Pest infests corn farms in Bicol

Pest infests corn farms in Bicol

Asia 17 Nov 2006

By Mar Arguelles MANILA STANDARD 17/11/2006 PILI, Camarines Sur - The Department of Agriculture here is alarmed at the damage a pest called "waya-waya" has caused on cornfarms across the Bicol region. The DA said the very destructive corn p…
Smuggling, imports posing threats to

Smuggling, imports posing threats to

Asia 15 Nov 2006

Philipines Daily Star 15/11/2006 Manila - The smuggling and importation of pork meat pose threats to Filipino hog raisers, Albert R.T. Lim Jr., president of the National Federation of Hog Farmers Inc., said. Lim, who also heads the Negros O…

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