Livestock & Meat

摘要

Eu ministers debate dird flu threat. EU on avian flu alert: European ministers have sounded the alert over the possibility of the poultry disease avian flu reaching Europe, even though experts maintain the risk is still fairly small. The disease is spreading across poultry flocks in Russia and has been detected in a wild bird in Finland. Brazilian beef invasion fears: European beef producers are expressing growing alarm about the continuing surge in Brazilian supplies to the EU market to cover the gaps caused by production cutbacks in the EU following the decoupling of CAP support. Danish pig herd shrinking: Danish pig numbers have fallen below the 13 million head mark, as producers voice continuing dissatisfaction over strict environmental and animal transport legislation. Despite the downsizing in the herd, however, end-year market prices are expected to fall. OK for UK BSE tests: The UK is set to drop its Over Thirty Month Scheme before the end of the year, following confirmation that a BSE testing scheme for over 30 month cattle, similar to that which operates in the rest of Europe, is now fully operational.