Livestock & Meat

摘要

EU 'needs more beef imports': As evidence mounts that EU beef production is tending to fall structurally below the self-sufficiency level, European meat processors have pleaded with the European Commission to improve access to beef import tariff quotas, given that many nominal supplier countries are unable to fulfil their quotas for animal health reasons. NMS pig numbers down 10%: Pig numbers in the EU's new member states have fallen by some 10% over the past 12 months, as the competitive pressures of life within the EU's single market begin to take their toll. BSE risk in goats is low, says EU: The European Food Safety Authority has announced that the risk to humans of passing on BSE from consumption of goatmeat is low -although there is a lack ofappropriate data on the subject. English hill farming "near collapse": Livestock producers in upland areas of England need new government measures to help them adapt to changes in CAP support, according to major landowner charity The National Trust, which has warned that at present livestock farming in the hills "simply is not profitable."