Livestock & Meat

摘要

New EU veal labelling laws: EU agriculture ministers have agreed new rules clarifying what may be labelled as Veal', in a bid to improve market transparency for consumers. The terminology used can vary slightly between member states to reflect different 'cultural traditions'. GM rules may restrict feed supplies: A European Commission study has warned that EU governments' reluctance to authorise new varieties of CM maize and soya for circulation on the EU market could lead to a damaging surge in the price of animal feed, as it becomes ever harder to source feed which is guaranteed not to contain non-authorised CM material. Turbulent times for sheepmeat market: Both production and consumption of sheepmeat is likely to fall in the EU over the next yearor so, according to a European Commission report. Quotas are preventing imports from filling the supply gap, thus shrinking the overall market. NZ beef output set to fall: The current boom in world dairy prices is persuading more and more New Zealand farmers to switch from beef to dairy production - but NZ's beef exports may start to surfer as a result.