Meat production fell to 3,093 tonnes over the period.

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According to MaltaToday, the Environmental Health Directorate and the Veterinary and Phytosanitary Regulatory Department sealed over 106kg of fresh poultry products due to lack of traceability and around 8kg of whole chicken, which was being marketed of Maltese origin when it was originating in Italy.

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According to MaltaToday, the Environmental Health Directorate and the Veterinary and Phytosanitary Regulatory Department sealed over 106kg of fresh poultry products due to lack of traceability and around 8kg of whole chicken, which was being marketed of Maltese origin when it was originating in Italy.

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Meat production in the third quarter amounted to 2,483 tonnes, a drop of 15 per cent over the comparative period last year.

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Meat production and producer value in the third quarter of 2012 went down by 15.0 and 9.1 per cent respectively when compared to the corresponding quarter of 2011, according to the National Statistics Office of Malta.

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Maltese Pig Breeders Co-operative KIM is warning that the price of local pork will increase, while farmers are struggling with historically high pig feeding costs, the Times of Malta reports. Grain and cereal prices on an international level have been rising since 2007.

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The price of fresh Maltese pork will go up from Monday because of the global increase in the cost of animal feed, the Pig Breeders’ Cooperative Society Limited said on Wednesday, 1 August.

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Malta’s pig farmers are struggling to keep up with hog quotas, driving distributors to pork imports, the Times of Malta reports.

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Declines in hog slaughter quotas were forcing distributors to resort to imported pork when supplying butchers, a Labour Party spokesman said.

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The pig population rose 7 per cent between 2009 and 2010, reports TimesofMalta.com

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A switch of genetics and a new approach to health and management has revitalised pig production on the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta.

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European Union officials approved proposals to permit trace amounts of unauthorised genetically modified material in animal-feed imports.

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Hundreds of people turned up at Siggiewi's St Nicholas Square today for the Pork Fest, an annual event held by the Pig Breeders Cooperative (KIM) and the Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs.

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Pork production grew by 2.3 per cent over the same period last year as a result of an 11.3 per cent increase in average carcass weight. The number of slaughtered pigs, however, dropped by more than eight per cent, reports TimesofMalta.com. Total meat production and producer value grew, the National Statistics Office added. Total meat production (excluding rabbits) increased by 0.4 per cent when compared to the same quarter in 2009.

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Locally produced pork will carry a yellow tag with the words "Majjal ta’ Malta" from today, allowing consumers to differentiate between imported and Maltese pork.

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The report describes the outcome of an inspection carried out by the Food and Veterinary Office in Malta, from 17 to 21 May 2010. The objectives of this specific audit were to verify, as part of a general audit, that official controls for poultry meat and poultry meat products are carried out in compliance with European Union legislation and in accordance with the Maltese Multi-Annual National Control Plan drawn up in accordance with Article 41 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 882/2004 end_of_the_skype_highlighting and to investigate the action taken by the Competent Authority in order to control Salmonella in different poultry populations.

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In December 2009, the pig population amounted to 65,918 heads, an increase of 0.6 per cent, or 407 pigs over 2008. Whereas the stock of piglets decreased by 8.1 per cent, stocks of young and fattening pigs increased by 10.3 and 1.0 per cent respectively. Breeding stock, consisting mainly of breeding sows, registered a decrease of 1.9 per cent when compared to 2008.

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The Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) can confirm that the details of planning application PA04434/09 for the proposed development of an acquaculture zone in the national territorial waters in South East of Malta had been published in a local newspaper on the 19th December 2009

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The application for an aquaculture zone at a "site at southeast of Malta 6 km away" was submitted to the Malta Environment and Planning Authority

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The gross output of the aquaculture industry, comprising fish farming and other output, amounted to €81.7 million, a fall of 37.4 per cent from e130.5 million in 2007. According to The Malta Independent Online, this decline was in part due to a negative change in stocks of fish. A fall of 10.1 per

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Rotech Livestock Equipment have just clinched an order to set up and install an artificial insemination stud for pigs on the island of Malta.The stud will be run by the K.I.M. Co-operative, to which all Maltese breeders belong, and has been sponsored by the Maltese Ministry

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last week, the aquaculture industry yesterday celebrated twenty years of existence. Since its inception, the industry has grown from strength to strength, so much so that it currently enjoys a turnover of roughly €128 million,

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Malta is getting ready to oppose a possible EU proposal to ban the international trade of bluefin tuna as it would deal a blow to the lucrative multi-million euro industry and have a devastating effect on the livelihood of hundreds of fishermen. The European Commission's position had not yet been finalised and could change in the coming weeks, a senior government spokesman

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The Aquaculture research Section at Fort San Lucjan participates actively in research projects to breed marine fish species that have a high potential for aquaculture, namely the amberjack (accjol). At present, Mediterranean

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Fresh meat leaving the Marsa abattoir will be transported in refrigerated vans, according to a report by Times of Malta.This has been reported to take place as from next month, Resources Minister George Pullicino said.

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With Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund warning of the possible extinction of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna, Malta has just registered a new 1,500-tonne tuna ranch at the Aquaculture Zone off Marsaskala.

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