http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk This is the RSS syndication feed for MeatTradeNewsDaily.co.uk. The Ministry of Public Security has requested that the Government establish a legal framework that would allow environmental police to prosecute food safety violations more effectively. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/100512/vietnam___improving_food_safety_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT According to deputy director of the Animal Health Department in Vietnam, Dam Xuan Thanh, there have been new outbreaks of Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) which are being discovered in northern parts of Vietnam. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040512/vietnam___drug_companies_fearmongering_to_sell_their_wares_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Pig breeding farms in Dong Nai Province are facing major losses due to illegal lean meat substances which have been used in pork meat. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250412/vietnam___problems_in_the_pork_industry_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Officials have called for criminal charges to be implemented against those who make use of lean meat additives in animal feed. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/240412/vietnam___problems_in_the_pork_industry_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Due to the lack of capital, seafood companies buy fish from farmers under the mode of deferred payment, which means that they try to use farmers’ capital for their business. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180412/vietnam___problems_in_fish_farming__.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT After a widespread boycott on pork in southern Vietnam due to steroids contamination, the substance is now reported to have been found in the north as well. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170412/vietnam___steroids_founfd_in_pork_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT A six-year-old girl from Kampong Chhnang province’s Kampong Tralach district died on Friday in the year’s second H5N1 fatality, Health Ministry and World Health Organisation officials said yesterday. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160412/vietnam___bird_flu_death_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Due to the lack of capital, seafood companies buy fish from farmers under the mode of deferred payment, which means that they try to use farmers’ capital for their business. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160412/vietnam___fish_farming_problems_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT A random sample of Vietnam's pork detected that 4.4 % contained forbidden lean-meat additives which could lead to cardiovascular complications in humans, revealed Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's department of Animal Husbandry. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160412/vietnam___problems_in_the_pork_industry_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Agricultural exports are forecast to reach nearly US$5.9 billion in the first quarter of this year. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/050412/vietnam___farm_exports_exceed_us_billion_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT No harm to human health http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040412/vietnam___pork_industry_fears.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat has called for increased publicity concerning the use of steroids used to produce unnaturally heavy pigs so that residents shun the hazardous meat. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/300312/vietnam___problems_in_the_pork_industry_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT VietNamNet Bridge – Unfavourable weather conditions that weaken the resistance of poultry and free-ranging duck flocks are increasing the risk of bird flu outbreaks in southern provinces, according to Hoang Van Nam, acting head of the Animal Health Department. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/290312/vietnam___bird_flu_out_of_control_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Agricultural authorities in a southern Vietnamese province have asked police to investigate the use of an illegal chemical to produce super-heavy pigs, while inspectors have been accused of allowing culprits to continue. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/280312/vietnam___drugs_and_pig__farming_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Vietnamese veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Quang Ninh province. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/200312/vietnam___bird_flu_strikes_again.aspx oie.com Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT In Da Nang, police seized a tonne of rotten pig organs. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/190312/vietnam___new_pork_scandal.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Vietnamese veterinary authorities have reported further cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Nam Dinh. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/130312/vietnam___bird_flu_back_.aspx oie.com Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT The production of vaccines against avian flu in humans stands out among the emergency measures taken in Vietnam to face a recent nationwide outbreak of this epidemic. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/060312/vietnam___drug_companies_like_vultures_sat_on_a_fence_in_the_third_world_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Thought bird flu was gone? Recent human deaths in Asia and Egypt are a reminder that the H5N1 virus is still alive and dangerous, and Vietnam is grappling with a new strain that has outsmarted vaccines used to protect poultry flocks. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/060312/vietnam___bird_flu_problems_getting_worse.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT In the north western province of Lao Cai, Vietnam, an outbreak of Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) has been reported. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/290212/vietnam___problems_on_pig_farm.aspx vietnamnews Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT In the north western province of Lao Cai, Vietnam, an outbreak of Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) has been reported. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/200212/vietnam___problems_on_pig_farm_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT A Vietnamese official on Thursday confirmed the country's second human death from bird flu in less than a month, after it went nearly two years with no reported fatalities. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160212/vietnam___bird_flu_back.aspx oie.com Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT An 18-year-old duck farmer from the southern Mekong delta became the first person to die of H5N1 avian influenza in Vietnam in almost two years, according to the Associated Press. Meanwhile, a two-year-old boy died also from the disease in nearby Cambodia earlier this year. Health officials linked the deaths to the victims coming in contact with infected birds, not human-to-human contact. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030212/vietnam___another_bird_flu_death.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Nine US producers and corn organization staff traveled to Japan, China and Viet Nam from 28 November-9 December for a firsthand look at the challenges of developing and defending export markets and to share insights on the US 2011 crop supply and quality. Participants met with international customers, key foreign government officials and the Council’s foreign-based international staff. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/271211/vietnam___buying_us_grain.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Crocodile farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces of Kien Giang and Ca Mau are facing financial losses as disease outbreaks and a weak market have affected sales. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/281211/vietnam___crocodile_farming_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT The opening of the sections is the result of a partnership between USAID's Avian and Pandemic Influenza Initiative and provincial authorities, ThanhNien News.com reports, citing the Viet Nam News Agency. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/261211/vietnam___dealing_with_bird_flu.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT According to Pham Van Dong, deputy chief of the Department of Animal Health under the agriculture ministry, the chicken legs, which were previously concluded to be unsafe for human consumption, are now sealed and under strict observation in the northern province of Quang Ninh. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/191211/vietnam___poultry_import_problems.aspx 5mpublishing Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Dang Thi Tuyet, head of the Thu Duc District quarantine agency, said among the consignment found in the vehicle driven by Truong Hung Lam were eight cartons of meat carrying the stamp of the Quang Ngai Province animal health agency. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/141211/vietnam___pork_seized_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Global animal health and nutrition company, Alltech, recently earned an ISO 22000:2005 certification for its plant in Dong Nai, Vietnam. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/061211/vietnam___alltech_vietnam_receives_iso_certification.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Cocoa products grown in the southern province of Tien Giang have been certified by UTZ Kapeh Viet Nam for meeting international-quality standards. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/051211/vietnam___cocoa_farming.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Vietnam expected to export more than 7 million tonnes of rice this year, which would account for more than 20 percent of rice traded in the world, reported the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) at an international conference held during the on-going 2nd Vietnam Rice Festival in southern Soc Trang province. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/291111/vietnam___wonderful_rice_harvest.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT One new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been reported at a farm in the north of the country. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/281111/vietnam___bird_flu_strikes_again_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Global animal health and nutrition company, Alltech, recently earned an ISO 22000:2005 certification for its plant in Dong Nai, Vietnam. The ISO certificate is consistent with Alltech’s continued commitment to provide excellence in quality assurance. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/151111/vietnam___continued_commitment_to_quality_alltech_vietnam_receives_iso__certification.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Meat prices, especially in relation to pork, have been declining on the domestic market, according to the Livestock Breeding Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/311011/vietnam___meat_prices_come_back_to_earth_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT During the timeframe from 1996 to 2006, Viet Nam’s pork production more than doubled (132 per cent). This illustrates rapid growth- not mainly with large scale farms, but through constant growth from small farms, specialized pig households and the large scale farms. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/011111/vietnam___the_pork_market.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Binh Minh Livestock Company Ltdhas been awarded a Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) certification for its chicken breeding methods. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/311011/vietnam___the_expanding_poultry_market.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Meat prices, especially in relation to pork, have been declining on the domestic market, according to the Livestock Breeding Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/281011/vietnam___meat_prices_come_back_to_earth_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Binh Minh Livestock Company Ltdhas been awarded a Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) certification for its chicken breeding methods. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/281011/vietnam___the_expanding_poultry_market_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Meat prices, especially in relation to pork, have been declining on the domestic market, according to the Livestock Breeding Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/271011/vietnam___meat_prices_come_into_line.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Vietnam in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) organized a workshop here on Friday to finalize implementations in Phase 2 of the UN-Vietnam Joint Program to fight against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) during 2007-2011. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/241011/vietnam___dealing_with_bird_flu.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Large volumes of untreated animal waste are being dumped directly into the environment, posing a severe threat to both the environment and human health, agricultural experts have said. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/141011/vietnam___animal_waste_s__problem_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Acting under secretary for farm and foreign agricultural services Michael Scuse will lead USDA's first-ever agricultural trade Mission to Vietnam in the cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from September 26-29. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/131011/vietnam___us_pork_and_poultry.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT During the timeframe from 1996 to 2006, Viet Nam’s pork production more than doubled (132 per cent). This illustrates rapid growth- not mainly with large scale farms, but through constant growth from small farms, specialized pig households and the large scale farms, write Ron Lane, Senior Consultant, and Meggie Vo, Research Assistant, at Genesus Viet Nam. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/071011/vietnam___a_look_at_the_pork_industry.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Vissan food processing company and Saigon Co-op Mart have decided to decrease the price of pork, from August 29 to September 11, in all their chain stores and distribution outlets in Ho Chi Minh City, according to Saigon GP Daily. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/061011/vietnam___pork_prices_ease_back.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp stepped into the messy end of international trade Wednesday by joining Vietnam's ambassador to the United States on a tour of a northern Kansas hog production facility… http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/270911/vietnam___looking_at_the_us_pig_industry.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT According to the ministry, total meat production in the country increased 6.6 per cent in the first seven months to 2.87 million tons, but it was not enough to meet local demand, especially for pork. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/270911/vietnam___help_for_the_meat_industry.aspx 5mpublishing Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT THE first shipment of live cattle from the Northern Territory in many years were unloaded in Vietnam over the weekend. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210911/vietnam___australian_live_cattle_arrive_safely_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Vietnam’s animal feed producer Japfa Comfeed Long An and global swine genetics company Hypor have signed an agreement to establish a quality high health pig breeding unit in Vietnam. The new entity, a joint venture between Japfa and Hypor, will be called Japfa Hypor Genetics Company. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070911/vietnam___pig_genetics_taking_off_in_a_big_way_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Lack of cash to purchase inputs is a major barrier to poor livestock keepers escaping poverty. Short-term credit is a potential solution but often local micro-finance institutions are unwilling to offer credit to the poorest due to lack of collateral. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/050911/vietnam___fattening_cattle.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Five new outbreaks of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have been reported in the same northerly province. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/300811/vietnam___bird_flu_back.aspx oie.com Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT