http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk This is the RSS syndication feed for MeatTradeNewsDaily.co.uk. A large number of Vietnamese farmers have had to close their broiler farms as they are unable to compete with cheap, imported meat. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/291112/vietnam___concerns_over_imported_poultry_and_pork_.aspx 5mpublishing Sun, 02 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT VIET NAM - On a national scale, the first nine months of the livestock situation has been quite complicated. Livestock production, compared with the same period last year, saw breeding intentions and actual matings improve and showed positive results in the first two quarters, but tended to decrease in the third quarter due to difficulty in prices (lower livestock prices and higher feed costs) and strong disease issues, especially with blue ear (PRRS) in swine, writes Ron Lane. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/311012/vietnam___the_pork_market_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT VIET NAM - On a national scale, the first nine months of the livestock situation has been quite complicated. Livestock production, compared with the same period last year, saw breeding intentions and actual matings improve and showed positive results in the first two quarters, but tended to decrease in the third quarter due to difficulty in prices (lower livestock prices and higher feed costs) and strong disease issues, especially with blue ear (PRRS) in swine, writes Ron Lane. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/251012/vietnam___the_pork_market_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Livestock, including buffaloes and cows in the country have decreased slightly, about 5-7 per cent over the same period in 2011. Although there have been recent challenges in the health and thus number of pigs in the country, the comparison with the same period in 2011, sees the country's pig population has increased by about 1 to 1.3 per cent. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/280912/vietnam___livestock_production.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Flawed research on salmonella http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260912/vietnam____flawed_research_on_salmonella.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Vietnamese and Japanese researchers have investigated the spread of antibiotic-resistant salmonella isolates in retail meat from North Vietnamese markets. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250912/vietnam___you_cannot_clean_sh_t.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT As of August 23, four cases of A/H5N1 infection had been recorded with two deaths in Vietnam. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140912/vietnam___bird_flu_back_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Vietnamese and Japanese researchers have investigated the spread of antibiotic-resistant salmonella isolates in retail meat from North Vietnamese markets. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210912/vietnam___wishful_thinking_on_salmonella_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT A new strain of H5N1 bird flu found in seven provinces in Vietnam has health ministry officials concerned that this “mutation” could cause more illnesses than previous outbreaks. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180912/vietnam___bird_flu_back_with_a_vengence_.aspx oie.com Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Total domestic consumption for 2012, meanwhile, is estimated to be 102 per cent higher than 2002. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140912/vietnam___increase_in_poultry_imports_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Japfa Hypor Genetics Company celebrates 700 sow breeding farm http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040912/vietnam___hendris_pig_genetics_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Ninety per cent of illegal poultry imports had been prevented over the last 10 days, however, stricter measures were needed to control the transmission of bird flu, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Diep Kinh Tan yesterday. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/280812/vietnam___bird_flu_problems_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 02 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Vietnam faces an increased risk of bird flu, brought on by the weather weakening poultry resistance. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/130812/vietnam___bird_flu_problems_again_.aspx oie.com Sat, 18 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked authorities, especially those in border provinces, to tighten inspections and control of poultry imports in an attempt to halt a bird flu epidemic. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080812/vietnam___bird_flu_problems_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Four more outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) have been reported to the OIE. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/270712/vietnam___bird_flu_strikes_again_.aspx oie.com Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Without timely measures, there will be a shortage of chicken in the domestic market in the coming months, according to Nguyen Dang Vang, chairman of the Viet Nam Animal Breeding Association. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260712/vietnam___drop_in_poultry_prices_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome, also known as ‘blue ear disease’, is on an upward trend; as a result, more and more people are contracting a bacterium virus called ‘Streptococcus Suis’ from pigs in North Vietnam. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/050712/vietnam___pig_problems_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Central Tropical Disease Hospital has admitted more than 20 people infected with the above bacterium, said Dr Nguyen Hong Ha, head of the hospital on 19 June. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/290612/vietnam___pig_problems.aspx oie.com Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Without timely measures, there will be a shortage of pork on the domestic market this year, warns the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/280612/vietnam___rising_pork_prices_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Diep Kinh Tan has requested provinces plagued by blue-ear disease to take stronger action to stop the spread of the disease. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260612/vietnam___blue_ear_in_pigs_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Growth tipped for pork consumption http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/060612/vietnam___increase_in_pork_production.aspx beefcentral.com Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT None of the samples of pork and pig organs sold in Ho Chi Minh City's markets contained clenbuterol and salbutamol, the lean-meat additives banned in breeding animals, the HCM City Department of Food Hygiene and Safety announced. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010612/vietnam___clen_bill_of_health_for_pork.aspx 5mpublishing Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT 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