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Livestock farmers in France have criticised the recent EU-Chile trade deal, which lowers most tariffs between the two trading blocs, because it exempts Chile from adhering to the same rules that bind EU member states, Euractiv reported.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has released on December 13 an overview and request for comments on proposed changes to the Canadian Feed Ingredients Table (CFIT), resulting from feedback on an initial public consultation and the CFIAs further internal review of the CFIT for clarity and consistency.

An Iowa state advocacy group has appealed to US senators to stop an agreement allowing JBS, one of the biggest pork processors in the world, to buy large parts of TriOak Foods, a southeast Iowa swine supplier, Iowa News Service reported.

More funding for Australias biosecurity through the introduction of a levy on imports has been identified as a key priority for the Australian government, following a six month-long Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee inquiry.

Major Chinese seafood firm Joyvio Food has opened the biggest salmon processing plant in Chile, located in the Magallanes region, Fish Information & Services reported.

The Cambodian government has agreed on a number of measures to address rising live swine prices, following requests from livestock farmers in the country, Khmer Times reported.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the University of Connecticut (UConn) have developed African swine fever vaccine candidates, which are "promising" according to independent researchers, the University of Connecticut reported.

Brazils abundant corn crop could not have come at a better time for increased exports from the largest country in South America, as the worlds food supplies remain affected by disasters from war to drought, disrupting exports from other major commodity producers, Bloomberg reported.

Malaysias Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) said it will allow the temporary import of chicken eggs, following a domestic shortage in the country, Bernama reported.

The PwC Climate Index (West) is an annual audit of how the 50 largest companies in western Norway conduct their sustainability initiatives and environmental reporting; for 2022, only three out of 50 companies were placed in the top category, and Skretting Norway is one of them, Skretting said.