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Koh Poh Koon, Singapores to Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment, said freshly slaughtered pork has returned to Singapore supermarket shelves and will be distributed to wet markets, Channel News Asia reported.

Professor Francis Nunoo, chairman of Ghanas Fisheries Commission Board, said the countrys aquaculture industry is facing a serious challenge as the cost of feed continues to increase, accounting for more than 70% of total production costs, and diseases continue to spread in aquaculture facilities, Ghana Web reported.

The European Commission has approved two new schemes proposed in the Netherlands that would compensate livestock farmers in certain areas who choose to close their breeding sites voluntarily, Agriland reported.

Taiwans Consumers Foundation opposed the countrys Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) proposal to lift a ban on imports of Canadian beef from cattle older than 30 months, Taipei Times reported.

Despite an increase in sales last year, the Indonesian poultry sector is expected to see limited growth this year as firms bottom lines are eroded by a prolonged oversupply of live birds and higher input costs, Jakarta Post reported.

The Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA) will complete two facilities worth PHP 100 million (~US$1.8 million; PHP 10 = US$0.18) that will produce protein-enriched copra meal (PECM), a less expensive animal feed ingredient, by the fourth quarter of 2023, The Philippine Inquirer reported.

European Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis and Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski met with Ukrainian officials and representatives of five EU member states which border Ukraine and are affected by the increase in Ukrainian agricultural imports.

The Official Veterinary Services (SVO) of Greece reported an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) on a domestic pig farm on April 26.

Japans Sumitomo Corp. will begin selling insect-based feed for farmed fish in Japan later this year, becoming the countrys first large trading house to do so.

Aviagen® KFT has announced the induction of the latest members into the companys exclusive Ross® 420 and Ross 150 Clubs, honoring the top-performing poultry farmers in Romania and Moldova.