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Records from the Association of Ghana Industries-Agriculture Sector has found that frozen chicken and other meat products imported into the country are preserved for as long as three years before reaching markets in Africa such as Ghana, raising concerns over the safety of the meat, GhanaWeb reported.

The Department of Livestock in Sindh, Pakistan, in collaboration with The Rising Foundation, has expedited the distribution of animal feed in flood-affected areas in the country.

Shrimp aquaculture producers in Honduras said shrimp exports have generated US$222.3 million by the end of the third quarter of this year, shipping 53.2 million pounds of shrimp, Fish Information & Services reported.

US state Floridas Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) released its preliminary damage assessment from Hurricane Ian, including the beef industry.

The provincial government of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, is cooperating with Australia on fighting the foot and mouth disease (FMD).

Canada-based food company Maple Leaf Foods Inc. confirmed that commercial production continues to ramp up at its new Bacon Centre of Excellence in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Alltech opened its newest Bioplex® plant on November 2, the first organic mineral production facility in Vietnam.

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has suspended imports of live chicken broilers from Meng Kee Poultry (M) Sdn Bhd and Sdian Hup Farming Sdn Bhd after detecting Salmonella enteritidis in samples from their shipments, The Edge reported.

Chinas General Administration of Customs has approved 136 Brazilian traders, cooperatives and facilities to export corn to China, Argus Media reported.

Shrimp aquaculture has become a lucrative source of income for farmers in in north Chinas Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, thanks to Wu Tao, a local sci-tech expert who discovered that the areas high salinity in the soil could be beneficial to shrimp farming, Fish Information & Services reported.