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The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said the country will start importing chicken eggs from Brunei, bringing the number of countries and regions permitted to ship “hen shell eggs” to the city-state from 12 in 2019 to 17 today, Channel News Asia reported.

The poultry sector in Egypt is affected by increased input prices and a supply shortage, caused by the detention of poultry feed at ports, Daily News Egypt reported.

Aquaculture opponents in Maine, the United States, celebrated earlier this year when they helped convince state officials to block a proposed industrial fish farm in the waters of Frenchman Bay, right next to Acadia National Park.

China imported 1.94 million tonnes of fresh and frozen beef between January to September 2022, 205,400 tonnes or 12% up compared to the same period in 2021, the UK Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board reported.

Brazilian corn exporters are finally displacing American exporters, more than two years after China re-entered the market, as Brazilian shipments to China are expected to soar this month, Hellenic Shipping News reported.

Fonterra and Nestlé agreed on December 13 the sale of their Dairy Partners Americas (DPA) Brazil joint venture to French dairy company Lactalis for R$700 million (US$131.5 million).

Pork dealers from Sibu, Sarawak state, Malaysia, has urged the government to issue more import permits to allow supplier to import more pork, Malay Mail reported.

Bord Bia, the Irish state agency food board, expects cattle supply to meat plants in the country to decline by 2% in 2023, Irish Examiner reported.

A Cambodian inter-ministerial meeting scheduled for December 19 is set to explore solutions for plummeting domestic live pig prices seen in recent weeks, raising hopes among farmers that rates could return to sustainable levels.

Biosecurity neighbourhood watch networks across livestock export supply chains throughout Southeast Asia will continue to be pivotal to Australias forward-defence against animal disease incursions, according to NT Livestock Exporters Association chief executive officer Tom Dawkins.