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Barclays has told beef sector clients they must prevent deforestation in their South American supply chains, in a policy document seen by Reuters that toughens the banks stance but stops short of campaigners demands.

Carlos Favaro, Brazils Minister of Agriculture, has announced that Brazilian poultry exports to the UK, which ceased in 2017, will be re-launched this year, MercoPress reported.

The city government of Davao, the Philippines, aims to export chicken products to Sennan City, Osaka prefecture, Japan, this year, a city councilor said.

The United Kingdoms Defra has introduced a new African swine fever (ASF) communications campaign targeting the UKs Romanian community, in response to concerns over the specific of imported pork from Romania.

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is partnering with Laos Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to facilitate safer cattle trade between the country and China, with the key objective of increasing cattle exports to China.

The Philippines Department of Agriculture said it has set a fourth-quarter target for commencing the commercial production of protein-enriched copra meal (PECM) to reduce the need to import animal feed.

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.