#Act4 FarmAnimals Biosecure farms complete with staff quarantine and chutes for dead pigs are seen as progress, but may carry their own risks. A 12-storey pig farm: has China found the way to tackle animal disease? 21 September 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals A sample of frozen chicken wings imported from Brazil has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, authorities said Thursday, the latest in a series of reports of contaminated imported food products. Chinese officials say chicken wings imported from Brazil tested positive for Covid-19 13 August 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Commissioner Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission answers to an oral written question by Sirpa Pietikäinen MEP inquiring on the actions the EU Commission will undertake to promote immunocastration or the farming of entire pigs as valid alternatives to surgical castration in China. EC to further develop cooperation with China on animal welfare and surgical castration of piglets 18 May 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The global coffee chain created three dishes made with Beyond’s beef alternative and two made with a pork alternative from Hong Kong-based Omnipork as part of a far-reaching goal to become “resource positive.” Starbucks to debut Beyond Meat products in China as part of coffee chain’s sustainability push 23 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Today, KFC officially launched new plant-based chicken nuggets in select cities across China. KFC launches plant-based chicken nuggets in China 23 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The demand for meat is growing globally, and China is the world’s largest future market for protein. Cultivated meat, a possible solution to satisfy China’s meat demand 17 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Even as a pandemic threatens food supply chains, most firms, including China’s top pig and poultry producer, have shed no light on how they are managing risks and opportunities linked to farm animal welfare. Asia’s biggest food companies silent on the welfare of farm animals 16 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals A recent report from Frontiers explores the acceptance of clean meat and plant-based meat alternatives in the USA, China and India. Report examines perception of clean and plant-based meat in the USA, China and India 15 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Draft policy released by agriculture ministry cites concern over animal welfare and prevention of disease transmission as factors behind move. China signals end to dog meat consumption by humans 10 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The pigs were sent to china to repopulate the Chinese herd decimated by African swine fever. France: 2,000 pigs fly to China 16 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Analyses of Brazil's beef exports show 22,700 hectares of Amazon deforestation in 2017 that may be connected to Chinese demand China’s demand for Brazilian beef linked to Amazon deforestation risk 23 October 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals China’s large-scale hog farms that survived the world’s worst animal disease outbreak are expanding their herds, driving a recovery in sow numbers as early as next year, a pig conference heard. How China’s giant pig purge is shaking up the $118 billion pork industry 23 October 2019