The final rule grants equivalency status to South Korea and will become effective 27 May 2014, according to reports. (Image source: Asif Akbar/sxc.hu)
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has granted South Korea the eligibilty to export poultry products to the US
For the fisheries sector, the trade agreement will diversify export markets by eliminating prohibitive tariffs on fish and seafood entering South Korea from Canada. (Image source: Namineni Srinivas/sxc.hu)
South Korea and Canada have recently signed agreement for a bilateral free trade that will help boost aquaculture trade between the two countries, among other investment ties
Pharmaq was first engaged in the development of fish vaccines for Vietnam in 2006. (Image source: Pharmaq)
Norwegian firm Pharmaq has signed a deal with Vietnamese government to develop vaccines for several different farmed fish species in the country
According to PM Yingluck, Thailand would soon reclaim its position as the world’s leading exporter of frozen poultry products. (Image source: Mathew Packer/Flickr)
The Thai frozen poultry industry aims to export 5,000 tonnes in Q1 2014 and up to 10,000 tonnes by end of this year to Japan
Agriculture currently accounts for about 12 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, in part from methane from animals released into the environment. (Image source: Lenka Pumanov/sxc.hu)
Livestock bred on a high-calorie diet are more climate-friendly and more profitable to farmers, a new Austrian study has found
