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The meat industry by-products sector has sought to reassure third countries that imports of processed animal proteins (PAPs) and animal fats pose no ASF risk. 

Farmex’s managing director Hugh Crabtree has been appointed to the board of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE).

Anna Longthorp, who runs Anna's Happy Trotters, in East Yorkshire, will help showcase British pork, as part of a wider red meat campaign during November. 

Producers who have successfully applied for Defra Countryside Productivity Small Grants have until November 10 to accept their offers. 

NPA senior policy adviser Ed Barker has been interviewed for the BBC World Service about the spread of African swine fever (ASF). 

While further reductions in antibiotic use in the pig sector are expected, the emphasis must now move towards achieving sustainable levels of use, according to RUMA. 

Defra has approved £3 million of funding for an ambitious industry-wide project to tackle PRRS, set to get underway in 2020.

Labour shortages could put the pork sector under additional pressure in the run up to Christmas.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has warned that no countries are safe from the spread of African swine fever (ASF).

NPA senior policy adviser Ed Barker sets out the NPA's core thoughts on the National Food Strategy.