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A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed on a poultry farm in Lithuania, the State Food and Veterinary Service reported. “Today, the case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Lithuania has also been confirmed on a poultry farm, where 27 poultry (chickens, turkeys, geese and ducks) are kept for their own use,” the SFVS said.”Restriction and monitoring zones are in place around the affected holding, the remaining live birds will be safely destroyed and the holding will be cleansed and disinfected. Commercial poultry holdings are not included in the …

Britain is heading towards international isolation as several Member States impose travel restrictions on UK travelers and France suspends freight traffic across the Channel. A new, highly contagious strain of coronavirus in the UK is sparking fear across Europe. Concentrated in London, South East and the East of England, the new strain is thought to be 71% more transmissible than other variants. When the UK’s New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) met on 18 December, they noted the new strain could be responsible for an increase in the R-value (the nu …

This year, the export of Lithuanian food products to foreign countries continued to grow. Despite the global pandemic, Lithuanian companies have successfully established themselves in international markets, and the vaccination of the population is optimistic – according to representatives of the Baltic Gastronomy Leaders (BGL), a food industry breakthrough is expected from next year. According to the data of the State Food and Veterinary Service, during ten months of this year, Lithuanian companies exported 14 percent more Lithuanian food products of animal origin. Exports of beef ha …

The European Commission, having positively assessed the protection and control measures implemented in Lithuania to ensure that African swine fever (ASF) infections do not spread to other territories of the country, has eased the restrictions that have been applied to a part of Molėtai district municipality since mid-April.The State Food and Veterinary Service (SFVS) recalls that due to the confirmed outbreak of ASF on April 14th in a commercial pig farm in Molėtai district, for more than 7.5 months part of the area was included in the most risky area lll of ASF, which was subject to the stric …

China has rebuilt its pig herds faster than expected, boosting demand and prices for soybeans and corn used for animal feed. With herds growing rapidly, the world’s largest consumer may soon need to import less meat. This double dynamics – increased feed costs and the likelihood of smaller meat consignments to China in 2021 – threatens to reduce livestock and poultry farmers’ incomes in the US, Brazil and elsewhere, as well as the profits of companies that process livestock into meat. What’s worse is that farmers are hit hard just when they are trying to emerge from a coronavi …

On December 2 a new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (subtype H5N8) has been detected in a commercial poultry farm in the county of Siedlce, neighboring Poland, where more than 117 000 turkeys were kept. The State Food and Veterinary Service (SFVS) reports that this is the second such large poultry farm in Poland affected by the disease in the last week. Because of the virus more than 1.6 million birds were destroyed in Poland this year.Dangerous contagious disease is reported to have been confirmed by the sudden death of more than a thousand kept birds and the examination of samp …

On 31st of December 2020 the withdrawal agreement officially expires – that is that The United Kingdom (UK) will withdraw from the EU Customs Union and the Single Market. The free movement of goods and services between countries will also automatically cease, so it is important to be aware of the fundamental changes that will affect food exports, the transport of animals and the rules for traveling with pets. Imports of animal foodstuffs from the UK (excluding Northern Ireland) into the EU will be subject to the same requirements as imports from other non-EU countries. This mean …

Access to exports markets such as the EU is crucial, warns AHDB. It is clear 2020, has not been a normal year by any means and lamb markets have felt the effect of this. Retail demand has remained relatively resilient and Kantar data actually suggests there have been some areas of growth for the sector especially for household lamb purchases. In contrast to this, the closure of foodservice sector for prolonged periods of the year has restricted demand for the out of home market, although the importance of takeaways for lamb has meant even here the effect of lockdown has been muted to a degree.E …

During the ten months of this year, Lithuanian producers exported more than 19 thousand Lithuanian foodstuffs and other consignments of animal origin, which is 14%. more than in the same period last year. Such data are shown by the statistics compiled by the specialists of the State Food and Veterinary Service (SFVS). “In addition to sales of fish and its products, dairy products, which in recent months accounted for the largest share of food sector exports, our country’s companies actively sell fresh meat, especially beef, poultry, as well as various offal, culinary products, …

The State Food and Veterinary Service office (SFVS) reports that the number of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8) cases in both wild and domestic birds continues to increase in Europe. The largest number (92) of these have been confirmed in Germany in the last week for wild water birds that have died, while 13 outbreaks have occurred in the Danish wild fauna, 10 in the Netherlands, 5 in the United Kingdom and 2 in Ireland. This type of virus in wild birds first appeared in Belgium this year also (3 cases). The H5N8 strain of bird flu is not dangerous to humans, but can cause significant …

In January – October, 769,207 pigs were slaughtered in Lithuanian enterprises – 3.02 percent more than in the same period in 2019, the purchase price also increased, says the Agricultural Information and Rural Business Center. According to the centre’s publication “Agrorinka”, the average purchase price of pigs by weight and quality of carcasses in Lithuanian slaughterhouses amounted to 161.12 euros per 100 kilograms and was 1.12 percent higher than in 2019 for the same period, when it amounted to 159.34 euros per 100 kilograms.In the analyzed period in Lithuania, the re …