date:Jun 09, 2014
United States and helped to push pork prices to record highs.
The United States and Canada exported some 900 pigs for breeding purposes to the European Union in 2013, the Commission said.
The European Union does not need to import pigs for food because it produces 22 million tons of pig meat annually, more than enough for EU needs.
The EU executive has also asked the European Food Safety Authority to research new strains of the virus, which it said will enable a more thorough review of the di