Meat Exports Research Articles

Genetic diversity of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolated from poultry meat products sold on the retail market in Southern Brazil.

Campylobacter is regarded as the most common bacterial cause of gastroenteritis throughout the world and most cases of human campylobacteriosis can be traced back to the consumption of poultry meat. In Brazil, few studies evaluated the genetic relatedness among Campylobacter isolates. The aim of this research was to evaluate the genetic diversity of Campylobacter spp. isolated from poultry meat products sold on the retail market in Southern Brazil. The presumptive identification of Campylobacter was performed using traditional microbiological analysis, followed by molecular confirmation by PCR. The genetic diversity of isolates was analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Campylobacter spp. was isolated from 91.7% (33/36) of the samples, totaling 48 isolates. Campylobacter jejuni was the most prevalent species isolated (90.8%). PFGE data revealed 26 pulsotypes and 18 PFGE patterns composed of only 1 isolate. Campylobacter isolates exhibited high genetic diversity; however, some clones were recurrent in the poultry meat products sold on the retail market. As the south region of Brazil is an important producer and exporter of chicken meat, our results highlight the need to control this pathogen in the food chain in this area of the world to reduce the risks of exposing consumers to campylobacteriosis.

Assembling halal meat and poultry production in Brazil: Agents, practices, power and sites

Over the last few decades, an emerging, thoroughly globalized market for halal products has been generating increasingly sophisticated, diverse, contested halal regulations. Today, the Brazilian halal meat and poultry industry is among the world’s largest exporters of halal meat and poultry. Against this backdrop, this paper examines how halal meat and poultry production has been assembled in Brazil. Drawing on assemblage thinking and ethnographic fieldwork, this paper traces assembling practices of halal meat and poultry production and sheds light on how halal standards have been taken on board. Current research has conceptualized halal and other food standards predominantly as mobile, globalized knowledge objects through which centres assemble and govern food production at a distance. However, I argue that halal meat and poultry production is assembled through sites and their interconnections – including sites of production and others – rather than globally. The assemblage is constituted and shaped as power is transmitted through assembling practices (e.g. the mobilization of Muslim labour from abroad), and sites (e.g. meat processing plants, agribusiness cities, sites of Muslim workforce recruitment and migration networks). The findings suggest that future research on the “bigger picture” of halal should take the role of sites, practices and transmission of power into closer consideration, and address the nexus between halal standards, skilled Muslim labour and migration. Like Brazil, most of the world’s large halal producers are countries where Muslims are a minority population.

When institutions matter: a gravity model for Chinese meat imports

PurposeIn international trade differences in political and legal systems confront trading partners with relatively greater information asymmetry and contract enforcement problems than in domestic trade, resulting in higher transaction costs. Nevertheless, well-functioning institutions in the exporting country could prove beneficial for the agricultural importer, as institutions generally establish food and product regulations and ensure that they are enforced and serve as a last resort for dispute resolution and contract enforcement. Given China’s increasingly stricter control of its food supply chain and its rising imports of meat products, the purpose of this paper is to analyze whether institutions in the exporting country matter for Chinese meat imports.Design/methodology/approachTo analyze the effect of the exporters’ institutions on Chinese meat imports, the authors estimate a gravity model for the 1990-2013 period. The authors apply the method suggested by Helpmanet al.(2008) to correct for sample selection and firm heterogeneity. To estimate the effect of time-invariant variables, the authors apply the Fixed Effects Vector Decomposition method proposed by Plümper and Troeger (2007).FindingsThe results show that institutions affect Chinese trade flows. In particular, the authors find that China imports more meat products from countries who host qualitatively better institutions and are geographically closer, and that the country’s imports rise with its GDP level. This confirms our hypothesis that institutions in the exporting country are positively associated with meat exports to China.Originality/valueThe importance of the exporters’ institutions for Chinese meat imports has not been studied so far and is of great interest given China’s rising role as a sizable importer. Furthermore, Chinese meat imports have attracted much attention recently due to the country’s potentially significant impact on world food security and sustainable development. Hence, this paper aims to make a substantial contribution to the literature, both from a scientific and a policy perspective.

«МЯСНОЙ КРИЗИС» В ИРКУТСКЕ В ГОДЫ ПЕРВОЙ МИРОВОЙ ВОЙНЫ

The article considers the causes of the “meat crisis” in Irkutsk during the First World War and the local authorities’ efforts to resolve it. It is shown that the city depended on meat supply from other regions - the Yenisei province, Western Siberia, and Mongolia. The increased purchases in these regions by the military department for the army at the end of 1915 - the beginning of 1916 undermined seriously the food supply of Eastern Siberia cities. Fixed prices introduction in the summer of 1916 was the reason for the increased export of meat by buyers to the European part of the country, where its market value was higher. Against the background of general decline in living standards, the high cost and shortage of one of the staple foods caused serious discontent among Irkutsk people.

Assessment of Beef Cattle Production, Slaughtering and Marketing Practice in Haramaya University, Ethiopia

Ethiopia is endowed with good livestock production potential; however, the product utilization was underutilized. Meat is one of the most nutritious animal source foods that humans can consume. In Ethiopia, domestic consumption requirements for red meat arise due to rapidly growing population, increasing urbanization, rising income, increase export of live animal and meat to generate foreign exchange earnings. This study was anticipated to asses beef fattening, processing, handling and marketing of meat and live animal in the Haramaya University, which is found in Ethiopia, and known for technology innovation, adoption, and transfer for community. The source of cattle for fattening in the university is from Tullu Dambir, Haramaya and Oda Bultum cooperatives based on weight. Sex, appearance, and weight have limitation during buying. The farm was selected only male greater than 225kg and good appearance. As cattle enter the farm identification number, vaccination, and quarantine for 15 days applied. The major feed resource for fatting was hay, silage, cafeterias leftover, and kitchen by-product. The cattle have managed in-group as a time entering to the fattening for 100 days. There was no live animal selling in farm. Even though there has been plenty of knowledge and experience in the University there is yet poor slaughterhouse management and traditional slaughtering practice. There was no compartment lairage, electrical hoist, vehicle, separated room for stomach, waste collection room, carcass classification, carcass chilling room, laboratory, refrigerator, stunning pen, chilling room, hide processing room and sterilization facilities. The University enterprise has been retailing the meat with 80kg/birr for student cafeteria service and 100 kg/birr for staff restaurant and individual/ private restaurants as well as individual campus resident. The fattening station and the abattoir should work in collaboration with the scientific communities to supply quality beef.

Assessment of Beef Cattle Production, Slaughtering and Marketing Practice in Haramaya University, Ethiopia

Ethiopia is endowed with good livestock production potential; however, the product utilization was underutilized. Meat is one of the most nutritious animal source foods that humans can consume. In Ethiopia, domestic consumption requirements for red meat arise due to rapidly growing population, increasing urbanization, rising income, increase export of live animal and meat to generate foreign exchange earnings. This study was anticipated to asses’ beef fattening, processing, handling and marketing of meat and live animal in the Haramaya University, which is found in Ethiopia, and known for technology innovation, adoption, and transfer for community. The source of cattle for fattening in the university is from Tullu Dambir, Haramaya and Oda Bultum cooperatives based on weight. Sex, appearance, and weight have limitation during buying. The farm was selected only male greater than 225kg and good appearance. As cattle enter the farm identification number, vaccination, and quarantine for 15days applied. The major feed resource for fatting was hay, silage, cafeterias leftover, and kitchen by-product. The cattle have managed in-group as a time entering to the fattening for 100 days. There was no live animal selling in farm. Even though there has been plenty of knowledge and experience in the University there is yet poor slaughterhouse management and traditional slaughtering practice. There was no compartment lairage, electrical hoist, vehicle, separated room for stomach, waste collection room, carcass classification, carcass chilling room, laboratory, refrigerator, stunning pen, chilling room, hide processing room and sterilization facilities. The University enterprise has been retailing the meat with 80kg/birr for student cafeteria service and 100 kg/birr for staff restaurant and individual/ private restaurants as well as individual campus resident. The fatting station and the abattoir should work in collaboration with the scientific communities to supply quality beef.

Crisis management of agribusiness companies (the case of meat processing companies)

Introduction. The article deals with the state of agro-industry in the meat processing industry. As a study re-sult of the meat processing enterprises activity, a problem was identified and the question of the imbalance of relations between producers and processors of meat raw materials was raised. Significant impact on the unsatisfactory structure of the meat market has insufficient number of breeding cattle (cows). The need for anti-crisis measures has forced public authorities to develop a plan that is insufficient to completely eliminate the problem and encourage private farms to produce more cattle. The purpose of this article is to investigate the state and development of the meat processing industry of Ukraine for the period 1990-2018 and to identify possible trends under the condition of the preventive anti-crisis measures application. The research methodology. Methods of statistical generalization, comparison, analysis of structure and dy-namics have been used. Results. An analysis of the structure of the meat production market in Ukraine is provided. The dependence of Ukraine's meat processing industry on imported raw materials has been determined. The reasons of raw material short-age for the meat processing industry of Ukraine are considered. Meat trends in the country have been analyzed. The key problems of the meat market are identified. The dynamics of export and import of meat and meat products are examined. The structure of livestock dynamics in Ukraine from 1990 to 2018 is given. The dynamics of the number of livestock by type of farm is analyzed. The unprofitable maintenance of cattle by private farms has been determined, which requires realization of state support. Conclusions. Measures to support the state of the meat processing industry are proposed: increase of duties on meat products import and introduction of quotas, state support in the field of organization of business associations in the form of cooperatives. It is advisable for enterprises to expand their raw materials base, to explore new markets and to introduce modern energy-saving technologies and technologies of integrated processing of raw materials. Keywords: crisis management, meat processing, manufacturers, processors, raw materials, imports. Exports, cattle, government support.

Scenario Forecasts for the Impact of Integration Processes on Food Markets of the Eurasian Economic Union

The integration of agri-food markets in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is analyzed. The results of scenario forecasts for meat, milk, grain, oilseed, vegetable oil and sugar exports in EAEU member states are presented.

A novel way to predict PRRS outbreaks in the swine industry using multiple spatio-temporal features and machine learning approaches

A novel way to predict PRRS outbreaks in the swine industry using multiple spatio-temporal features and machine learning approaches

Analysis of Barriers to Brazilian Chicken Meat Imports

ABSTRACT Trade liberalization during the last decades has increased among nations as a result of decreased tariffs. However, during the same period, market agents have created new protection measures to replace such mechanisms in an attempt to promote the domestic economic stability of countries, while expanding and ensuring the trade between nations. Considering that Brazil is the second largest broiler producer and chicken-meat exporter worldwide, the present study proposed to analyze the main barriers imposed on Brazilian chicken meat imports by the ten major importing countries. This is a documentary research with primary and secondary data, of a descriptive-exploratory nature, under a qualitative approach. Semi-structured questionnaires including open- and close-ended questions were sent using Survey Monkey software to the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein. The study revealed that technical requirements are those most often imposed by the importing countries, indicating their concern about the safety, quality, and origin of the imported good. Commercial requirements do not constitute a problem for the growth of Brazilian chicken meat exports; however, the requirements made by some countries preclude the exports.

Dynamika światowej produkcji mięsa drobiowego w latach 1965 2016

Produkcja mięsa drobiowego odznacza się wysoką dynamiką wzrostu. Do największych światowych producentów mięsa drobiowego należą: Stany Zjednoczone, Chiny i Brazylia. Produkcja mięsa drobiowego w tych trzech krajach stanowiła ok. 45% produkcji światowej w 2016 roku. Pozostałymi krajami liczącymi się w świecie w produkcji drobiarskiej były: Rosja, Indie, Meksyk, Japonia i Polska. Największy wzrost produkcji drobiu w latach 1965-2016 miał miejsce w Brazylii oraz w Chinach. Natomiast udział Stanów Zjednoczonych oraz krajów obecnej Unii Europejskiej w ujęciu procentowym zmniejszał się. W Polsce wzrost produkcji drobiarskiej w analizowanym okresie był ponad 25-krotny. Od 2014 roku Polska jest największym producentem i eksporterem mięsa drobiowego w Unii Europejskiej.

Reovirose aviária: um panorama

A avicultura é um setor de grande importância na economia brasileira tanto pelo aumento do consumo interno quanto pelo crescimento na exportação de carne de frango. A modernização da atividade avícola permitiu a criação adensada de animais, facilitando, no entanto, a rápida disseminação de patógenos que reduzem os índices de produtividade dos plantéis. Nesta revisão, é destacado o reovírus aviário, importante agente de artrite em aves que apresenta distribuição mundial. As aves acometidas apresentam redução no ganho de peso devido à dificuldade de locomoção. Além da artrite, o vírus pode estar relacionado a uma variedade de condições patológicas, como distúrbios entéricos e respiratórios, hepatite e miocardite. A principal forma de prevenção e controle é a vacinação do plantel. No entanto, devido à grande variabilidade genética do reovírus aviário, a vacina utilizada pode não ser eficiente contra estirpes que circulam no campo. O artigo traz uma visão geral sobre a biologia do vírus, sua variabilidade e propostas de classificação dos isolados, patologia da doença e diagnóstico da infecção.

The decline of U.S. export competitiveness in the Chinese meat import market

AbstractChina has been the number one destination for U.S. agricultural exports in four of the past six years, and the U.S. has been China's leading import supplier. China's trade policies significantly impact U.S. farmers and agribusinesses and vice‐versa as seen from the recent U.S.–China trade dispute. In 2015, China began initiating a trade diversification strategy to increase trade with nations other than the United States. This research investigates the impacts of China's expanding global meat suppliers on its meat import demand, as well as on the relative competitiveness of U.S. meat exporters to China. Our meat import demand model is unique, in which it uses a restricted source‐differentiated almost ideal demand system that accounts for differentiation by source country and across meat products. Although the U.S. was the dominant source for China's meat imports previously, price and expenditure elasticities suggest that suppliers such as Australia, Brazil, the EU, Uruguay, and Argentina have the largest potential for China's meat market.

A study to identify the practices of the buffalo keepers which inadvertently lead to the spread of brucellosis in Delhi

BackgroundIndia has the largest Buffalo population in the world, with every household in rural India owning buffaloes depending upon daily milk requirement – dairy farmers can own between 10 to 70 buffaloes. The health of Indian buffaloes is of economic importance since India is one of the largest buffalo meat exporters in the world, and Indian Buffalo semen is sold in the USA for breeding purposes. However, National Control Program on brucellosis is only active in South India and in Panjab (a North Indian state with high human brucellosis incidence). Our aim was to assess the knowledge and practices of the buffalo keepers of Delhi that make them susceptible to brucellosis.ResultsAmongst all the 11 districts of Delhi, there was 0% awareness about brucellosis and also about the S19 vaccine as the buffalo keepers had never heard of S19 vaccine which is available at minimal cost from Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, India. Majority of the respondents drink raw milk, sleep in cattle sheds, do not isolate sick cattle, do not test buffaloes blood for any disease before purchasing them, apply intrauterine medication with bare hands to buffalo after abortion of foetus, never clean their cattle sheds with a disinfectant and believe that they can only acquire skin infections from cattle. All of these habits make them prone to brucellosis. While about 20 to 27% of respondents reported a history of abortions and retained placenta, disposed of the placenta with bare hands, and applied raw milk on cracked lips. It was surprising to note that majority of them never reared small ruminants like sheep and goat with buffaloes or Bos species as they were aware of the rapid spread of disease from small to big ruminants.ConclusionsWe found that buffalo keepers were ignorant of brucellosis, its causative agent, relevant vaccines and that they also involved in high-risk activities. As such, our findings highlight a need for buffalo keepers to be better educated via several awareness camps to minimize human exposure to Brucella in Delhi.

Survey of Salmonella spp. in beef meat for export at slaughterhouses in Brazil

ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study was to investigate the presence of Salmonella spp. in samples collected from beef meat at three points of the slaughter line (after skinning, washing and cooling) at three slaughterhouses in Brazil that export meat. Detection was based on ISO 6579:2002 and confirmed by PCR and qPCR. The isolates were typified using slide agglutination tests and PFGE. The antibiotic sensitivity profile was determined using the disk diffusion method. Contamination was detected in only one slaughterhouse. The overall frequency of contamination by Salmonella spp. was 6.7% of carcasses (6/90) and 2.6% of carcass surface samples (7/270). All isolates were confirmed by PCR and qPCR. The serological analysis and the PFGE showed a single profile: Typhimurium. The strains demonstrated 100% susceptibility to ampicillin, cefotaxime, ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol, gentamicin and tetracycline. Positive carcasses after cooling pose a direct risk to consumers, since the meat is considered ready to be marketed after this process.

Structural Attributes Dynamics of the Brazilian Broiler Production Chain

Brazil is one of the world’s largest broiler meat exporters. Broiler meat is one of the most consumed meats worldwide. The most significant challenge for strategic business management when optimizing the financial returnis knowing exactly where to invest. The same happens in the broiler production chain. The present research aimed to investigate which were the most central actors in the broiler supply chain and the dynamics of the chain. The current study was done based on the poultry chain business relations, from 2000 to 2015, of the leading actors of the Brazilian broiler production chain. The centrality indicator was established through social network analysis (SNA) approach, to determine their positions in the chain as a whole. The most used indicators within network analysis are those designed to identify the extent to which one actor occupies a more central position than another. The Gephi® software was applied to calculate the structural attributes and indicators of the network. Results were estimated using the RapidMiner® software. A model was presented that shows one infrastructure indicator as an explanatory variable. The findings indicate that the centrality indicator was weakly influenced when compared to the other variables, such as market demand, wide variations on the scenario, and mergers or acquisitions.

Extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli isolated from chickens and chicken meat in Brazil is associated with rare and complex resistance plasmids and pandemic ST lineages.

Brazil is the greatest exporter of chicken meat (CM) in the world. It is of utmost importance to monitor resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins (ESCs) in this sector because resistance to ESCs in Escherichia coli isolated from food-producing animals may contaminate humans through the food chain. Thus, the aim of this study was to characterize and compare ESC-resistant E. coli isolated from chickens and retail CM produced in south-eastern Brazil. Five CM samples and 117 chicken cloacal swabs (CCSs) were inoculated on MacConkey agar supplemented with cefotaxime. Presumptive E. coli colonies were identified and antimicrobial susceptibility was tested. Virulence and acquired blaESBL and blaAmpC genes were sought and genetic environments characterized. Isolates were typed by phylogenetic grouping, XbaI-PFGE and MLST. All five CM samples and 36 CCSs (30.8%) were positive for the presence of ESC-resistant E. coli, leading to the selection of 58 resistant isolates. ESC resistance was mostly due to the presence of the chromosome-encoded blaCTX-M-2 gene, but plasmid-mediated blaCTX-M-2, blaCTX-M-8, blaCTX-M-15, blaCTX-M-55 and blaCMY-2 were also detected. Multireplicon plasmids were sporadically identified, such as IncHI2/P-blaCTX-M-2 and IncFII/N-blaCTX-M-55. Phylogroup D predominated, while PFGE and MLST revealed a high genetic diversity. Live Brazilian chickens and CM act as reservoirs of ESC-resistant E. coli and resistance genes are located on highly diverse genetic determinants. Potentially pathogenic strains, which may represent a threat to human health and a source of environmental contamination, were also identified. Active surveillance is therefore essential in Brazil's chicken production line.

The Intention Level among Felda Youth to Re-Migrate from City for Livestock Entrepreneurship: A Preliminary Study

back to the rural areas. Previous studies have stated that, livestock entrepreneurship gains benefits for rural area through economic growth by increasing job opportunities among youth as well as able to reduce unemployment problem and fulfill the people’s meat demand. Therefore, endless efforts have been done by the government to increase the number of youth engagement in livestock industry. However, involvement of youth in this field still shows less attraction compared with other sectors due to lack of knowledge and inadequate access to finance. Thus, this preliminary study is employed to examine the level of intention among FELDA youth to migrate from city for livestock entrepreneurship. A total of 30 FELDA youth working in Kuala Lumpur were selected as respondents where a developed questionnaire was distributed to gain the data. SPSS software was used for the purpose of descriptive analysis. From the findings, it is revealed that FELDA youth have a strong interest and they give positive responds to re-migrate for livestock entrepreneurship. The strongest reasons that influence their intention is not only to improve their livelihood income but also to reduce reliance on meat imports and increase meat exports. This research will help youth in making decision to migrate back for livestock entrepreneurship and to ensure farming activities become more effective and efficient, particularly to attract and encourage young people to become a successful livestock entrepreneur.

Clostridium difficile contamination in retail meat products in Brazil

IntroductionClostridium difficile is an important cause of diarrhoea, particularly in patients receiving antibiotic therapy. Recent studies have shown that a substantial proportion of C. difficile infections are acquired in the community, as a zoonotic disease. Brazil is a large exporter of meat and so far no study has evaluated meat contamination with C. difficile spores. MethodsHere we analysed 80 retail meat products purchased from local supermarkets in a Brazilian metropolis (Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil). Samples from these products were grown in anaerobic conditions, and tested with a real time polymerase chain reaction test. ResultsContamination with C. difficile spores was not found in the study. Bacteria isolated from meat included Streptococcus gallolyticus, Lactobacillus plantarum, Enterococcus gallinarum and Pediococcus acidilactici. DiscussionClose vigilance is required in order to guarantee the quality of Brazilian retail meat in the long term.

Sustainable Development of Competitiveness of Meat Cattle Breeding

The article considers the problems of ensuring the sustainable development of competitiveness of the meat industry in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Along with this an analysis was made of the current conditions for the formation of meat cattle breeding during the periods from 1990 and 2008 to 2015 as well as the dynamics of the number of cattle, meat production and meat consumption per capita. The main reasons are given for the insufficient development of the meat industry in comparison with the world's meat exporters. Information is provided on the implementation of planned indicators for the purchase of cattle in the period from 2011 to 2015 it is justified that state assistance in creating a competitive agro-industrial complex will ensure food security as well as increase the employment of the rural population.