Cases of infected by the African swine fever (ASF) animals are recorded in at least ten EU countries. This was reported by the representative of the European Commission (EC) Anca Paduraru, UNN reports with reference to TASS.

Last week chicken prices in the EU rose by 0.6%, according to UNN referring to the statistical report of the European Commission.

Unlike the current weather conditions, the mood of the pig markets in the EU is pretty cool. On the part of meat processing companies, the demand for pigs is very low-key, while the supply volume is quite high, pigua.info reported.

The European Union compensates for the deficit of Brazilian chicken in the market at the expense of Ukraine and Thailand, UNN reported with reference to Euro Meat News.

The European Union intensified its efforts in the fight against African swine fever (ASF). This is reported by Pig Progress according to UNN.

During January-April 2018 the foreign trade turnover of agrarian and food products between Ukraine and the European Union countries increased by almost 14% compared to the same period last year and amounted to $ 2.8 billion. At the same time agricultural exports to the EU countries during this time increased by $ 145 million compared to 2017 and amounted to $ 1.9 billion, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine on issues of European integration Olha Trofimtseva said, according to agravery.com.

According to the results of the first quarter of 2018, food inflation in the countries of the European Union was 0.6%, while in Ukraine - 4.4%. The rate of rise in price of food products in the EU was 7 times slower than in Ukraine, the economical discussion club states, agroday.com.ua reports.

The European Commission reported average pork prices of 143.08 euro/100 kg as of the end of April, which is less by 1.82 euro/100 kg than four weeks earlier and 28 euro/100 kg lower than the same period last year. This is reported by the Council for the Development of Agriculture and Horticulture in the latest analysis of the market, according to pigua.info.

The State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection started working under the new rules for checking food quality, which should help get rid of endless bribes.

For business, there is nothing more terrible than a check by the Sanitary and Epidemiological Station, the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection and various inspectors. Many entrepreneurs simply include in the constant costs of bribes. This is stated in the plot of the economic weekly First Column, according to biz.nv.ua.

Over three months of 2018 domestic exporters have already fully used duty-free quotas for wheat, corn, honey, apple and grape juices, malt, quarterly quota for poultry meat, and semi-annual quotas for butter. This was noted by the deputy director of the National Scientific Center "Institute of Agrarian Economics", corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Mykola Puhachov, the press service of the NSC reported, according to agravery.com.