The Netherlands promotes the export of organic fertilizers
The Netherlands boosts manure exports with a new delegate for the promotion of organic fertilizer exports.
To boost the marketing and export of animal manure, the Dutch Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Safety and Nature (LVVN), Femke Wiersma, has appointed Raymond Knops as delegate for the promotion of exports of organic fertilizers.
In his new role, Knops is to focus initially on exports to neighboring European countries. He will lead three trade missions in Europe, set up international contacts and support the marketing of Dutch fertilizer products abroad.
The LVVN ministry is researching international demand for animal-derived fertilizers and will present the results at a symposium on March 20, 2025.
The export of animal fertilizers is one of the strategies to alleviate the pressure on the domestic manure market. In a parliamentary letter of September 2024, the government presented a comprehensive package of measures including the promotion of animal manure processing, research on its use in plant substrates, the implementation of the RENURE concept, the adaptation of nitrogen excretion coefficients and the regulation of livestock rights trading. Not only an environmental solution, manure exports can also be a source of income for livestock farmers.
https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/
U.S: Mississippi bans lab-grown meat
Mississippi prohibits the sale of food products produced from cultured animal cells.
Mississippi has joined Alabama and Florida in prohibiting the sale of food products produced from cultured animal cells.
Effective July 1, 2025, it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell, hold for sale, offer for sale, or distribute any cultivated food product in Mississippi.
Any person convicted of violating this could be fined up to five hundred dollars and retail food establishments in violation could have their licence suspended or revoked.
https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
Argentina approved to export pork and offal to Paraguay
Paraguay approves sanitary certificate for pork exports.
Argentina will be able to export pork and pork offal to Paraguay following the official approval by the National Animal Health and Quality Service (Senacsa) of the model health certificate to cover shipments of these products.
In 2024, the Argentine sanitary agency certified the export of 13,885 tons of pork and pork offal to various destinations, with Ivory Coast, Georgia, China, Hong Kong, and Angola as the main markets.
www.argentina.gob.ar
