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FDA open to setting limits on beta-agonist use
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/08/2025
» The Food and Drug Administration has yet to set a safety threshold for beta-agonist use, as the chemical remains prohibited in livestock production.
Pork glut still hurting farmers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/12/2023
» The smuggling of pork has caused prices to collapse in the domestic market, hurting the incomes of pig farmers all across the country.
Pork glut still hurting farmers
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/12/2023
» The smuggling of pork has caused prices to collapse in the domestic market, hurting the incomes of pig farmers all across the country.
How high will the cost of pork soar?
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/01/2022
» The outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) has put a strain not just on the meat industry, but also consumers, who have had to spend more money to buy pork products, whose prices have soared to record highs. Authorities have resorted to culling pigs in an effort to stem the spread of the disease, which has caused the population of breeding pigs to decline.
Govt tests pigs' blood to end virus doubts
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/01/2022
» The Department of Livestock Development has sent samples of pigs' blood from both farms and slaughterhouses to be tested for African swine fever (ASF) in a bid to verify whether the country's meat industry is suffering from an outbreak of the deadly virus.
Vaccine ready 'next year'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/07/2020
» CU-Cov19 -- a novel coronavirus vaccine being developed by a Thai research team in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania -- is expected to enter mass production by the end of the third quarter next year, the research team said on Sunday.
Chinese tourists raise swine fever risk
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/12/2018
» Strict inspections of processed pork products from overseas will be kept in place in a bid to stave off an outbreak of African swine fever, especially from China, after several samples of sausages confiscated from Chinese tourists entering Thailand were found to have a viral strain of African swine flu.
Sanctuaries answer the call of the wild
Spectrum, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/02/2018
» The golden-tinged sunlight was dimming. A group of 50 hog deer sauntered around a wide field, pausing to eat shoots of grass. Forest officials had recently burned the field, making way for new grass which will provide a source of food for the population of over 200 hog deer living in Phu Khiao-Thung Ka Mang Wildlife Sanctuary in Chaiyaphum province.