GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — The global pork industry has been slammed financially because of the AH1N1 influenza virus, but the industry will rebound to the tune of 50% growth over the next 20 years, according to Rabobank analysts.

Nan-Dirk Mulder, a Rabobank animal protein analyst for food and agribusiness, said that the outbreak was having an unreasonable impact on the pork industry in the short term.

Regardless of their name, low-fat smoked sausages are actually packed with fat.

This has been stated by the Consumers' Association, it has further stated that only standard smoked sausages and ordinary sausages have more fat.

The association also says that sausages may be referred to as 'low-fat' if they contain no more than 20%. However, it calls such a designation "questionable for a piece of meat of which one fifth is fat."

    Food industry executives and European decision-makers met in Brussels for a debate on EU food labeling proposals.

   The meeting took place on Wednesday evening.

    The debate was organized by the UK’s Food and Drink Federation (FDF) and held at the Bibliotheque Solvay in Brussels. It focused on the question: Labeling: an effective tool to improve the food literacy of EU consumers?

       This has been caused by the economic upheavals, increasing raw material and other costs and challenges over the contribution of meat production to global warming.