1st. Semester

Prof. Frank Mitloehner from the University of California, Davis

His recent criticism to FAO's 2006 report on the contribution of the meat industry to greenhouse gasses, has had a worldwide impact to the degree that one of the authors of FAO'S report recognized the need to pay attention to Mitloehners comments.

Uruguay in Shanghai

World Expo Shanghai 2010 expects to receive the largest number of visitors (70 million) in the history of the exhibitions, between May 1st. and October 31st. Uruguay has a pavillion of over 320 m² and a Restaurant of over 500 m².

Uruguay Natural. Meat Deli in Shanghai

Opportunity for Researchers

INAC summons researchers and institutions related to agricultural, agroindustrial, environmental and economic research to present initiatives regarding Climate Change and meat industry.

Traceability.

Uruguay´s experience in Beef Cattle Traceability. Ninistry of Livestock, Agriculture and fishery, National Meat Institute and Inter-American Institute for cooperation on Agriculture.

UN admits flaw in report on Meat and Climate Change

BSI Audit

British Standard Institute Audit of Electronic Information System for the Beef Industry (SEIIC), Black Boxes in 31 plants.

2010 Challenges

Dr. Alfredo Fratti, head of the Institution, said "Entering with fresh meat to South Korea and specific promotion policies with the Restaurant model will be INAC's focus this year in regards to market access".

Fratti as Deputy Commissioner at Fair in Shanghai

INAC's Chairman, Dr. Alfredo Fratti, was named Deputy Commissioner of Uruguay at Shanghai World Expo.

INAC supports other institutes of the region which promote cattle farming

The Director of Information mentioned that the Institute is taken as reference in relation to the link between the public and private sector, to generate policies pointing out Uruguay's progress in international markets.

Good positioning of Uruguayan meat at Spanish Fair

INAC participated in the Fair Alimentaria Barcelona which finished on March 26, verifying the steadiness of the market and the demand for Uruguayan meat, as the Vicepresident, Dr. Fernando Pérez Abella explained from Barcelona.

Humanitarian Aid

The Uruguayan Embassy in Chile confirmed that it subscribed an official document of delivery of 10 tons of beef (30 thousand tins of corned beef) to the authorities of Talca province, one of the most affected areas by the earthquake in Chile.

INAC awarded.

Once again INAC has been recognized for its work. This time it has been recognized by the British Standards Institute (BSI), which has granted INAC the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 standard certification for the Management of Information Security.

INAC at the Russian Federation.

INAC took part of the Prodexpo Exhibition in Moscow, which was held from 8 to 12 February for the 17th time.

Climate Change.

The conference on Climate Change and Energy on the Meat Industry was held at INAC, and other organizations were invited to discuss about this issue.