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WHO Statement on the Meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee Regarding the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa</h1>
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The first meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) [IHR (2005)] regarding the 2014 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD, or “Ebola”) outbreak in West Africa was held by teleconference on Wednesday, 6 August 2014 from 13:00 to 17:30 and on Thursday, 7 August 2014 from 13:00 to 18:30 Geneva time (CET).</div>
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Members and advisors of the Emergency Committee met by teleconference on both days of the meeting<span style="background-color: whitesmoke; border: 0px; bottom: 0.8ex; font-family: inherit; font-size: 9px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">1. The following IHR (2005) States Parties participated in the informational session of the meeting on Wednesday, 6 August 2014: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria.</div>
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During the informational session, the WHO Secretariat provided an update on and assessment of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The above-referenced States Parties presented on recent developments in their countries, including measures taken to implement rapid control strategies, and existing gaps and challenges in the outbreak response.</div>
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After discussion and deliberation on the information provided, the Committee advised that:</div>
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It was the unanimous view of the Committee that the conditions for a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) have been met.</div>
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The current EVD outbreak began in Guinea in December 2013. This outbreak now involves transmission in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. As of 4 August 2014, countries have reported 1 711 cases (1 070 confirmed, 436 probable, 205 suspect), including 932 deaths. This is currently the largest EVD outbreak ever recorded. In response to the outbreak, a number of unaffected countries have made a range of travel related advice or recommendations.</div>
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In light of States Parties’ presentations and subsequent Committee discussions, several challenges were noted for the affected countries:</div>
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<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">their health systems are fragile with significant deficits in human, financial and material resources, resulting in compromised ability to mount an adequate Ebola outbreak control response;</li>
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The Committee provided the following advice to the Director-General for her consideration to address the Ebola outbreak in accordance with IHR (2005).</div>
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States with Ebola transmission</h3>
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<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Head of State should declare a national emergency; personally address the nation to provide information on the situation, the steps being taken to address the outbreak and the critical role of the community in ensuring its rapid control; provide immediate access to emergency financing to initiate and sustain response operations; and ensure all necessary measures are taken to mobilize and remunerate the necessary health care workforce.</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">Health Ministers and other health leaders should assume a prominent leadership role in coordinating and implementing emergency Ebola response measures, a fundamental aspect of which should be to meet regularly with affected communities and to make site visits to treatment centres.</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">States should activate their national disaster/emergency management mechanisms and establish an emergency operation centre, under the authority of the Head of State, to coordinate support across all partners, and across the information, security, finance and other relevant sectors, to ensure efficient and effective implementation and monitoring of comprehensive Ebola control measures. These measures must include infection prevention and control (IPC), community awareness, surveillance, accurate laboratory diagnostic testing, contact tracing and monitoring, case management, and communication of timely and accurate information among countries. For all infected and high risks areas, similar mechanisms should be established at the state/province and local levels to ensure close coordination across all levels.</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">States should ensure that there is a large-scale and sustained effort to fully engage the community – through local, religious and traditional leaders and healers – so communities play a central role in case identification, contact tracing and risk education; the population should be made fully aware of the benefits of early treatment.</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">It is essential that a strong supply pipeline be established to ensure that sufficient medical commodities, especially personal protective equipment (PPE), are available to those who appropriately need them, including health care workers, laboratory technicians, cleaning staff, burial personnel and others that may come in contact with infected persons or contaminated materials.</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">In areas of intense transmission (e.g. the cross border area of Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia), the provision of quality clinical care, and material and psychosocial support for the affected populations should be used as the primary basis for reducing the movement of people, but extraordinary supplemental measures such as quarantine should be used as considered necessary.</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">States should ensure health care workers receive: adequate security measures for their safety and protection; timely payment of salaries and, as appropriate, hazard pay; and appropriate education and training on IPC, including the proper use of PPEs.</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">States should ensure that: treatment centres and reliable diagnostic laboratories are situated as closely as possible to areas of transmission; that these facilities have adequate numbers of trained staff, and sufficient equipment and supplies relative to the caseload; that sufficient security is provided to ensure both the safety of staff and to minimize the risk of premature removal of patients from treatment centres; and that staff are regularly reminded and monitored to ensure compliance with IPC.</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">States should conduct exit screening of all persons at international airports, seaports and major land crossings, for unexplained febrile illness consistent with potential Ebola infection. The exit screening should consist of, at a minimum, a questionnaire, a temperature measurement and, if there is a fever, an assessment of the risk that the fever is caused by EVD. Any person with an illness consistent with EVD should not be allowed to travel unless the travel is part of an appropriate medical evacuation.</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">There should be no international travel of Ebola contacts or cases, unless the travel is part of an appropriate medical evacuation. To minimize the risk of international spread of EVD:</li>
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<li style="background: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif) 0% 0.5em no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">Confirmed cases should immediately be isolated and treated in an Ebola Treatment Centre with no national or international travel until 2 Ebola-specific diagnostic tests conducted at least 48 hours apart are negative;</li>
<li style="background: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif) 0% 0.5em no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">Contacts (which do not include properly protected health workers and laboratory staff who have had no unprotected exposure) should be monitored daily, with restricted national travel and no international travel until 21 days after exposure;</li>
<li style="background: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif) 0% 0.5em no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">Probable and suspect cases should immediately be isolated and their travel should be restricted in accordance with their classification as either a confirmed case or contact.</li>
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<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">States should ensure funerals and burials are conducted by well-trained personnel, with provision made for the presence of the family and cultural practices, and in accordance with national health regulations, to reduce the risk of Ebola infection. The cross-border movement of the human remains of deceased suspect, probable or confirmed EVD cases should be prohibited unless authorized in accordance with recognized international biosafety provisions.</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">States should ensure that appropriate medical care is available for the crews and staff of airlines operating in the country, and work with the airlines to facilitate and harmonize communications and management regarding symptomatic passengers under the IHR (2005), mechanisms for contact tracing if required and the use of passenger locator records where appropriate.</li>
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States with a potential or confirmed Ebola Case, and unaffected States with land borders with affected States</h3>
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<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">Unaffected States with land borders adjoining States with Ebola transmission should urgently establish surveillance for clusters of unexplained fever or deaths due to febrile illness; establish access to a qualified diagnostic laboratory for EVD; ensure that health workers are aware of and trained in appropriate IPC procedures; and establish rapid response teams with the capacity to investigate and manage EVD cases and their contacts.</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">Any State newly detecting a suspect or confirmed Ebola case or contact, or clusters of unexplained deaths due to febrile illness, should treat this as a health emergency, take immediate steps in the first 24 hours to investigate and stop a potential Ebola outbreak by instituting case management, establishing a definitive diagnosis, and undertaking contact tracing and monitoring.</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">If Ebola transmission is confirmed to be occurring in the State, the full recommendations for States with Ebola Transmission should be implemented, on either a national or subnational level, depending on the epidemiologic and risk context.</li>
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All States</h3>
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<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">There should be no general ban on international travel or trade; restrictions outlined in these recommendations regarding the travel of EVD cases and contacts should be implemented.</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">States should provide travelers to Ebola affected and at-risk areas with relevant information on risks, measures to minimize those risks, and advice for managing a potential exposure.</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">States should be prepared to detect, investigate, and manage Ebola cases; this should include assured access to a qualified diagnostic laboratory for EVD and, where appropriate, the capacity to manage travelers originating from known Ebola-infected areas who arrive at international airports or major land crossing points with unexplained febrile illness.</li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;">The general public should be provided with accurate and relevant information on the Ebola outbreak and measures to reduce the risk of exposure.</li>
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The Committee emphasized the importance of continued support by WHO and other national and international partners towards the effective implementation and monitoring of these recommendations.</div>
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Based on this advice, the reports made by affected States Parties and the currently available information, the Director-General accepted the Committee’s assessment and on 8 August 2014 declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The Director-General endorsed the Committee’s advice and issued them as Temporary Recommendations under IHR (2005) to reduce the international spread of Ebola, effective 8 August 2014. The Director-General thanked the Committee Members and Advisors for their advice and requested their reassessment of this situation within 3 months</div>

WHO Statement on the Meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee Regarding the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa The first meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the Director-General under the International Health Re…

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LM_PK602 Des Moines, IA              Fri, May 30, 2014                  USDA Market News NATIONAL DAILY PORK REPORT FOB PLANT - Negotiated Sales - Afternoon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Loads PORK CUTS          :     240.82 Loads TRIM/PROCESS PORK  :     33.45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USDA ESTIMATED PORK CUT-OUT VALUES - as of 2:00pm Based on negotiated prices and volume of pork cuts delivered within 14 days and on average industry cutting yields.  Values reflect U.S. dollars per 100 pounds. Calculations for 205 lb Pork Carcass. 53-54% lean, 0.65"-0.80" BF Last Rib --------------------------------------------------------------------------------                       Today's Estimated Primal Cutout Date            Loads  Carcass    Loin    Butt     Pic     Rib     Ham   Belly -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05/30/2014     274.27   116.01  116.63  140.29   95.76  147.80  105.86  149.65 Change:                   2.26   -1.17    1.72    2.13   -0.05    2.21   11.36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05/29/2014    393.37    113.75  117.80  138.57   93.63  147.85  103.65  138.29 05/28/2014    455.58    115.25  118.11  140.03   94.00  156.38  106.14  140.91 05/27/2014    310.29    112.89  117.68  137.86   93.28  153.91   99.56  139.64 05/23/2014    252.26    115.06  116.96  136.48   91.54  153.59  104.53  149.95 Five Day Average --     114.59  117.44  138.65   93.64  151.91  103.95  143.69 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                            Pounds      Price Range     Wtd Avg Loin  1/4 Trimmed Loin VAC                      373,091   136.00 - 152.00   141.51  1/4 Trimmed Loin VAC, FZN                                  -  1/4 Trimmed Loin Paper                                     -  1/4 Trimmed Loin Paper, FZN                                -  1/4 Trimmed Loin Combo                    10,692    132.50 - 140.35   138.00  1/8 Trimmed Loin VAC                      214,955   140.00 - 166.00   153.11  1/8 Trimmed Loin VAC, FZN                                  -  1/8 Trimmed Loin Paper                    36,824    144.63 - 165.63   156.72  1/8 Trimmed Loin Paper, FZN                                -  1/8 Trimmed Loin Combo                    20,459    138.50 - 144.63   139.62  Bone-in CC, Tender-in Loin VAC            73,522    185.00 - 207.34   195.91  Bone-in CC, Tender-in Loin VAC, FZN                        -  Bone-in CC, Tender-in Loin Combo                           -  B-In CC, Tender-in, FLON Loin             61,534    186.55 - 200.20   191.43  B-In CC, Tender-in, FLON Loin, FZN                         -  Bnls CC Strap-on                          998,228   154.00 - 211.63   173.51  Bnls CC Strap-on, FZN                                      -  Bnls CC Strap-off                         318,953   173.00 - 215.63   197.47  Bnls CC Strap-off, FZN                                     -  Bnls CC Strap-on, 1/2 cut                                  -  Bnls CC Strap-on, 1/2 cut, FZN                             -  Bnls CC Strap-off, 1/2 cut                3,960     195.79 - 197.36   196.52  Bnls CC Strap-off, 1/2 cut, FZN                            -  Whole Bnls Strap-on                                        -  Boneless Sirloin                          158,070   158.00 - 186.00   171.25  Boneless Sirloin, FZN                                      -  Boneless Sirloin, Combo                                    -  Bone-in Sirloin                           270,340   100.50 - 124.00   110.14  Bone-in Sirloin, FZN                                       -  Blade Ends                                82,569    105.00 - 116.00   109.46  Blade Ends, FZN                                            -  Tenderloin                                131,979   264.35 - 308.25   273.32  Tenderloin, FZN                                            -  Tenderloin, 1 pc vac                                       -  Tenderloin, 1 pc vac, FZN                                  -  Butt Tender                               5,164     168.00 - 198.00   173.29  Butt Tender, FZN                          4,305     170.40 - 250.45   210.01  Backribs 2.0#/up                          550,127   227.40 - 272.00   260.12  Backribs 2.0#/up, FZN                                      -  Backribs 2.0#/up 1 Pc Vac                 47,880    262.00 - 295.50   274.30  Backribs 2.0#/up 1 Pc Vac, FZN            77,768    235.00 - 265.00   258.14  Riblets                                                    -  Riblets, FZN                              3,460     99.19  - 122.00   107.51 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Butt  1/4 Trim Butt VAC                         748,222   153.00 - 174.00   161.81  1/4 Trim Butt VAC, FZN                                     -  1/4 Trim Butt Paper                       49,700    177.63 - 191.63   182.58  1/4 Trim Butt Paper, FZN                                   -  1/4 Trim Butt Combo                       61,768    158.00 - 168.63   161.74  1/4 Trim Butt 1 Pc VAC                    2,481     167.00 - 168.33   167.76  1/4 Trim Butt 1 Pc VAC, FZN                                -  1/8 Trim Butt Vac                         23,964    164.00 - 186.25   171.02  1/8 Trim Butt Vac, FZN                                     -  1/8 Trim Butt Paper                       9,904     176.25 - 188.00   179.73  1/8 Trim Butt Paper, FZN                                   -  1/8 Trim Butt Combo                                        -  1/8 Trim Butt 1 Pc VAC                                     -  1/8 Trim Butt 1 Pc VAC, FZN                                -  1/4 Trim Steak Ready Butt Vac             46,512    165.00 - 182.00   169.51  1/4 Trim Steak Ready Butt Vac, FZN                         -  1/4 Trim Steak Ready Butt 1 Pc Vac        30,859    175.00 - 192.00   180.99  1/4 Trim Steak Ready Butt 1 Pc Vac, FZN                    -  1/8 Trim Steak Ready Butt Vac             266,861   173.00 - 182.00   175.72  1/8 Trim Steak Ready Butt Vac, FZN                         -  1/8 Trim Steak Ready Butt 1 Pc Vac                         -  1/8 Trim Steak Ready Butt 1 Pc Vac, FZN   6,988     134.00 - 160.00   136.53  1/4 Trim Bnls Butt VAC                    347,949   166.41 - 197.63   175.38  1/4 Trim Bnls Butt VAC, FZN               2,965     175.00 - 197.00   181.22  1/4 Trim Bnls Butt Poly                   4,950     187.63 - 208.25   196.05  1/4 Trim Bnls Butt Poly, FZN              7,714     175.98 - 191.44   180.39  1/4 Trim Bnls Butt Combo                                   -  1/4 Trim Bnls Butt 1 Pc VAC               5,390     182.33 - 212.13   186.47  1/4 Trim Bnls Butt 1 Pc VAC, FZN                           -  Bnls CT Butt 1 Pc VAC                                      -  Bnls CT Butt 1 Pc VAC, FZN                                 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Picnic  RS Smoker Trim Picnic Combo                                -  SS Smoker Trim Picnic VAC                 92,166    103.73 - 128.00   107.96  SS Smoker Trim Picnic VAC, FZN                             -  SS Smoker Trim Picnic Paper/Poly          27,573    116.63 - 126.00   121.62  SS Smoker Trim Picnic Paper/Poly, FZN                      -  SS Smoker Trim Picnic Combo                                -  SS Smoker Trim Picnic 1 Pc Vac            27,718    111.75 - 140.20   124.52  SS Smoker Trim Picnic 1 Pc Vac, FZN                        -  Picnic Cushion Meat Vac                   149,596   185.00 - 203.00   191.07  Picnic Cushion Meat Vac, FZN                               -  Picnic Cushion Meat Poly                                   -  Picnic Cushion Meat Poly, FZN                              -  Picnic Cushion Meat Combo                 9,097     184.00 - 187.27   185.11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sparerib  Trmd Sparerib - LGT                       330,731   149.00 - 190.00   160.53  Trmd Sparerib - LGT, FZN                  3,292     165.00 - 170.35   169.05  Trmd Sparerib - LGT, Poly                 2,490     176.00 - 213.63   190.31  Trmd Sparerib - LGT, Poly, FZN            12,486    173.39 - 189.70   183.55  Trmd Sparerib - LGT Combo                 4,300     148.25 - 152.63   150.08  Trmd Sparerib - LGT, 1 PC VAC             51,429    154.00 - 189.00   181.54  Trmd Sparerib - LGT, 1 PC VAC, FZN                         -  Trmd Sparerib - MED                       389,851   150.00 - 200.00   157.78  Trmd Sparerib - MED, FZN                  3,334     158.00 - 163.35   160.26  Trmd Sparerib - MED, Poly                 24,354    174.63 - 183.63   176.26  Trmd Sparerib - MED, Poly, FZN                             -  Trmd Sparerib - Med Combo                                  -  Trmd Sparerib - MED, 1 PC VAC             9,355     172.98 - 188.81   183.62  Trmd Sparerib - MED, 1 PC VAC, FZN                         -  St Louis Spareribs, VAC                   82,569    215.00 - 300.97   226.48  St Louis Spareribs, VAC, FZN              120,319   209.00 - 305.00   225.97  St Louis Spareribs, POLY                  4,389     218.00 - 225.63   219.21  St Louis Spareribs, POLY, FZN             186,958   187.32 - 312.33   254.70  St Louis Spareribs, Combo                                  -  BBQ Style Spareribs, VAC                  229,614   184.84 - 230.00   191.49  BBQ Style Spareribs, VAC, FZN                              -  BBQ Style Spareribs, Poly                                  -  BBQ Style Spareribs, Poly, FZN                             -  BBQ Style Spareribs, Combo                                 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ham  17/dn Ham Combo                                            -  17-20# Trmd Selected Ham                                   -  20-23# Trmd Selected Ham                  65,765    114.00 - 125.00   117.13  23-27# Trmd Selected Ham                  484,962   102.22 - 115.70   108.56  17-20 Ham Boxed                                            -  17-20 Ham Boxed, FZN                                       -  20-23 Ham Boxed                           20,659    127.92 - 144.63   134.13  20-23 Ham Boxed, FZN                                       -  23-27 Ham Boxed                           5,831     119.00 - 140.63   136.25  23-27 Ham Boxed, FZN                                       -  27 & up Bone In Hams Combo                                 -  17-20 Boxed Vac Pack                                       -  17-20 Boxed Vac Pack, FZN                                  -  20-23 Hams Sknd/Defatted Boxed                             -  20-23 Hams Sknd/Defatted Boxed, FZN                        -  Collared Ham Combo                                         -  Collared Ham Boxed                                         -  Collared Ham Boxed, FZN                                    -  3 Muscle Ham to Blue                      24,001    182.50 - 186.97   186.60  4 Muscle Ham to Blue                                       -  5 Muscle Ham to Blue                                       -  3 Muscle Ham to Blue Boxed                                 -  4 Muscle Ham to Blue Boxed                                 -  5 Muscle Ham to Blue Boxed                                 -  Roll Out Ham                                               -  Rollout Ham Bnls Boxed                    35,461    164.00 - 183.50   168.10  Roll Out Hams Rolled & Tied                                -  Roll Out Ham Rolled Tied Boxed                             -  2pc                                       3,600     130.55 - 180.00   158.71  2PC Boxed                                                  -  2PC Boxed, FZN                                             -  Insides                                   96,685    152.35 - 174.00   163.64  Outsides                                  77,305    152.35 - 174.00   163.34  Knuckles                                  217,035   152.35 - 164.50   156.04  Lite Butt                                                  -  Insides (RED) Combo                                        -  Outsides (RED) Combo                                       -  Knuckles (RED) Combo                                       -  Lite Butt (RED) Combo                                      -  Inner Shank                               42,510    134.98 - 186.97   143.57  Outer Shank                                                -  Insides Boxed                             5,370     175.00 - 182.00   175.70  Outsides Boxed                                             -  Knuckles Boxed                                             -  Lite Butt Boxed                                            -  Inner Shank Boxed                                          -  Outer Shank Boxed                                          -  Shanks Bone In                                             -  Shanks Bone In Boxed                                       -  Shanks Bone In Boxed, FZN                                  - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Belly  Derind Belly 7-9#                                          -  Derind Belly 9-13#                        80,033    175.00 - 181.85   178.19  Derind Belly 13-17#                       51,486    179.85 - 180.35   179.93  Derind Belly 17-19#                                        -  Derind Belly 7-9# Boxed                                    -  Derind Belly 7-9# Boxed, FZN                               -  Derind Belly 9-13# Boxed                                   -  Derind Belly 9-13# Boxed, FZN                              -  Derind Belly 13-17# Boxed                                  -  Derind Belly 13-17# Boxed, FZN                             -  Derind Belly 17-19# Boxed                                  -  Derind Belly 17-19# Boxed, FZN                             -  Skin-on Belly 8-10#                                        -  Skin-on Belly 10-12#                                       -  Skin-on Belly 12-14#                                       -  Skin-on Belly 14-16#                      12,018    143.00 - 160.00   148.40  Skin-on Belly 16-18#                                       -  Skin-on Belly 18-20#                                       -  Skin-on Belly 20-25#                                       -  Skin-on Belly 8-10# Boxed                                  -  Skin-on Belly 8-10# Boxed, FZN                             -  Skin-on Belly 10-12# Boxed                39,976    225.00 - 248.63   230.02  Skin-on Belly 10-12# Boxed, FZN                            -  Skin-on Belly 12-14# Boxed                10,859    167.00 - 200.00   186.88  Skin-on Belly 12-14# Boxed, FZN                            -  Skin On Belly 14-16# Boxed                8,574     174.00 - 190.00   182.69  Skin On Belly 14-16# Boxed, FZN                            -  Skin On Belly 16-18# Boxed                                 -  Skin On Belly 16-18# Boxed, FZN                            - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jowl  Skinned Combo                             57,411    68.25  - 100.00   73.02  Skinned Boxed                                              -  Skinned Boxed, FZN                        4,600     82.50  - 83.00    82.93  Skin On Combo                                              -  Skin-On Boxed                                              -  Skin-On Boxed, FZN                                         - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trim  42% Trim Combo                            204,571   69.53  - 84.25    73.75  65% Trim Combo                                             -  72% Trim Combo                            512,537   115.39 - 128.50   120.97  85% Trim Combo                                             -  42% Trim Boxed                            12,945    78.30  - 123.50   88.62  42% Trim Boxed, FZN                       84,120    76.75  - 105.00   78.03  65% Trim Boxed                                             -  72% Trim Boxed                            15,660    124.30 - 146.25   132.61  72% Trim Boxed, FZN                       82,560    123.00 - 163.00   125.73  85% Trim Boxed                                             -  Picnic Meat Combo Cushion Out             30,586    132.00 - 164.00   140.19  Picnic Meat Boxed Cushion Out             55,060    141.50 - 175.00   147.01  Picnic Meat Boxed Cushion Out, FZN                         -  Picnic Meat Combo Cushion In              15,798    159.00 - 170.25   163.30  Picnic Meat Boxed Cushion In              22,719    161.50 - 169.84   168.94  Picnic Meat Boxed Cushion In, FZN                          -  Trim w/Trace Combo                        70,342    53.00  - 67.51    59.48  Trim w/Trace Boxed                                         -  Trim w/Trace Boxed, FZN                                    -  Blade Meat Combo                                           -  Blade Meat Boxed                          7,500     149.00 - 180.64   165.93  Blade Meat Boxed, FZN                                      -  72% Ham Trim Combo                        56,406    115.77 - 120.00   117.61  72% Ham Trim Boxed                                         -  90% Ham Trim Combo                                         - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Variety  Untrimmed Neckbones Gas                   31,800    61.50  - 75.25    73.40  Untrimmed Neckbones Gas, FZN                               -  Trimmed Neckbones Gas                     20,340    43.00  - 60.00    44.65  Trimmed Neckbones Gas, FZN                                 -  Trimmed Neckbones Poly                    40,942    50.00  - 69.70    61.86  Trimmed Neckbones Poly, FZN               19,380    42.00  - 55.00    45.45  Untrimmed Neckbones Poly                  10,359    65.00  - 124.50   108.82  Untrimmed Neckbones Poly, FZN                              -  Trimmed Neckbones Combo                   31,509    45.00  - 55.99    45.63  Untrimmed Neckbones Combo                 10,278    25.50  - 37.00    31.96  Breast Bones Poly                                          -  Breast Bones Poly, FZN                    12,245    110.00 - 110.50   110.44  Brisket Bones, Full Cut, 10#                               -  Brisket Bones, Full Cut, 10#, FZN                          -  Brisket Bones, Full Cut, 30#                               -  Brisket Bones, Full Cut, 30#, FZN         181,419   52.00  - 134.33   132.04  Brisket Bones, Full Cut, Combo                             -  Tails, Poly                                                -  Tails, Poly, FZN                          33,230    66.00  - 70.00    68.67  Tails, Gas                                                 -  Tails, Gas, FZN                                            -  Tails, Combo                                               -  Front Feet, Poly                          11,068    118.00 - 126.00   120.59  Front Feet, Poly, FZN                     106,969   86.00  - 106.01   88.96  Front Feet, Combo                         40,020    72.95  - 77.94    77.70  Front Feet, Gas                                            -  Front Feet, Gas, FZN                                       -  Hind Feet, Poly                                            -  Hind Feet, Poly, FZN                      45,682    61.19  - 62.52    62.00  Hind Feet, Combo                                           -  Hocks, Picnic, Poly                       9,784     71.37  - 73.00    71.54  Hocks, Picnic, Poly, FZN                  16,722    73.00  - 83.00    74.72  Hocks, Picnic, Gas                                         -  Hocks, Picnic, Gas, FZN                                    -  Hocks, Picnic, Combo                      4,994     70.50  - 72.37    71.25  Front Feet, Split, Gas                                     -  Front Feet, Split, Gas, FZN                                -  Front Feet, Split, Poly                                    -  Front Feet, Split, Poly, FZN                               - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AI (Added Ingreds)  AI 1/4 Trimmed Loin VAC                                    -  AI 1/4 Trimmed Loin VAC, FZN                               -  AI 1/8 Trimmed Loin VAC                                    -  AI 1/8 Trimmed Loin VAC, FZN                               -  AI Bone-in CC, Tender-in Loin, VAC                         -  AI Bone-in CC, Tender-in Loin, VAC, FZN                    -  AI Bnls CC Strap On                       2,606     186.00 - 215.00   194.16  AI Bnls CC Strap On, FZN                                   -  AI Bnls CC Strap Off                      5,643     184.00 - 221.00   201.75  AI Bnls CC Strap Off, FZN                                  -  AI Bnls CC Strap-on, 1/2 cut                               -  AI Bnls CC Strap-on, 1/2 cut, FZN                          -  AI Bnls CC Strap-off, 1/2 cut             111,004   189.50 - 212.76   197.88  AI Bnls CC Strap-off, 1/2 cut, FZN                         -  AI Boneless Sirloin                       12,607    173.35 - 197.00   179.76  AI Boneless Sirloin, FZN                                   -  AI Bone-in Sirloin                        40,260    111.00 - 153.00   111.61  AI Bone-in Sirloin, FZN                                    -  AI Blade Ends                                              -  AI Blade Ends, FZN                                         -  AI Tenderloin                             2,270     306.00 - 316.00   309.22  AI Tenderloin, FZN                                         -  AI Tenderloin, 1 pc vac                                    -  AI Tenderloin, 1 pc vac, FZN                               -  AI Backribs 2.0#/up                                        -  AI Backribs 2.0#/up, FZN                                   -  AI Backribs 2.0#/up 1 Pc Vac                               -  AI Backribs 2.0#/up 1 Pc Vac, FZN                          -  AI SS Smoker Trim Picnic VAC                               -  AI SS Smoker Trim Picnic VAC, FZN                          -  AI SS Smoker Trim Picnic 1 Pc Vac                          -  AI SS Smoker Trim Picnic 1 Pc Vac, FZN                     -  AI Picnic Cushion Meat Vac                                 -  AI Picnic Cushion Meat Vac, FZN                            -  AI 1/4 Trim Butt VAC                      123,745   146.25 - 174.00   149.71  AI 1/4 Trim Butt VAC, FZN                                  -  AI 1/4 Trim Butt 1 Pc VAC                                  -  AI 1/4 Trim Butt 1 Pc VAC, FZN                             -  AI 1/8 Trim Steak Ready Butt Vac                           -  AI 1/8 Trim Steak Ready Butt Vac, FZN                      -  AI 1/8 Trim Steak Ready Butt 1 Pc Vac                      -  AI 1/8 Trim Steak Ready Butt 1 Pc Vac, F                   -  AI 1/4 Trim Bnls Butt VAC                                  -  AI 1/4 Trim Bnls Butt VAC, FZN                             -  AI Trmd Sparerib - LGT                                     -  AI Trmd Sparerib - LGT, FZN                                -  AI Trmd Sparerib - LGT, 1 PC VAC                           -  AI Trmd Sparerib - LGT, 1 PC VAC, FZN                      -  AI Trmd Sparerib - MED                                     -  AI Trmd Sparerib - MED, FZN                                -  AI Trmd Sparerib - MED, 1 PC VAC                           -  AI Trmd Sparerib - MED, 1 PC VAC, FZN                      - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Items that have no entries indicate there were trades but not reportable because they did not meet the daily 3/70/20 guideline.  Please refer to weekly LM_PK610 as the item may qualify. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source:   USDA Market News Service, Des Moines, IA           515-284-4460 desm.lpgmn@ams.usda.gov           24 Hour recorded market information 515-284-4830           http://www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews 1500C

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