Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF) plans to invest two billion baht in overseas projects this year and source more raw materials abroad to benefit from the baht's rise against the US dollar.

Farmers outside the 5km danger zone of the bird flu-hit Chingmeirong farm, Manipur, India, are facing the prospect of losing healthy birds to starvation. This is due to the ban on the movement of poultry feed and the closure of poultry markets.

The Taiwanese government has not yet decided whether it would allow pork on the market raised with the feed additive Clenbuterol. The local media had reported that the government would allow feed additives for imported meat but continue to ban it on local farms.

China's main focus at the moment is to fix their image of being a low quality supplier of meat, seafood, vegetables and raw materials.