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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
NZ Pork Board Appeals Against Court Ruling on ImportsNEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Pork Industry Board is appealing a High Court decision allowing new health standards for imported pig meat, saying they increase the risk of infection of local herd by Porcine...
Friday, May 11, 2012
Flawed Pig Meat Import Standards Must be DroppedNEW ZEALAND - New Zealand First is calling on the Government to drop changes to pig meat import standards because of the risk of spreading a highly infectious disease amongst pigs.
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Officials Want Better Checks on Pig SwillNEW ZEALAND - Primary Industries Ministry officials want more effective enforcement of regulations banning the feeding of raw meat to pigs.
Monday, May 07, 2012
New Import Standards for Pork in ForceNEW ZEALAND - The Ministry for Primary Industries says new standards easing restrictions on pork imports are now in force, after legal attempts failed to block them.
Friday, May 04, 2012
NZPork Considering High Court JudgmentNEW ZEALAND - NZPork and its advisors will carefully consider the judgment handed down by Wellington’s High Court, which does not support its challenge of new import health standards.
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Calls for Stringent Border Controls RenewedNEW ZEALAND - Pork industry officials have renewed a call for consistent border controls to prevent the risk of a serious pig disease entering the country.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Tougher Rules on Feeding Pigs Waste Food NeededNEW ZEALAND - New Zealand Pork has told the Government it needs to strengthen the regulations that control the feeding of waste food to pigs.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
New Tool for Foot and Mouth Preparedness NEW ZEALAND - The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is launching a new tool to help staff at meat processing plants recognise and respond to an incursion of foot and mouth disease in stock, as part...
Friday, September 09, 2011
NZ Pork Producers Gather at ParliamentNEW ZEALAND - Pork farmers have gathered at Parliament to discuss the risk that Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) poses to their animals and their industry.
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
NZ Pig Farmers Protest Against MAF ChangesNEW ZEALAND - Pig farmers from around the North Island gathered outside Parliament with MPs today to protest proposals to lower imported pork standards that will expose New Zealand to a "devastating disease"...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
NZ Pork Board Criticises Agricultural Officials NEW ZEALAND - The high stakes involved in allowing imports of raw pork that might contain a potentially deadly pig disease could have meant agriculture officials took a more conservative approach, a judge...
Thursday, August 25, 2011
New Zealand Pork Farmers Want Tougher Rules NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand pig farmers who say a deadly pig disease could arrive in the country in imports of raw meat are arguing for a very conservative scientific view to enforce protectionism, a judge...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
NZ Pork Challenges MAF Import StandardsNEW ZEALAND - The pork industry is going back to the High Court in efforts to stop imports of uncooked pork.
Monday, August 01, 2011
Pork Import Battle Goes to CourtNEW ZEALAND - The country's pig producers are going to court later this month to try to prevent imports of pork which, they say, present a significant risk of bringing PRRS into the country which is still...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Growing Support for Raw Pork Import BanNEW ZEALAND - Politicians have joined the pork industry in opposing raw meat imports.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
No Antimicrobial Resistance Fears in NZNEW ZEALAND - A new Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) survey has shown no human health implications from antimicrobial resistance in the country's food-producing animals and fresh produce. Antibiotic...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Pork Consumers Don't Want Biosecurity RelaxedNEW ZEALAND - A survey commissed by the Pork Industry Board shows four out of five consumers believe biosecurity controls on imported pork should not be relaxed.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
MAF to Defend Health Standards for Pork ImportsNEW ZEALAND - The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) will be defending in court its decision to allow the importation of fresh uncooked pork from Canada, the EU, Mexico and the USA.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Pig Farmers Take Action Over Raw Pork ImportsNEW ZEALAND - Pig farmers are fighting an 11th-hour battle against new Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) import health standards.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Import One Pork Disease, Get the Second One Free?NEW ZEALAND - Proposals by the Ministry of Agricultural and Fisheries (MAF) to relax import health standards for raw pork from the United States, Canada, Mexico and the European Union (EU), is like playing...
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Green Party Criticises Proposed Meat Import RulesNEW ZEALAND - The Green Party has added its voice to the criticism of the government's decision to relax health check on imported pig meat.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Industry Concerned about Imported DiseaseNEW ZEALAND - New Zealand Pork is deeply concerned about new Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry (MAF) standards issued today (13 April 2011) that relax biosecurity around imported pork.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Devastating PMWS Continues to SpreadNEW ZEALAND - A devastating pig disease which broke out in the North Island in 2003 and crossed to the South Island in 2006 is still spreading, farmers say.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Mohaka Forest Pig Confirmed with TBNEW ZEALAND - Annual TB testing for cattle and deer is set to continue in the Wairoa area after a recent Animal Health Board (AHB) survey in the Mohaka Forest returned one feral pig diagnosed with tub...
Friday, April 30, 2010
NZ Pork Imports Under More ScrutinyNEW ZEALAND - Federated Farmers says its concerns over biosecurity standards for pork imports have been vindicated by an independent review which has told the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Independent Panel Asks MAF to Restart on PorkNEW ZEALAND - An independent expert panel has given twenty-nine recommendations for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) to correct deficiencies in both the process and conclusions drawn during...
Friday, January 15, 2010
Welfare Prosecution Sends Message to FarmersNEW ZEALAND - The prosecution earlier this week of a farmer who ill-treated livestock sends an important message, says Federated Farmers of New Zealand.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
NZ Scheme Extended to Cover Farm VeterinariansNEW ZEALAND - The Government is expanding its voluntary bonding scheme for veterinarians to cover those who care for farm livestock.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Is New Zealand Pork on the Christmas Menu?NEW ZEALAND - “Is New Zealand pork on the Christmas menu?” asks Angela McLeod, President of the New Zealand Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPWNZ), “If its not, it should be!”
Friday, August 28, 2009
NZ Pork Import Plan Gets Industry WorriedNEW ZEALAND - A proposal to allow the importation of raw pork meat from overseas could devastate the industry, southern business groups and farmers said.
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