Big Win at Royal Melbourne Fine Food Awards
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited (APL), the national producer representative body for Australian pork producers, would like to congratulate the nine PorkMark licensees for their award-winning performances...

APL Roadshow Sells the Pork Levy
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited (APL) says it's done all it can to convince its producers a levy increase is in their best interests.

Mixed Reaction to Higher Pig Levy
SOUTH AUSTRALIA - Mixed reactions are being received to the news of a proposed increase in pig levy.

APL Discusses Proposed Increase in Pork Levy
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited (APL) is holding producer meetings in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania to discuss the proposal for an increase to the Pig Industry Slaughter Levy.

Hamming it Up with Australia's Best!
AUSTRALIA - Australian Ham Week (3 – 10 July) is a celebration of Australia’s best, and recognises that the best hams are made from 100 per cent Australian pork meat - rather than the imported frozen...

Pork CRC: Pork on a Health Roll
AUSTRALIA - Potential health benefits offered by pork’s high protein: energy ratio and its low fat content on cardiometabolic health, weight loss and weight management and control of Type 2 diabetes,...

PorkFest in Full Swing
AUSTRALIA - Some of the country's best chefs together with major grocery retailers and more than 1200 butchers across the country have launched April’s International PorkFest to a hungry audience.

More Pig Farmers Want RSPCA Seal of Approval
AUSTRALIA - The RSPCA in Australia is finding more and more pig producers are applying to be a part of its Approved Farming Scheme.

Wake Up and Smell the Bacon!
AUSTRALIA - While Australian Bacon Week is an annual celebration of everyone’s favorite breakfast food, it is more importantly a show of support for the local pork farmers as well as bacon, ham and smallgoods...

Aussie Pork Puts the Crackle into Christmas
AUSTRALIA - While Europe is facing a white Christmas, Australian pork farmers are urging Australians to enjoy a pink one. They are saying consumers should look for the hot pink Australian PorkMark label...

NSW Pork Producers Give Generously to the Salvos
AUSTRALIA - The NSW Farmers’ Association Pork Committee in conjunction with the peak industry pork producer body Australian Pork Limited (APL), as well as Foodbank Australia, meat wholesaler B.E Campbell...

Senator Carr Drives Pork CRC into the Future
AUSTRALIA - Australia's pork industry, which has an annual farm-gate value of A$1 billion, contributes $3 billion annually to the national economy and generates 8,000 jobs, has welcomed the announcement...

Aussie Consumers Choose to Purchase PorkMark
AUSTRALIA - In the latest round of consumer research conducted in October this year, Australian Pork Limited (APL) found one in four Australian’s have purchased Australian pork sporting the hot pink...

RSPCA Welcomes Pledge to Scrap Sow Stalls
AUSTRALIA - The RSPCA has described the pork industry's vote to phase out sow stalls as a momentous day for pigs in Australia.

Aussie Pig Farmers Promise to Scrap Stalls by 2017
AUSTRALIA - Australia's pork producers have agreed to voluntarily phase out sow gestation stalls by 2017.

Supermarkets Dictating to the Pork Industry
AUSTRALIA - One of Australia's leading pig producers says it's the big two supermarkets that are driving the future of his industry.

Pork Producers Welcome Coles' Sow Stall Ban
AUSTRALIA - Australian pork farmers have welcomed the decision by Coles today to apply its 'gestation stall-free fresh pork policy' to now include all forms of Coles branded pork products by 2014.

Coles Widens Ban on Pork from Sow Stall Piggeries
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited (APL) has welcomed Coles supermarket's decision to import only pork products from suppliers that do not use sow stalls.

Consumers Confused over 'Free-Range Pork' Label
AUSTRALIA - It has been alleged that consumers are being misled over 'free-range pork'.

Forces Joined to Bring Home the Bacon
AUSTRALIA - The Brisbane Smallgoods Company (BSC) will have its brand, 'Aussie Farmer’s Choice' rindless middle bacon rashers, sporting the Australian PorkMark logo, in almost one thousand additional...

Penn Pushing Pork as Christmas Draws Near
AUSTRALIA - Western Australian shoppers can expect to pay more for their pork as Christmas approaches.

Diabetic Test to Help Pork Producers
AUSTRALIA - A simple glucose meter, or glucometer, commonly used by diabetics to measure blood glucose levels, is set to help Australian pork producers more efficiently feed their pigs.

Fighting Back for Aussie Grown Pork
AUSTRALIA - In a bid to help confused Australian consumers and in a fight back for the country’s embattled pork producers, Australian Ham Week will be launched today, 5 July.

There's Something About Pork
AUSTRALIA - Dr Roger Campbell, CEO of Australia’s Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), is increasingly convinced that fresh Australian pork has a range of largely untapped health and nutrition at...

Pigeon Pair for Pork CRC at PPPE
AUSTRALIA - Although pigs can't fly, healthy pigs and healthy people are, effectively, a 'pigeon pair' when it comes to Australia's Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) and its focus as a sponsor of...

PPPE Wins Aussie Government Major Events Grant
AUSTRALIA - Pan Pacific Pork Expo (PPPE), the Australian pork industry’s major show case event has been awarded an Australian Government grant of $76,000, through the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries...

Bringing Home the Bacon – At Last!
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited has announced the winners of Australia’s best bacon, in the nation’s first ever Bacon Week, held from 15 to 21 March.

Pork Industry Launches New 'Funny and Cheeky' Ad
AUSTRALIA - The pork industry's peak body Australian Pork Limited has launched a new ad to try and promote the meat.

Aussie Industry Profits from Pork CRC Research
AUSTRALIA - Australia’s pork industry is finally enjoying better times with rising pig prices, falling grain prices and a very welcome return to profitability, a situation that’s been enhanced by some...

Pork Goes Pink to Show Local Production
AUSTRALIA - Australian pork will be rebranded, making it easier for consumers to tell whether the pigs are raised here.