Consumers Urged to Buy NZ Pork These Holidays
NEW ZEALAND - Christmas ham shoppers received a stern reminder from NZPork today to be wary of poorly labelled imported ham.

Pork Prices Expected to Rise with Crate Ban
NEW ZEALAND - A ban on sow crates will mean price rises and some farmers may be driven out of the industry, the Pork Industry Board says.

Phasing Out of Gestation Stalls Gets Support
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand pork industry supports the phasing out of gestation stalls by December 2015, announced today by Agriculture Minister David Carter.

Pork Industry: Factory Farming Fund Unnecessary
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Pork industry says a $2 million fund set up to fight factory farming is unnecessary as independent animal welfare audits are already carried out on the country's pig farm...

Welfare Accreditation Scheme Launched for NZ Pigs
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand Pork has launched the latest audit results and the PigCare accreditation label.

Proposed Pork Labelling Scheme is Misleading
NEW ZEALAND - The Royal New Zealand SPCA is concerned that the proposed new pork industry labelling system runs the risk of misleading consumers. Proposed 'Welfare Approved' wording is confusing and will...

Documents Reveal New Zealand Pork Defiant
NEW ZEALAND - The pork industry has again come under scrutiny after documents released under the Official Information Act reveal the industry will not accept a ban on pig crates and wants to confine pregnant...

Fears Welfare Code Will Disadvantage NZ Farmers
NEW ZEALAND - A number of submitters to a new pig welfare code are calling for a levy to be imposed on pork imported from countries that do not meet the animal welfare standards it sets.

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!�

Boycott of Non-free Range Pork Urged
NEW ZEALAND - Earlier this year, New Zealand witnessed one of the greatest marketing disasters in history. Mike King, the Kiwi bloke who makes people laugh for a living, had been fronting a high-profile...

New Zealand Bacon Competition Winners Announced
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand’s tastiest bacons were revealed this week as the winners of the Lesnie’s 100 per cent New Zealand Bacon Competition received their awards.

NZPork: Canadian Pork Support ‘Subsidies in Drag’
NEW ZEALAND - The Canadian government’s $100 million support for their ailing pork industry is essentially subsidies in drag New Zealand Pork said.

NZ Not Up to British Pig Farming Standard
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand consumers are confused about the welfare of pigs reared in their country, following the latest Jamie Oliver expose about pork farming (TV One, Tuesday, 24 February 8.30pm).

Consumers Show Penchant for NZ-Grown Pork
NEW ZEALAND - A New Zealand Pork report shows that more people prefer to purchase Kiwi-made pork.

Long-Term, Returns will Improve says NZ Pork Chief
NEW ZEALAND - Further to comments made earlier this week that low NZ pork prices would bolster consumption, Sam McIvor, chief executive of New Zealand Pork says that producers will have to bide their time...

Low Pork Price Should Encourage Cash-Strapped Consumers
NEW ZEALAND - Pork is now the cheapest meat in New Zealand – and this is sure to please Kiwis hit with recent food price hikes.

Shoppers Can Now "txt" for Recipes
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand pork industry has launched a new promotional campaign - by text message.

Biosecurity Must Focus on Keeping Pests and Diseases Out
New Zealand - The New Zealand Pork Industry Board believes that the side effects of the Government’s aerial spraying programme adds further support to its position that effective biosecurity needs to...

Rapid rise in New Zealand pork consumption according to Annual Report
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealanders consumed a record 20.6 kg of pork per capita last year, according to the Board’s recently released Annual Report for the year ending 30 September 2006.

Biosecurity Focus Of Pork Conference
NEW ZEALAND - The Chairman of the New Zealand Pork Industry Board has challenged the government to improve both border controls and down-stream biosecurity systems which he says are inadequate and pose...

Pork leads increase in meat consumption
NEW ZEALAND - Stir fries, ham, roasts, chops and bacon - New Zealanders love them all and are eating more and more every year, reports the New Zealand Pork Industry Board.

Piggy-backing on NZ pork
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Pork Board claims foreign imports are flooding our market, partly because they're produced cheaply through the use of growth hormones.

Pork Industry CEO Resigns
NEW ZEALAND - Angus Davidson, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Pork Industry Board, has resigned from the Board in order to pursue family business interests in South Australia.

Traceability Mandatory for Pork Producers
NEW ZEALAND - All New Zealand pork producers will be required to complete an Animal Status Declaration (ASD) when moving pigs within New Zealand as well as when sending them for slaughter as from 1 March...

Imported pork may pose biosecurity threat
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand pork producers are nervous that imported pork is jeopardising efforts to rid this country of PMWS (post weaning multi-systemic wasting syndrome).

A$82 million for New Zealand pork industry
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand pork industry is to benefit from A$82 million of research as a result of the New Zealand Pork Industry Board's participation in an Australian-led bid for research funding...

Pork industry favours Pest Management Strategy
NEW ZEALAND - The majority of New Zealand pork producers have voted to proceed with the development of a Pest Management Strategy (PMS) under the Biosecurity Act that will assist in containing the spread...

Pork Industry Leads With Electronic Traceability System
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Pork Industry Board has created a technological first for New Zealand agriculture with the launch of the first electronic Animal Status Declaration in the New Zealand in this...

Pork Industry Receives Research Funding
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand pork industry, in conjunction with Massey University, is to receive a research grant from the Foundation for Research Science and Technology (FRST) that will assist the industry...