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Friday, September 03, 2010
A First for Australia's Pork IndustryAUSTRALIA - Pork producers from all over Australia took the opportunity to participate in a Town Hall Teleforum to discuss the industry’s use of gestation stalls as part of the Shaping our Future...
Friday, August 20, 2010
Farmers Say Coles Pork Ban a Raw DealAUSTRALIA - Pork producers from the Victorian Farmer’s Federation (VFF) angrily protested on Wednesday morning outside Coles in Prahran, Melbourne, against the double standard around the retailer’s...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Pork Producers Protest Against Coles ConAUSTRALIA - Pork producers from the Victorian Farmer’s Federation (VFF), with support from Australian Pork Limited (APL), protested in Melbourne earlier today against the double standard around Coles’...
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Coles Says SA Pig Farmers Back Welfare ChangeAUSTRALIA - Retailer Coles has rejected a claim by South Australia's Agriculture Minister that it has coerced local pig farmers to stop using sow stalls.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Farmers Fear Possible Sow Stall BanAUSTRALIA - Pig farmers in the state of New South Wales are reported to be reluctant to end the use of stalls for sows.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Farmers' Views Sought on Sow StallsAUSTRALIA - Pig farmers are being asked for their views on sow stalls.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
APL Kicks Off Membership Drive 2010AUSTRALIA - In accordance with the Australian Pork Limited (APL) constitution, every three years members of APL are required to renew their membership. This membership drive also provides the opportunity...
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Consultation on Alternative Farming Practices BeginsAUSTRALIA - Yesterday, Australia’s pork industry announced the start of a comprehensive consultation process with its members, around some tough issues facing the industry, such as imports, labelling,...
Pork Industry Examining Alternatives to Sow StallsAUSTRALIA - Public pressure has forced the pork industry to consider phasing out gestation stalls nationally.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Australia Puts Agriculture on 2010 Political AgendaAUSTRALIA - Politics and policies that directly impact on Australia's farmers will be centre stage at the National Farmers’ Federation’s (NFF’s) 2010 National Congress in September in Melbourne as...
Friday, June 11, 2010
Tasmanian Govt Breaks Promise to Pig FarmersTASMANIA, AUSTRALIA - The Australian pork industry is appalled by the Tasmanian government’s decision to ban sow stalls by 2017 as announced by the Tasmanian Minister for Primary Industries and Water...
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Tasmania Leads the Nation in Welfare of PigsAUSTRALIA - The Minister for Primary Industries Bryan Green today announced that Tasmania will lead the nation by moving to ban the use of dry sow stalls in piggeries.
Thursday, June 03, 2010
Animal Rights Protest Taken to MinisterTASMANIA, AUSTRALIA - A group of Tasmanian animal rights activists is calling on the State Government to ban sow stalls.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Changes to Pig Farming in Tasmania ProposedAUSTRALIA - A state government committee is pushing for a major overhaul of Tasmania's pig farming regulations.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Victoria to Introduce Pig LevyVICTORIA, AUSTRALIA - Victorian pig producers will pay 16 cents per carcass to fund a disease surveillance programme through the state's Department of Primary Industry.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
PPPE Wins Aussie Government Major Events GrantAUSTRALIA - 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...
Monday, March 01, 2010
Hopes to Cut Time Sows are Restrained in StallsAUSTRALIA - The Aussie pig industry could be on the verge of an animal welfare breakthrough.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Report Highlights Complexity of Food Safety RulesAUSTRALIA - A report from the Productivity Commission has called for a simplification of food safety standards across the country.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Trials Involving Animal to Human Transplants BannedAUSTRALIA - Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) today announced that clinical trials involving animal to human transplantation (xenotransplantation) would be allowed to proceed...
Friday, September 25, 2009
FSANZ Invites Public Comment on Food Law ChangesAUSTRALIA - Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has invited individuals and organisations with an interest in the regulation of food to provide information and comment on possible changes to the...
Friday, August 21, 2009
Pig Farm to Remain Under Quarantine over H1N1 FluAUSTRALIA - A pig farm in Victoria's Goulburn Valley will remain under quarantine for a few more weeks.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Pork Producer Forum in YoungAUSTRALIA - The NSW Farmers’ Association Pork Committee is inviting all pork producers to attend a Producer Forum and Dinner in Young next week.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Pig Disease Monitoring Put to the TestAUSTRALIA - The ability of authorities to trace the movements of a pig carrying an exotic disease have just been put to the test.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Industry: Piggery Workers Not Being Tested for H1N1AUSTRALIA - Piggery workers who are showing only mild symptoms of flu are having difficulty convincing doctors to test them for H1N1 flu, the pork industry says.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Outbreak Contained as Infected Pigs on the MendAUSTRALIA - An outbreak of swine flu at a central NSW piggery has been contained.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Pork Industry Not Backing Quarantine ReformsAUSTRALIA - Livestock exporters are calling on cross-benchers and the Opposition to support the Federal Government's new quarantine fee structure.
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
No Food Scraps to Pigs CampaignAUSTRALIA - A new campaign is underway to raise awareness of the risks of feeding food scraps that have had contact with any form of meat to pigs.
Monday, June 01, 2009
Australia’s Pork Industry Gets a BoostAUSTRALIA - The recent announcement by the Federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Tony Burke, to fund product information and labelling projects for Australia’s pork industry has been...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Update on Proposed Aussie Pig Levy AmendmentsAUSTRALIA - Over the past few weeks Australian Pork Limited (APL) has widely communicated to levy payers the details regarding an amendment to the Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulation Act...
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Tasmania's Five Year Stand Against GMOTASMANIA, AUSTRALIA - Tasmania’s ban on the release of genetically modified organisms to the environment will continue for at least another five years under a Bill passed by Parliament today.
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