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Friday, May 25, 2012
New Livestock Tax Rules in Budget 2012NEW ZEALAND - Federated Farmers believes tighter tax rules around livestock valuations have been well-signalled.
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.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Europe Dampens NZ Farmer ConfidenceNEW ZEALAND - Federated Farmers mid-season Farm Confidence Survey, conducted in January 2012, reveals farmer confidence in the general economy has turned negative for the first time since July 2009. Europe...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Sow Stall Ban Improves NZ Pig Farmers' ImageNEW ZEALAND - The sow stall controversy could be influencing shoppers to choose New Zealand products over imported meat, as pork consumption rises.
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"...
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...
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.
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, December 02, 2010
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.
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Fears Welfare Code Will Disadvantage NZ FarmersNEW 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.
Friday, June 04, 2010
NZ Wanted Behind Domestic Pork ProductsNEW ZEALAND - A bacon retailer based in Bulls says New Zealanders need to get behind domestic pork products, otherwise they risk losing the industry.
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)...
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Clear Labelling Standards Urged in Pork IndustryNEW ZEALAND - A farmer of free-range pigs in Northland is urging clearer labelling to give shoppers more information about how the pork they are buying is farmed.
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!”
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Farmers Urged to Follow Product Label InstructionsNEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) is reminding farmers that off-label use of veterinary medicines may land them a day in court and a significant fine.
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.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
NZ Pork Industry Warns Against Raw ImportsNEW ZEALAND - While cheaper pork could be on the cards for New Zealand, the country's pork industry says any discounts may eventually come at a high cost.
Monday, August 17, 2009
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.
Monday, August 10, 2009
NZ Ministry Allows Review of Pork Import RulesNEW ZEALAND - The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) has granted an independent review of provisional Import Health Standard for pork.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
No Plan to Develop Free-range Brand for PorkNEW ZEALAND - The Pork Industry Board does not plan to use free-range branding for pork, despite public concern over meat sources.
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Pork Consumption Steady Despite H1N1 InfluenzaNEW ZEALAND - New Zealand consumers have continued to buy New Zealand pork, bacon and ham despite the recent A/H1NI variant influenza virus outbreak commonly labelled as “swine flu”.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Gov't Assures Public about ‘North American Influenza’NEW ZEALAND - It is now widely recognised that it is not correct to call the current disease ‘swine influenza’.
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
New Pig Farm Creates Job OpportunitiesNEW ZEALAND - Kereone pig farmer Ken McIntyre is about a month out from pinning down a new site for a larger piggery that will expand his business five-fold and create up to 30 new jobs.
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