RSPCA Speaks Out Against Live Export Trade
AUSTRALIA - The Live Export Shipboard Performance Report revealed that more than 36,000 sheep, cattle and goats died while being transported overseas for slaughter in 2008.

Australians Eat More Pork and Poultry
AUSTRALIA - The latest report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) on the red meat industry highlights how per capita consumption of pork and poultry meat is continuing...

Report Published on Meat, Fish Retailing in Australia
AUSTRALIA - A new report entitled Meat Fish and Poultry Retailing in Australia provides the current and historical performance of the meat, fish and poultry trading in Australia industry.

Swine Fever Could Devastate Aussie Pig Population
AUSTRALIA - Australian experts are warning that an outbreak of the pig disease 'swine fever' could easily and rapidly spread across Australia.

Pork Industry Not Backing Quarantine Reforms
AUSTRALIA - Livestock exporters are calling on cross-benchers and the Opposition to support the Federal Government's new quarantine fee structure.

No Food Scraps to Pigs Campaign
AUSTRALIA - 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.

IGA Drives Aussie Pork Message
AUSTRALIA - Over the next few weeks IGA supermarkets will start to use distinctive labels to help Australian consumers more clearly identify and buy Australian grown pork.

Register Now for Australia's Nutrition Conference
AUSTRALIA - Early bird registration for the conference, Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition - Australia, has been extended to 8 June.

Australia’s Pork Industry Gets a Boost
AUSTRALIA - 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...

Aussie Pigs Could Catch the H1N1 Flu, Says Expert
AUSTRALIA - The H1N1 flu could infect the nation's pigs if not handled carefully, according to warnings issued by a biosecurity expert.

Pork Industry Critical of H1N1 Flu Coverage
AUSTRALIA - The pork industry has criticised the media's coverage of the H1N1 flu outbreak.

Update on Proposed Aussie Pig Levy Amendments
AUSTRALIA - 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...

Tasmania's Five Year Stand Against GMO
TASMANIA, 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.

Australia Watching Flu Risk for Indonesian Pigs
AUSTRALIA - Australia is worried that the Indonesian pig population could be struck down with a new form of flu.

Consumers Happy to Keep Pork on Their Fork
AUSTRALIA - Most Australians intend to continue buying and eating pork despite global concerns about the spread of the A/H1N1 variant influenza virus, according to a Quantum survey conducted last...

Breakthrough Helps Aussie Pork Producers
AUSTRALIA - A major technological breakthrough will help pork producers use canola meal more efficiently and give them the potential to use more of it in pig feeding rations.

Protection of Animal Health Remains Top Priority
AUSTRALIA - The Minister says that improvements to New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (DPI)'s field veterinary services will enhance animal health across the state's valuable livestock i...

Butchers Onboard Promoting Aussie Pork
AUSTRALIA - From 10 April 2009, butchers across Australia will help consumers more clearly identify home-grown, fresh Australian pork.

Prospects Improve for WA's Producers
AUSTRALIA - A surge in pork demand has come just in time for an industry in trouble in Western Australia (WA).

Medina Pig Out Day to Showcase Research on Pigs
AUSTRALIA - Pig producers will be able to ‘pig out’ at the industry’s open day at the Department of Agriculture and Food’s Medina Research Station on Friday, 27 March.

'No Obstacle' in the Creation of Organic Standards
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited says there's nothing stopping producers from creating their own organic and free-range standards.

Bartter Expands its Range to Pork and Beef
AUSTRALIA - Following a recent failed bid by Baiada to acquire the company, Bartter is expanding its Steggles brand into beef and pork products for the first time.

Oz Launches 'No Food Scraps to Pigs' Campaign
AUSTRALIA - 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.

Free Range Labelling in the Spotlight
AUSTRALIA - The Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport has announced that it will be extending its inquiry to include the use of labels the 'organic' and 'free range' across all...

Queensland Pig Farmers Enraged by Fee Rise
AUSTRALIA - Queensland pig producers have slammed a new annual fee that some claim could force them out of the industry.