Malta Meat Production Shoots Up by 14.5%
MALTA - The country's meat production volume rose by 14.5%, while its producer value shot up by 8.9% during the first quarter of the year.

More Protests at Pig Farm Permit
MALTA - The granting of a permit to a large-scale pig farm, to be built between Magħtab and Salina, next to residences clearly highlighted the Malta Environment and Planning Authority's lack of regulations to protect residents' health, Flimkien għal...

Pig Farm Permit Angers Locals
MALTA - Malta's Environment and Planning Authority has approved outline permission for a pig production site, close by 10 other farms

More pigs on farms
MALTA - During the end of 2006 a comprehensive pig head count was undertaken. The reference date of the head count was 1 December.

Pork producers ‘not getting money promised’
MALTA - The government was not giving out the e800,000 it had promised to pork producers before Malta joined the European Union, Labour MEP Joseph Muscat said.

Over Lm400,000 invested in Marsa slaughterhouse
MALTA - Parliamentary Secretary Dr. Francis Agius has stated that over Lm400,000 (€933,985 ) will be invested in the Marsa slaughterhouse throughout 2007.

Butchers face pork shortage as breeders halt slaughter
MALTA - The government denied it was paying 3c less per kilo for pork as the Pig Breeders Cooperative kept up its protest by refraining from slaughtering pigs.

Ministry panicked by revelation of animal welfare irregularities
MALTA - The detailed audit report indicates numerous faults that breach EU pig slaughtering regulations, most of which are causing unnecessary pain and suffering to the animals, and potential health hazards to the slaughterers.

Government slaughter houses found treating animals appalingly
MALTA - A shocking report which reached the ministry for rural affairs and environment in September exposes appalling animal welfare practices at government-run farms and slaughter houses.

Malta's 3rd Qtr Meat Production Drops 17%
MALTA - During the third quarter of 2006, total meat production in Malta dropped by 16.8% in comparison to the same period last year.

Pig Stock Getting Smaller
MALTA - The pig stock last year dropped by five per cent over 2004, data released by the National Statistics office showed. There were 73,025 heads last December, that is 3,828 pigs fewer than the 76,853 pigs recorded in the annual pig survey of 2004,...

Malta Meat Production down in 2005
MALTA - During the first quarter of 2005, the total meat production amounted to 3,561 tonnes, a drop of 1,277 tonnes (-26.4 per cent), when compared to the same period last year. Data published by the National Statistics Office (NSO) show that...