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Latest Global Pig Industry News
News from New Zealand
Monday, November 02, 2009
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...
Monday, October 05, 2009
Survey to Look at Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) has embarked on a new project as part of efforts to keep down levels of antibiotic resistant bacteria in the human food chain.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Farmers Urged to Follow Product Label Instructions NEW 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.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
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.
Friday, August 28, 2009
NZ Pork Import Plan Gets Industry Worried NEW 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 Imports NEW 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 Rules NEW ZEALAND - The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) has granted an independent review of provisional Import Health Standard for pork.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
NZPork: Vote to Give Consumers Clarity and Choice NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand Pork announced a three-pronged strategy focused on consumer choice, confidence and continuing action on animal welfare following its AGM in Christchurch yesterday.
Monday, July 20, 2009
New Zealand Industry Challenged over Welfare NEW ZEALAND - Consumers have genuine concerns about the way their food is produced, and the New Zealand pig meat industry needs to pay attention to their concerns.
Pork Industry Urged to Act on Animal Welfare NEW ZEALAND - The pork industry should address consumer concerns about animal welfare and reductions to the length of time sows can be kept in dry stalls need to kick in sooner, Agriculture Minister David...
Monday, July 13, 2009
Pigs at Risk of Contracting A/H1N1 Flu NEW ZEALAND - "Pigs at risk from people as new flu spreads" citing authoritative scientific sources is the title of a recent news report. "With the increasing numbers of human infections, a spillover of...
Friday, July 03, 2009
Welfare Laws Fail Pigs Miserably NEW ZEALAND - An official MAF report reveals current pig welfare legislation is strongly at odds with the views of the Prime Minister, the Minister of Agriculture and the majority of the New Zealand public...
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Demand for Free-range Pork Soars After TV Expose NEW ZEALAND - Demand for free range-pork is rocketing with consumer concern for the welfare of pigs, say producers.
Monday, June 08, 2009
Pig Welfare Campaigners Target Pork Conference NEW ZEALAND - Pig welfare has become a serious concern for the New Zealand public however animal advocates say the pig industry remains ‘pigheaded’ and is not taking the welfare of the animals serious...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
PM Needs to be Prime Mover on Sow Welfare NEW ZEALAND - The Green Party is calling on the Prime Minister John Key to intervene on the issue of sow crates.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Free Range Pig Farmers Deserve COOL Support NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand pig farmers that are practising humane free-range animal management practices deserve the benefit of Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling (M-COOL), and inhumane farmers need...
Greens Say Pork Labelling Urgently Needed NEW ZEALAND - The Prime Minister needs to step in and requite the clear labelling of pork products so consumers can act in good conscience and buy humanely reared pork, Green Animal Welfare Spokesperson...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Minister Urges Top Priority for Pig Code Review NEW ZEALAND - Agriculture Minister David Carter has asked the review of the 2005 Code of Welfare for pigs to be a top priority for the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee.
No Plan to Develop Free-range Brand for Pork NEW ZEALAND - The Pork Industry Board does not plan to use free-range branding for pork, despite public concern over meat sources.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Industry Supports Investigation of TV Pig Farm NEW ZEALAND - A TV programme aired yesterday showing sows in stalls has caused a great deal of controversy.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
NZ Pork Sellers Not Worried by H1N1 Flu NEW ZEALAND - Influenza A (H1N1) might have triggered some dramatic responses overseas but New Zealanders have not been led by the nose when it comes to eating pork.
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Pork Consumption Steady Despite H1N1 Influenza NEW 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’.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Managing Risk in New Zealand's Pork Industry NEW ZEALAND - NZPork is carefully monitoring the situation regarding the new strain of H1N1 influenza virus, called swine flu.

