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Monday, June 08, 2009
Pig Welfare Campaigners Target Pork ConferenceNEW 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 ser...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
PM Needs to be Prime Mover on Sow WelfareNEW 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 SupportNEW 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 NeededNEW 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 ReviewNEW 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 PorkNEW 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 FarmNEW 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 FluNEW 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 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’.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Managing Risk in New Zealand's Pork IndustryNEW ZEALAND - NZPork is carefully monitoring the situation regarding the new strain of H1N1 influenza virus, called swine flu.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
NZFSA Strategy Fights Foodborne SalmonellaNEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) has launched its plan to reduce the incidence of Salmonella in food. There are 1,274 cases reported to public health units a year, or...
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Pork Health Standards a Swine of a DecisionNEW ZEALAND - The release of provisional health standards for imported pork has got Federated Farmers deeply concerned about the biosecurity precedent this recommendation sets.
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Risk from MAF’s New Pork Import StandardsNEW ZEALAND - New Zealand MAF’s release of provisional import health standards will allow pigmeat containing the PRRS virus to be widely distributed in New Zealand, according to New Zealand Pork.
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Provisional Import Health Standards for Pig MeatNEW ZEALAND - MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) today issued provisional Import Heath Standards (IHSs) for pig meat, pig meat products and by-products from Canada, the EU, Mexico and the USA.
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
NZ Not Up to British Pig Farming StandardNEW ZEALAND - New Zealand consumers are confused about the welfare of pigs reared in their country, following the latest Jamie Oliver expose about pork farming (TV One, Tuesday, 24 February 8.30pm).
Monday, February 23, 2009
NZ Welfare Group Welcomes UK TV ShowNEW ZEALAND - A TV programme on pig welfare, shown in the UK last month, is to be aired tomorrow (24 February) in New Zealand, and welfare campaigners say it should be a wake-up call for local pig producers....
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.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Pork Consumption Grows Despite DifficultiesNEW ZEALAND - “The most difficult of the last 30 years” is how Chris Trengrove describes 2008 in New Zealand Pork’s recently released Annual Report. “Biofuels, a commodity boom, drought, losses,...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Consumers Show Penchant for NZ-Grown PorkNEW ZEALAND - A New Zealand Pork report shows that more people prefer to purchase Kiwi-made pork.
Monday, December 15, 2008
NZ Consumers Reject Imported PorkNEW ZEALAND - Consumers are beginning to reject imported pork and favour local product, according to the latest import figures.
Friday, December 12, 2008
More Animal Welfare Resources Called forNEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Veterinary Association (NZVA) is supporting a proposal from the Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) for more animal welfare resources.
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
NZ Pork Industry to Turn Waste into BiogasNEW ZEALAND - A new project launched yesterday (2 December 2008) will look at the potential to turn pig manure on New Zealand farms into energy, significantly reducing harmful greenhouse gas (GHG) emi...
Friday, November 28, 2008
Weathering the Storm: The Fate of MeatNEW ZEALAND - The longer-term outlook is positive for New Zealand’s livestock producers, who are well-placed to over-come short-term challenges and weather the storm created by the current financial...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Antibiotic Sales Show Little ChangeNEW ZEALAND - Total sales of prescription veterinary medicines containing antibiotics in New Zealand in the 2006/07 year have decreased to levels similar to the 2002/03 year, and are down 11.9 per cent...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Green Light for Pig Tissue TransplantsNEW ZEALAND - The health minister has permitted the use of pig cells to be used in transplants to help diabetes patients.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
NZ Annual Welfare Report ReleasedNEW ZEALAND - The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) issued its 2007 Annual Report today.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Future of Proposed Piggery to be DeterminedNEW ZEALAND - The future of the proposed $25 million piggery near Himatangi will be determined at a meeting between stakeholders this week.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Kiwi's Eat More PorkNEW ZEALAND - Each New Zealander has eaten half a kilogram more of fresh pork every year for the last five years.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Pig Breeding Boosted for Transplant TissueNEW ZEALAND - An entrepreneur of biotechnology, seeking ministerial approval of Auckland experiments to implant pig tissues in diabetes patients, is ramping up its production of piglets to kill for transplant...
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