Grant to grow industry welfare standard

Sunprok has received a $2.89 million grant to help improve animal welfare practices across the industry. Federal Member for Farrer Sussan Ley said the federal grant would help SunPork, Australia’s largest pork producer, work towards eliminating the practice of tail removal from pigs. “On this proposal SunPork will join with its research partners at pig…

ASF virus detected in Hong Kong wild pig

A Wild pig found dead in Hong Kong has tested positive for the African swine fever virus. The region had been free of the disease since May and it is the first detection in a wild animal in the region. According to the official report to the World Organisation for Animal Health, a carcass was…

APL reclaims International Bacon Day

An initiative by Australian Pork Limited to reclaim International Bacon Day has created a stir across the nation. In the lead up to September 4, the tongue in cheek campaign dropped the ‘Inter’ to celebrate ‘National Bacon Day’ as a reminder to shoppers to do the ‘Aussie check’ for the country-of-origin label when buying smallgoods.…

October 2021

October 2021 edition headlines Preparing your feral pig management plan Virtual tour of the pork supply chain launches Concise notice of AGM 2021 Notice of meeting AGM 2021 ACCC concerned about JBS buying Rivalea APL 2021 webinar series Progress assessing feed ingredients Aussie Pumps Asian export action Meat industry in the dark on Melbourne workforce…