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... australian pork ltd’s annual australian ham week, 3-10 july, kicks off again with the winners of the nationwide quest to name the country’s very best australian ham ... apl, the national representative body for pork producers, said the week was an opportunity to celebrate australia’s excellent home-made ham, and for consumers to take advantage of its australian porkmark trademarked label to identify wholly australian pork products ... current labelling for ham and other smallgoods products can be misleading, or at the least, confusing,” says andrew spencer ceo of australian pork limited (apl), the nation’s representative body for pork producers ... “for example ‘made in australia’ does not mean the product is made from australian grown pork, only that it has been manufactured here ... but the pink porkmark clearly distinguishes the pork as being made from australian pork - from god’s country, not god knows where ... ” the hot pink, ‘fail-safe’ identification sticker allows consumers to easily identify products made from 100 percent australian pork, produced in line with australian health and safety practices ... to date, there are over 318 butchers and smallgoods producers licensed to carry the australian porkmark on their product

... in a world first, the australian pork industry voted today to voluntarily phase out the use of gestation or sow stalls by 2017 ... the vote, held yesterday at the annual general meeting (agm) of australian pork limited (apl), the industry’s peak representative body, is a major step for australian pork producers ... “to successfully achieve this outcome by 2017, pork farmers will require support from regulators, political stake holders, the retail sector, consumers and the general community ... ” as a result of the vote, apl will start a round of meetings with state and federal agriculture ministers to brief them on the voluntary phase out and what this step means for australian pork farmers ... coles has announced a phasing out of sow-stall pork products, including ham and bacon, from australian and overseas suppliers by 2014 ... on a global footing, yesterday’s historic vote propels australian pork producers onto the world stage as leaders in animal welfare policy development ... it also provides the marketing opportunity for australian pork to differentiate itself against its global competitors who continue to use gestation stalls ... “today’s vote comes after extensive industry consultation in which producers at meetings across the country were given the opportunity to express their views on this very important issue ... animal welfare group animals australia welcomed the move by the industry, and urged concerned producers to act as soon as possible ... “coles responded to consumer concerns by gaining a commitment from their producers to end the use of sow stalls by 2014, so we call on other australian producers to also meet this date,” spokeswoman glenys oogjes said

... the original cross was made by adrian russell of plant research nz ltd and the population was selected for release by mr moore, with funding from the pork cooperative research centre of australia (pork crc) ... “the variety was also produced to provide pork producers in the region with a reliable protein source but can, subject to meeting specification, also be used in the human consumption market

... coles has announced a plan to phase out the use of sow stalls by its producers by the end of 2014, with the first shipments of cage-free pork in the coles butcher line beginning next year ... coles already offers sow stall-free pork in the otway, linley valley, and kr branded outdoor reared ranges ... the announcement coincides with the addition of new free-range pork products in the coles’ finest range, developed in conjunction with the rspca ... “for a number of months now, coles has been working on plans with our pork producers to phase out sow stalls ... “the rspca has always said that to have a meaningful impact on pig welfare we need humane pork products on every supermarket shelf across australia ... to take pork produced from pigs in sow stalls off the shelves of a major retailer is a huge step towards achieving that,” said ms neil ... “the rspca believes we can all enjoy a pork roast and still care about the pig that provided it ... we encourage shoppers to look for rspca approved pork – our guarantee that those products were produced by pigs that were treated humanely ... coles finest free range pork products will be available in 60 coles outlets in nsw, victoria and the act from today

... in a bid to help confused australian consumers and in a fight back for the country’s embattled pork producers, australian ham week will be launched today (5 july) ... australian pork producers have for some time now been battling against the flood of subsidised imports from denmark, for bacon and the us and canada for leg meat (ham) ... more than $10 million worth of pork imports, or over 2 ... 6 million kilograms of frozen pork, arrives by boat in australia every week ... the initiative to do this has been launched by the australian pork industry producer body, australian pork limited (apl), and has been called australian ham week ... as an essential part of the yuletide feast, central to christmas in july celebrations and throughout the ensuing cold months, australian ham week will not only showcase quality, australian ham but raises awareness of the importance of supporting the local australian pork industry ... open to all smallgoods processors that make their ham from australian grown pork, the entries for australian porkmark ham awards for excellence were divided into two categories: bone-in and boneless; and judged against key criteria, including appearance, texture, aroma and taste

... dr roger campbell, ceo of australia’s pork cooperative research centre (crc), is increasingly convinced that fresh australian pork has a range of largely untapped health and nutrition attributes ... ”there’s just something about pork,” he said, after welcoming almost 500 people to the 2010 pan pacific pork expo (pppe) on queensland’s gold coast ... the pork crc supports research into such pork qualities as its role in improving thiamine status and reducing heart disease and type two diabetes, plus the possible benefits of its selenium content and its effect on satiety ... “these are just some of the things we’re studying, researching and reviewing, particularly as part of pork crc program three, which is managed by heather channon of apl,” dr campbell said ... “everything we do is really about health, as we need a healthy animal to feed nutritious pork to enhance human health, while maintaining a healthy environment and a healthy economic platform to support investment and capture value for stakeholders up and down the chain, from producers to consumers ... ” a central theme of the pork crc’s bid for a second term is a commitment to refine and focus its attention on motivating and up-skilling australia’s pork industry to produce pork more efficiently, more ethically, more sustainably and more economically ... in keeping with the 2010 pppe theme, ‘next generation pork - finding the balance’, the pork crc sponsored ‘pork power’ a day two concurrent session which analysed the importance of maintaining healthy pork for a healthy market ... associate professor karen charlton, school of health sciences, wollongong university, nsw, revealed that pork had a more positive effect on pyy, one of the human hormones controlling appetite, than chicken and a similar effect on satiety, or feeling of fullness, as lean beef and chicken ... with two thirds of adult australians obese and childhood obesity increasing, this represented a new marketing opportunity for the pork industry in the context of consumer demand for foods to improve health and wellbeing

... meanwhile, in new york trading yesterday shares in smithfield foods, the world’s largest pork processor and tyson foods fell on fears that the outbreak will lead consumers to shun pork products ... pork consumption fears of a collapse in pork consumption have prompted safety re-assurances from, tom vilsack, us agriculture secretary ... “second, i want to reiterate the same message to our trading partners - our pork and pork products are safe ... the discovery of this virus in humans is not a basis for restricting imports of commercially produced us pork and pork products ... ” the national pork producers council (nppc) has confirmed that us pigs have not been infected with the virus and early investigations reveal that none of the people infected had contact with pigs ... tyson foods also acted swiftly to try to re-assure it customers: “o ur pork products are safe, ” it said in a statement ... the company has no pork processing operations or pig farms in mexico only poultry operations, it confirmed ... china and russia have banned pork imports from mexico and three us states that have reported cases of swine flu

... and, the safeguards the fsai brought with it swung into action over the irish pork dioxin crisis in december with a mandatory recall of all pork products putting consumer safety ahead of the priorities of the pork producers; the swift risk assessment opinion from efsa also helped to contain the crisis and restore consumer confidence in irish pork ... moreover, unlike the usda and the fda, these agencies have the power to require producers to recall their products when there is reason to believe they might be contaminated