European Antibiotic Awareness Day, which is taking place today, has been marked by a call for collaborative action involving policymakers, scientists, industry, veterinarians, farmers, medical professionals,…
Month: November 2015
The return of pig levy to the Scottish industry is a “very welcome opportunity” to relaunch promotional efforts on behalf of the country’s Specially Selected Pork…
MSD Animal Health is to acquire Harrisvaccines, the privately-owned company that produced the first conditionally licensed vaccine to help control Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea Virus (PEDv). “Combining…
Private storage aid (PSA) for pigmeat will be put into effect “early in the New Year” according to European farm commissioner, Phil Hogan (pictured above). He…
A Christmas “GammonWatch” campaign has been unveiled by the National Pig Association (NPA) to help name and shame retailers that fail to provide customers with a…
A ‘smart’ medical dressing that changes colour when it detects infection will not only improve treatments for burns patients but could also help combat the problem…
Red Tractor Assurance (RTA) has reported that its largest ever on-pack promotion has been a phenomenal success, massively raising public awareness of the Red Tractor scheme.…
Kit form piggeries, sold for producers to assemble themselves, are proving increasingly popular says ARM Buildings. “Larger producers often have their own maintenance staff who are…
A new online tool to support farmers in making “informed choices” has been launched by the European Commission (EC), including a 16-page unit covering pigmeat. Called…
The UK pigmeat market is hugely under-provided with domestically produced loins and legs and massively over-provided with heads, tails and trotters, a carcase balance issue which…