Meat quality

The National Pork Industry Forum will be held on 4-6 March 2020 in Kansas City; producers will discuss successes and future direction.

Pork quality is an important factor influencing consumers purchasing decisions.

Reports from China indicate that a number of slaughterhouses have been closed down for illegally processing pork from dead and sick pigs.

The Scientific Director with Dalhousie University suggests, as the competition among the various proteins heats up, pork will retain the advantage of being natural, unprocessed and affordable.

The new Interim Executive of the Pig Farmers’ Association has been in office for only three months, but they have already given clear indication of their determination to make a major impact on the industry.

The Chair of the Canadian Pork Council expects the movement of Canadian pork to China to eclipse the pace set prior to China's suspension of Canadian pork imports in June.

Innovative butchery has developed 35 new pork cuts from the front section of the carcase, which accounts for around a third of it.

RSPCA Australia have recently launched new initiatives aiming to educate consumers on their quality assurance scheme and the standards of welfare applied in Australian pig farms.

Six sites in Britain have been given official approval to export trotters to China in a new agreement announced.

AHDB has launched the latest version of its leading tool, the Meat Purchasing Guide, as a digital edition with 170 pork cuts now added.

A National Pork Board report reveals the steps food retailers and packers must take to connect with influential Hispanic consumers who represent the biggest growth opportunity of the next several decades.

New tools being developed to improve and standardise the classification of Canadian pork will improve the ability of processors to meet the quality demands of international customers.

Spain’s health ministry issued an international alert over the country’s biggest ever listeriosis outbreak on Wednesday as the number of people affected rose to 150, including one fatality.

The National Pork Producers Council has released a response to the recent New York Times article, detailing all of the key facts they say were omitted from the story.

A new report from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) describes how a combination of factors have led to hundreds of NSW pig farmers having to sell their stock and leave the pig industry.

As routine castration causes unnecessary distress and pain for piglets, alternative strategies to reduce boar taint are being deployed, but what are the pros and cons of these strategies?

An historic trade deal between the European Union and South American trade bloc Mercosur last week is lifting expectations.

Along with a host of other applications for the pork sector, the highly sensitive scanning technique of hyperspectral imaging promises to make food impurities a thing of the past.

The Pig Site speaks to meat quality expert, Brandon Fields, about the key factors influencing pork quality and how consumer eating habits are shaping meat science.

New tools being developed to improve and standardise the classification of Canadian pork will improve the ability of processors to meet the quality demands of international customers.