Final Report

An updated guide to help producers, agents, buyers and transporters decide if an animal is fit to be loaded for transport by road or rail has been released by Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA).

Australian beef will take centre stage over the next week as international chefs converge on Sydney and regional NSW as part of the inaugural Aussie Beef Mates delegation between 28 May – 2 June.

Over the past month, rainfall has been below average in SA, Victoria and parts of southern NSW.

​Non-penetrating percussive stunning is used widely in Australian abattoirs to comply with halal standards.  However, there is evidence in literature that non-penetrating percussive stunning does not always deliver an effective stun, and therefore the animals receiving ineffective stuns are likely to suffer pain during the neck cut and bleed-out phase....

A major constraint to the profitability of the sheep-meat industry is the relatively small size and yield of lean muscle mass from carcasses. However, increasing muscling of lamb carcases has been generally associated with adverse effects on meat tenderness. In particular, the Callipyge mutation (in the US), a genetic mutation...

European Union accredited

An early adopter, Western Australian beef producer Graham Ayres has been MSA registered since its inception in 1998, driven by a commitment to quality and to give his business a competitive edge.

Feral Animals cost more than 700 million to Australian economy every year. The current measures such as baiting, trapping & shooting are not selective or targeted. The non-selective nature leads to high operational costs and by-catch which impact native species. There is no way to measure effectiveness of the money...

A number of overseas, and export, markets for sheep slaughter sheep without prior stunning (particularly for the Kosher and Halal markets).  A variety of restraint devices are in use in commercial meat processing facilities in Australia and overseas, but there are no clear guidelines of which would constitute 'best practice'...