​Post mortem cut ageing is an important part of the Meat Standards Australia Australia (MSA) prediction model however presents challenges in relation to developing precise estimates due to the interactions with factors such as; animal genetics, muscle calpastatin levels, HGP use, pH and temperature during ageing which are all likely...

​A number of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) affect people and animals. Australia enjoys freedom from TSEs, of which BSE (Mad Cow Disease) and Scrapie of sheep are of most interest to the livestock industries. BSE has never been recorded in Australia, whereas Scrapie occurred once, in imported sheep on a...

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).

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

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

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.

​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....

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.