VIDEO surveillance systems will become a mandatory requirement from 2026 under the processing industry’s Australian Animal Welfare Certification System, the Australian Meat Industry Council announced yesterday…Read More
Sheep Central, March 12, 2024METROPOLITAN meat processor access to the expanded Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme has been welcomed by the sector’s peak body…Read More
Terry Sim, December 16, 2022SHEEP meat is the first target of South American processing giant Athena Foods’ investment in Australian red meat processing as part of an expansion move driven by a planned public listing on the New York Stock Exchange. ..Read More
Jon Condon, September 23, 2020VICTORIAN abattoir Cedar Meats was not initially considered an exposure site for COVID-19 until late last month, despite its first worker being diagnosed with coronavirus on 2 April…Read More
Terry Sim, May 6, 2020BROOKLYN sheep meat, goat and veal abattoir Cedar Meats is planning to resume operations in about two weeks, despite battling the biggest COVID-19 cluster in the nation…Read More
Terry Sim, May 5, 2020WEST Melbourne meat processor and exporter Cedar Meats has been confirmed as the location of Victoria’s latest COVID-19 cluster, with a total of 34 coronavirus cases up to this morning…Read More
Terry Sim, May 4, 2020AUSTRALIA’S first 2019/20 summer lamb and mutton contracts were released today by Thomas Foods International as the company moves to secure future supplies for its Tamworth plant…Read More
Terry Sim, October 31, 2019MEETING demand for niche red meat processing and service kill capacity in South Australia is a key driver behind a proposed new $70 million abattoir development at Port Pirie…Read More
LOCAL investors have funded an advanced concept design, feasibility study, development application and land purchase for a proposed abattoir at Guyra in New South Wales…Read More
James Nason, October 4, 2019More than 100 abattoirs have closed across Australia since the 1980s, including 16 in the past decade. Against that backdrop, why the sudden interest in building new abattoirs, and are the proposals realistic?..Read More
James Nason, October 2, 2019PEAK meat processor body the Australian Meat Industry Council is seeking drought support for processors affected by the continuing drought…Read More
Sheep Central, September 27, 2019SEVERAL regional meat processing operations could soon be facing water supply challenges if there is no reprieve to the severe drought conditions gripping eastern and northern Australia…Read More
James Nason and Terry Sim, September 18, 2019