Nonetheless, live sales of cattle and sheep are a small slice of
Australian meat exports, in part because it is easier to slaughter animals in Australia rather than ship them alive to Asia and the Middle East.
Not exact matches
«We have one buyer in China who is struggling to get enough lamb from New Zealand, and he's saying to us, «tell us how much you want to sell and we will take it»,» said Paul Crane,
export manager at V&V Walsh, an
Australian meat processor.
«The live sheep
export trade is essential to the livelihoods of thousands of
Australian sheep
meat producers.
MLA has offices located in these
export markets to promote and grow demand for
Australian red
meat in global markets, and to position
Australian beef, veal, lamb and goatmeat as high quality products that offer enhanced customer enjoyment.
Many
Australian companies that
export to the Middle East have been halal - certified for years, including Kellogg's cereals and many
meat exporters.
Former
Australian Federal Industry Minister for Industry and Science, Mr Ian Macfarlane, second left, performs the official launch ceremony, congratulating the Managing Director of NH foods Australia Mr Takeo Kudo and (right) the General Manager, Overseas Operations Department, Fresh
Meat Business Division, NH Foods Mr Norio Itazaki and (at left) the General Manager of Oakey Beef
Exports Mr Pat Gleeson.
From on - farm, to manufacturing,
exporting and for consumers, we work at all stages of the food supply chain with food companies - in particular the
meat, dairy, horticulture and grains industries, other researchers, the Commonwealth Department of Health and state health and innovation departments to make a difference to the healthiness of foods stocked on
Australian supermarket shelves.
Arcadian Organic and Natural
Meat Co. received the Gold Award for
Export Market Leader by reaching more markets with greater depth and number of export certificates issued (administered by ACO under the Australian government Organic Export Orders program) while creating a 10 year history, driving industry growth in Aust
Export Market Leader by reaching more markets with greater depth and number of
export certificates issued (administered by ACO under the Australian government Organic Export Orders program) while creating a 10 year history, driving industry growth in Aust
export certificates issued (administered by ACO under the
Australian government Organic
Export Orders program) while creating a 10 year history, driving industry growth in Aust
Export Orders program) while creating a 10 year history, driving industry growth in Australia.
Exports last year the industry group put at $ 670 million in beef and $ 240 million in sheep
meat would get a boost from the addition of 15 beef abattoirs to the list of permitted exporters and the establishment of new protocols around the slaughter of
Australian sheep and goats, it said.
«We're trying to cover all our bases and get as many people as possible talking and thinking about non-discriminatory
Australian export access to the UK, and Europe,» said
Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) managing director, Richard Norton.
For more information about key global
export markets for
Australian red
meat, check out MLA's global Market Snapshots.
Animals Australia has implored both the Rudd government and LiveCorp /
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) to at the very least reduce the risks posed to
exported Australian animals by ensuring that they were not onsold to individual buyers - an outcome that they could legitimately achieve through requirements in
export permits and exporter / importer agreements.
will be presenting a petition to end live
export during a joint press conference with Animals Australia, RSPCA Australia and the
Australian Meat Industry Employees Union (AMIEU) in Canberra on Tuesday 31st May 2011 to demand that the Gillard Government immediately halts live
export to Indonesia and commits to a phase out of the live animal
export trade.
«There is concern that the
Australian meat inspection system is not catching the microbiological contaminants in the
meat supply of
exports to the United States,» Food and Water Watch's Tony Corbo said.
Under Section 3 of the
Australian Meat & Livestock Industry (Standards) Order 2005 the holder of a livestock
export licence must not
export livestock except in accordance with ASEL.
Exporters of animal products are required under
Australian law to participate in a national residue management program and
export industries, such the red
meat, pork and seafood industries, use the NRS to satisfy these obligations.
The NRS was established by the
Australian Government in the early 1960s following concerns about pesticide residues in
exported meat.
Australia already
exports halal - accredited chilled and frozen
meat to all relevant countries to which
Australian animals are
exported live for slaughter.
Mr Speaker the economic argument is in fact strongly in favour of banning live animal
exports because of the way the trade is cannibalising the processed
meat industry at the expense of thousands of
Australian jobs.
(a) any conditions to which a livestock
export licence under the AMLI [
Australian Meat and Livestock Industry] Act was subject; and (b) any requirements under that Act that otherwise relate to the
export of livestock.
There is concern that the
Australian meat inspection system is not catching the microbiological contaminants in the
meat supply of
exports to the United States.
The religious dimension of this matter has also been mischievously overcooked by the live animal
export industry, because the fact is that the overwhelming number of relatively affluent Muslims who tend to consume
Australian meat would have no objection to buying that
meat so long as it's been processed in an
Australian Halal certified abattoir.
It beggars belief a succession of
Australian governments have let us down in this way, as does the revelation
Meat and Livestock Australia has been fleecing producers for years, raking in enormous fees off the back of the lie it was looking after the interests of the
Australian live animal
export industry and the beasts it deals with, only to be busted as an irresponsible, incompetent, dishonest and uncaring bunch of cowboys.
In 2016, 1.34 million kangaroos were killed for the commercial industry.2 Some skins and
meat products are used domestically (a proportion of kangaroo
meat goes into the
Australian pet food market), and the rest is
exported to other countries (two thirds to Europe) as leather or
meat for human consumption.3 Kangaroo leather is widely used in the manufacture of sporting shoes and gloves as well as in dress shoes and accessory manufacture.