Australia has ratified the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP-11) giving red meat processors greater market access, and better business and investment opportunities.

Topics: government, TPP, trade, red meat, Economics

It was with great pleasure that Mark Richard, Meat Industry Teacher, TAFE Queensland was presented with the 2018 Eddie Andriessen Award at this year's Meat Inspection and Quality Assurance (MI&QA) Conference in Surfers Paradise.

Topics: AMIC, mintrac, training, MI&QA, Awards

AMPC has teamed up with Curtin University’s School of Molecular and Life Sciences to tackle the $1.2 billion economic impact of food-borne diseases by developing a simple, efficient and more accurate genetic test that signals the presence of pathogens through a simple colour indicator.

Topics: meat science, research, AMPC, red meat, Awards, innovation

The Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC) welcomes the announcement by the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, the Hon. David Littleproud MP, to review the nation’s rural innovation sector.

Topics: AMPC, red meat, research, government, innovation

Are you a young agricultural scientist, innovator or researcher with a big idea to help improve the sustainability and efficiency of the red meat processing sector?

Topics: Awards, Grants, ABARES, red meat, AMPC, research, meat science

Do you know an emerging leader in the red meat processing industry who is looking to take their leadership capability to the next level?

Topics: AMPC, ARLP, Scholarships, innovation, leadership, training

A new method to reduce E. coli and potential pathogenic bacteria in beef is this week undergoing further testing at the JBS abattoir at Scone, New South Wales.

Topics: red meat, innovation, beef, research, MLA, AMPC, meat science

Last week, the city of Melbourne hosted the 64th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology (ICoMST), one of the most important annual events on the meat industry calendar. 

Topics: ICoMST, beef, meat science, research, sheep, lamb, red meat, innovation, 2018

AMPC had the opportunity to attend the 2018 LambEx conference in Perth last week, alongside our exhibition partners AMIC, MINTRAC and AUS-MEAT. It was great to work alongside these important industry bodies, sharing some of our research highlights and facilitating valuable conversations with AMPC and AMIC members about industry issues.

Topics: AMPC, red meat, agriculture, lambex2018, lamb, sheep, 2018, mintrac, ausmeat, AMIC

Nominations are now open for the 2018 Eddie Andriessen Award, recognising significant contribution to Meat Inspection and Quality Assurance (MI&QA) in Australia in areas such as R&D, training or professional development of meat safety/QA personnel in the Australian meat industry.

Topics: mintrac, AMPC, Awards

AMPC and MINTRAC have recently completed work on a series of short, sharp online videos which can be used by red meat processing companies and trainers to support induction, careers promotion, commencement of training, and refresher training. The videos are now available in five different languages (Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino and Portuguese).

Each video is accompanied by worksheets, also available in multiple languages (contact MINTRAC at mintrac@mintrac.com.au). 

Topics: training, mintrac, beef, sheep, lamb, AMPC, red meat, animal welfare

If you’re interested in upskilling your knowledge on microbiological meat testing, be sure to register to attend MINTRAC’s Meat Micro workshop in Wagga Wagga from May 24-25.

Topics: AMPC, mintrac, training, workshop