The need to provide government and key stakeholders with the most recent figures, along with AMPC's requirement for updated figures to help shape insights and communications, triggered this report. A deeper investigation into the industry’s contribution is of benefit for a greater understanding by stakeholders, and fosters a consumer and policy environment that is supportive of the industry.

Topics: red meat, research, Economics, labour

The structure of Australia’s red meat industry is under review and your views as industry members are sought before submissions close at 5:00pm AEDT Friday 14 March 2019.

Topics: red meat, Taskforce, RMI, MOU, Green Paper, Collaboration, Change

The Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC) today welcomed the release of the Australian Labor Party’s (ALP), Red Meat Strategy Discussion Paper.

Topics: red meat, government, regulation, ALP, election, strategy, paper, labor

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: red meat, TPP, trade, government, Economics

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

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: innovation, AMPC, red meat, research, government

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, AMPC, red meat, research, meat science

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

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

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

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

The Australian red meat industry is set to benefit from the new Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) that has recently been signed on March 8, 2018 in Santiago, Chile by the trade ministers of the eleven countries party to the agreement.

Topics: 2018, AMPC, red meat, TPP, trade