Quality assurance in the Australian pig industry
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
11-1995
Conference Title
Fifth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association
Place of Publication
Canberra
ISBN
0 646 25622 x
ISSN
1324-9177
Keywords
pigs, swine, pork, meat quality
Disciplines
Meat Science | Other Animal Sciences
Abstract
A pilot quality assurance (QA) program aimed at reducing antibiotic residues in Australian pigmeat was started in early 1995. The program is an initiative of the Pig Research and Development Corporation, and is being co-ordinated by the Western Australian Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with Paul Higgins, a veterinarian from Victoria. The program is similar to the US Pork Producers Quality Assurance Program (Sundberg and Henry, 1995), but uses a quality standard to which producers will be audited by an independent third party. Australian producers will benefit from QA programs by reducing their costs of production, improving herd health, improving carcase consistency and quality, improving the competitiveness of pork and protecting the domestic and export markets from drug residues.
Recommended Citation
Skirrow, S Z,
Ryan, P,
Paterson, A M,
and
Higgins, P.
(1995), Quality assurance in the Australian pig industry, Fifth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association, Canberra, pp.253-253.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/conf_papers/251
