Midland Pig Producers wins national farming award for innovation
MPP was announced winner of the Food & Farming Industry Awards’ coveted Enterprise and Innovation title after demonstrating its dedication to advancing animal welfare standards and enhancing pig production techniques. The Awards, organised by Farm Business, were hosted at the House of Commons by Tiverton & Honiton MP Neil Parish and featured political commentator and […]
Supermarkets step up to the mark after Horsegate
The Porkwatch survey, which is conducted every two months, records the number of product lines that supermarkets allocate to British pork and pork products. All retailers have increased their British lines in some categories and some have improved across the board, selling more British pork, bacon, ham and sausages. “These results show that retailers […]
Retailers edging towards next food scandal
NPA has noted a number of pork, bacon and gammon lines being switched back to imported product, because it is marginally cheaper. It is not naming the retailers concerned until it has had meetings with them to find out their reasons for retreating from their post-Horsegate promises to introduce short supply chains. Since the heat […]
We’re backing Britain, says NPA
The association is throwing its weight behind the Back British Farming Charter launched yesterday by the National Farmers Union, which calls for shoppers, food companies and politicians to help reverse the decline in the nation’s food self-sufficiency. “Around 60 percent of the pork products we eat in this country — including bacon, sausages and ham […]
NPA calls for food companies to ban all imports from ‘medieval’ farms
Therefore retailers and food manufacturers must continue to be vigilant, warns Britain’s National Pig Association. It argues that British consumers expect all imported pork and pork products to be traceable back to farms that comply with the European Union’s January 2013 ban on the full-time use of sow stalls. According to new data from the […]
Midland Pig Producers welcomes RSPCA approval of ground-breaking pen
The 360° Freedom Farrower, created by Staffordshire-based Midland Pig Producers (MPP), is an innovative concept in farrowing pen design allowing the sow to move around freely while continuing to protect the piglets and the handlers. Traditional farrowing crates were banned by the RSPCA under their Freedom Food Farm Assurance Codes because they prevent the sow […]
NPA calls for help keeping deadly disease out of Britain
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus has been present in this country in a mild form for over 40 years. But new strains which have spread from China to the United States are wiping out whole generations of newly-born pigs — and there is no effective treatment. It is essential the new strains are kept out of […]
British pig farmers need gentle and gradual growth to reduce Britain’s import bill
It will also mean more environmentally-friendly farming, and it will help maintain the nation’s reputation for being one of the world’s highest-welfare pig producing countries. Currently British farms produce only 40 per cent of Britain’s pork and pork products, the rest being imported from countries where pigs are generally produced more intensively. NPA would like […]
“Exercise Compliance” will check for illegal pigmeat
National Pig Association’s “Exercise Compliance” follows the outstanding success of its website Wall of Fame, where the nation’s top retailers and brands have pledged not to sell pork or pork products from continental farms that are flouting the European sow stalls ban. Even though they were given ten years’ notice, over 60 percent of European […]
