In a damning report published today, the National Audit Office finds that Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) are insufficiently prepared for a major animal disease outbreak and would ...

The UK’s risk rating status for BSE has been downgraded to negligible by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), in ...

Boehringer Ingelheim has released a patented bottle system that enables the mixing of two fresh vaccines, Ingelvac ...

Pork pastry products such as sausage rolls are seeing a surge in sales, as consumers appreciate the ‘strong value for money ...

The report concludes that Brazilian and European pork are likely to benefit from US-China trade disruption. It notes that ...

“Zinc oxide almost acted like a sticky plaster — masking underlying problems in piglet health. Now that it’s been removed, we ...

New Fair Dealing Obligations (Pigs) Regulations have been signed into law by ministers, with the intention of ensuring pig ...

China remains the UK’s biggest export market for pork. In 2024 the UK exported £161 million worth of pig meat to China. In ...

Six recipients have been presented with pig industry-sponsored scholarships at Harper Adams University by Hugh Crabtree, ...

The volume of UK pork exports in the first quarter of 2025 increased by 4% year on year, driven by higher volumes to China. A ...

Mr Mackintosh has been serving as interim chair of Red Tractor since Christine Tacon stepped down from the role in July 2024.

African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks in domestic pigs across the EU declined by 83% to 333 in 2024, according to the European ...