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Allowing imports of products like chlorine-washed chicken in a post-Brexit trade deal could negatively impact the UK meat industry, research shows.

National Pig Association (NPA) chairman Richard Lister has written to Prime Minister Theresa May voicing his support for her Withdrawal Agreement.

An additional 1.4 million primary shoppers would buy Red Tractor food following the assurance scheme’s autumn advertising campaign, polling shows.

Pig producers are being invited to join the new Pig Health Scheme, the successor to the British Pig Health Scheme (BPHS). 

A lively Young NPA National event discussed how the pig industry can get ‘on the front foot’ in its communications to the media and wider public.

Belgium’s African swine fever (ASF) restriction zone has been expanded slightly to create an additional buffer zone.

The US pork industry has insisted the UK must accept US standards under any post-Brexit trade deal.

AHDB has revealed the identity of the two successful contractors who will run the new Pig Health Scheme.

Mike Sheldon is to remain as chair of the Red Tractor Pork board for another year, after the assurance scheme failed to appoint a replacement.

The pig industry is seeking funding for a major new project that would deliver a co-ordinated cross-industry approach to PRRS control.