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We have some important updates in the members' area about the ongoing animal rights activity targeting the pig sector. 

Tributes have been paid to Malcolm Easey, founder of MJ & JA Easey, Easey Pigs Limited and Easey Herds Limited, who died on Sunday. 

It is with great sadness that the Easey family have announced the death of Malcolm Easey on January 29, 2017, following a brief illness bravely borne.

Antibiotic-free labels can be 'very misleading', the NPA has warned in a new briefing on the increasingly prominent topic. 

Work has started on a new state-of-the-art pig farm in Northern Ireland which is set to become one of the largest in the UK.

The BMPA has linked with food safety and certification providers Acoura to give its Pork Scheme members a 'wider choice”' of audit providers.

The latest retail sales data for pigmeat showed mixed results for the last quarter of 2016, with pork sales down but bacon and sausage volumes up.

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has spoken out over US President Donald Trump’s travel ban, after a UK vet was caught up in it. 

The NPA will be seeking assurances about the impact of Tesco’s takeover of Booker on the pork supply chain.

The NPA has written to national newspapers that printed misleading stories over the links between the PMSG hormone and British meat.