News
13th Jul 2017
Job advert on the forum
An advert for a livestock trader account manager has been posted on the forum.
13th Jul 2017
Gloucester wild boar hits the headlines
The burgeoning Forest of Dean wild boar population is becoming ever bolder, if images posted by Gloucester police are anything to go by.
13th Jul 2017
French pig farmers take CIWF to court over 'illegal' boycott call
CIWF is being sued by French pig farmers who claim the charity's message not buy meat from 'intensive farms' amounts to an illegal call for a boycott.
12th Jul 2017
Parish re-elected as EFRA chair
Devon MP Neil Parish has been re-elected as chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee.
12th Jul 2017
NPA responds to EFSA Hepatitis E opinion
The NPA has stressed that the risk of Hepatitis E infection from thoroughly cooked pork remains low in response to EFSA's latest opinion on the virus.
11th Jul 2017
Defra and HSA to fund research into pig stunning methods
The NPA has responsed to news that funding is being made available for research into alternatives to carbon dioxide (CO2) to stun pigs.
11th Jul 2017
Early Day Motion backs British pig welfare standards
An Commons Early Day Motion (EDM) highlighting the need to maintain British farm animal welfare standards after we leave the EU has been tabled.
11th Jul 2017
Forum entry - Chris Brant didn't do apathy
Richard Longthorp, chair of the Chris Brant Award judging panel, has reminded members there is still time to get your nomination in.
11th Jul 2017
Red Tractor vets must be PVS members from October 1
Members of the Red Tractor pigs scheme have been reminded that all vets registered under the scheme must be members of the PVS from October 1.