THE Federal Government is committed to seeing through its pledged phase out of live sheep exports, Federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt told AMIC’s Meat Processing and Export Conference at the Gold Coast last week, saying the move will expand opportunities for Australia’s meat processing sector.
The recently-achieved harmonisation of shelf-life standards for beef to 120 days and sheep and goat meat to 90 days across Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations of the Middle East – comprising Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates – would also open…
