Content related to the topic: food-safety-and-traceability

29 April 2024

PHWC Food Safety

Find out about the food safety subgroup of the Pig Health and Welfare Council.

8 July 2025

Trichinella in pig herds

Find out how to prevent this disease and the testing requirements.

5 May 2020

Hepatitis E in pigs

Symptoms, treatment and prevention of the viral liver disease

30 September 2022

Salmonella in pigs

Learn more about salmonella in pigs and how to reduce the risk of infection.

8 July 2025

Pig meat safety and eating quality

Find out about meat safety and eating quality, from preventing zoonosis, to avoiding boar taint.

22 July 2019

New study provides insight into Brexit impacts for beef and lamb sectors

New report reveals the full extent of Brexit’s potential implications for British beef and lamb supply chains

9 July 2019

Pig Health and Welfare Council launches biennial report at the Great Yorkshire Show

9 July 2019

Pig Health and Welfare Council Biennial Report 2017–2018

This report recounts the activities of the Pig Health and Welfare Council (PHWC) during 2017 and 2018. This has been a challenging time, with the PHWC working to enable the industry to introduce changes in practices that are necessary to meet the targets in respect of reducing antibiotic usage and driving up welfare standards across production systems.

29 April 2024

Isotope testing put to work protecting British pork

AHDB is soon to extend isotope testing on pork to include local butchers shops.

18 June 2019

Resources issued to guide management of mycotoxin risks

Calculate rainfall-related mycotoxin scores and target T3 fungicide sprays in wheat

14 October 2024

Ergot alkaloids can move from infected to ‘clean’ grain

Ergot mycotoxins can move before and after harvest.

27 February 2019

Volunteers main cause of elevated erucic acid levels in OSR

Levels of erucic acid in double-low oilseed rape crops can become elevated due to contamination from volunteers (via seeds or cross-pollination)