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Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation
by Chris Tuckwell
July 2002
RIRDC Publication No 02/058
RIRDC Project No BII-2A
Executive Summary
The volume of co-products produced by the Australian industry continues to increase and offers significant earning potential.
The Australian meat Industry is a world leader in the preparation of domestic and export meat products to stringent specifications. This reputation has principally been built on the established beef and sheep meat industries that began in the 19th century. The farming of deer has only occurred over the past few decades with a rapid expansion of numbers from the tropical to the temperate zones.
A secondary step in the development of a mature market driven industry was the development of a standard language and specifications for the Industry’s other major products, Velvet Antler and Venison Co-products, particularly as Asians involved in the production, processing, marketing and use of traditional Chinese medicines are increasingly broadening their search for new sources of both raw materials and processed products.
The velvet antler and venison co-products manual produced by this project provides those involved in marketing products with a ‘user friendly’ publication that will inform purchasers of the standard specifications for products produced in Australia and of the Australian industry’s commitment to Quality Assurance in production and supply of the products it produces.
The specification manual will be produced with versions in English, Korean and Chinese
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