News, curated content and updates from the Australian Chicken Meat Federation, including the ACMF’s blog called Chook Chat.
The latest national survey of antimicrobial resistance in Australian meat chickens found that resistance to antimicrobials, and particularly to antimicrobials that are of critical importance to human health, remains low.
Take a look what higher animal welfare standards are on Australian free range and conventional chicken farms under the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme.
The Australian Chicken Meat Federation (ACMF) is calling for one of the most long-standing and widely-held myths about chicken to be busted once and for all. The fact is that hormones and steroids are NOT fed to chickens!
Whether it’s a succulent Sunday roast chook, a midweek chicken schnitty or a chicken salad sanga, Australians love their chicken meat.
Australia has one of the most efficient chicken meat producing and processing industries in the world.
Chickens are fed diets that are formulated from a broad range of potential feed ingredients that are mixed together to meet the precise nutrient profile required by the bird at its different stages of growth.
From the classic and nostalgic (cacciatore, fricassee and even an apricot chicken) to something warmly spiced and contemporary, these braises will please the whole family.
With the price of fresh produce putting pressure on the family budget, and concerns about the environmental impacts of eating meat, it’s good to know that you can keep eating Aussie chicken.
As an excellent source of protein, and source of key vitamins and minerals, the nutritional benefits of chicken stack up!
There’s a lot you can do with leftover roast chicken. Whether you buy it already roasted at the supermarket or roast it yourself at home.
‘Chicken Farming in the Living World’ offers unique curriculum content within the ’Living World’ strands of the K-10 New South Wales Science syllabuses and is also aligned with the Biological science strand of the Australian curriculum.
The two predominant myths regarding meat chickens, i.e. the use of hormones and of cages, are dispelled by John in this video clip.
The Australian Chicken Meat Federation Inc. (ACMF) is the peak coordinating body for participants in the chicken meat industry in Australia.
ADDRESS
Level 7, 122 Walker Street
NORTH SYDNEY
PO Box 579, North Sydney NSW 2059
CONTACT
Email: acmf@chicken.org.au
Phone: 02 9929 4077
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