{"id":2428,"date":"2012-05-09T17:27:01","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T07:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2012-05-11T14:21:23","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T04:21:23","slug":"pork-slaughter-levy-rise-no-bacon-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/05\/09\/pork-slaughter-levy-rise-no-bacon-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Pork Slaughter Levy Rise No ‘Bacon Tax’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A levy to increase pork marketing efforts will have no effect on supermarket prices<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 9, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

An increase in the slaughter levy paid by pork producers that was flagged in last night’s Federal Budget isn’t a secret “Bacon Tax” and will have no effect on the prices that consumers pay in the shops, Australian Pork Limited’s CEO Andrew Spencer<\/strong> said today.<\/p>\n

Last night the Twittersphere was abuzz with people discussing the pig slaughter levy, with hundreds of people tweeting about a so-called “bacon tax”.<\/p>\n

However – as reported in SouthBurnett.Biz<\/a><\/strong> on November 17, 2011 – pork producers voted to increase the slaughter levy themselves at Australian Pork Limited’s Annual General Meeting.<\/p>\n

Currently the levy on each slaughtered pig received by Australian Pork Limited (but collected via the Federal Government) is $2.25 and is split into two parts: $1.00 for R&D and $1.35 for marketing.<\/p>\n

This amount has remained the same for 15 years.<\/p>\n

But Australian Pork Limited says its value has been considerably eroded over time by inflation and pork producers agreed when a proposal to increase the levy was put to last November’s Annual General Meeting.<\/p>\n

The increase, reported in last night’s Budget, is only relevant for the marketing portion of the levy and will expand that portion from $1.35 to $2.25. This increase will occur in three 30 cent tranches over four years from July 1, 2012.<\/p>\n

However, this cost will be absorbed by the producers themselves and will have no effect on pork prices at supermarket checkouts.<\/p>\n

Monies raised by the levy go to the industry’s peak body, Australian Pork Limited, to fund marketing, research and policy activities conducted on behalf of pork producers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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