Peter Hardwick

2 months ago | meatmanagement.com | Peter Hardwick

Peter Hardwick of the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) asks why lessons learnt after the 2001 foot and mouth crisis were not heeded in the response to January’s confirmed FMD cases in Germany. The reporting in Germany to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in a herd of 14 water buffalo on 10th January this year sent alarm bells through the EU and the UK.

Jun 2, 2024 | meatmanagement.com | Peter Hardwick

The costs of the UK’s new security and sanitary controls have been vastly underestimated, argues Peter Hardwick and Nan Jones of the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA). When the import requirements for the UK’s Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) came fully into force from 30th April 2024, the full impact on import costs finally struck home. And it is not a pretty picture.

Nov 9, 2023 | shorturl.at | Peter Hardwick

Some that argue that a major dividend of leaving the EU is that we can develop ‘better’ regulation, presumably with an economic benefit of some sort, and that the EU’s regulatory regime is a brake on developing trade with export markets. This is an illusion, and we need to understand the risks we run if we decide to go down this path. Even the sort of creeping divergence that occurs as EU rules change and ours don’t will make things more difficult.

Oct 6, 2023 | thechronicle.com.au | Peter Hardwick

ToowoombaDon't miss out on the headlines from Toowoomba. Followed categories will be added to My News. A Toowoomba teenager charged with murder arising from the death of photographer Robert Brown has taken the next step to having the case heard. Isaac Zane Cubby was not required to be in Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Friday when his charges were mentioned but was represented by MacDonald Law solicitor Ryan McCullough.

Oct 6, 2023 | thechronicle.com.au | Peter Hardwick

Emergency services crews are on scene at the University of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba from where people have been evacuated due to a gas leak. A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokeswoman said crews were called to the university before noon on the report of a pipe leaking gas. It is believed tradesmen working near the campus library had inadvertently cut the pipe leading to the gas leak.