Tanya Nolan reports. But Craig Harwood, Director of the Queensland based company, Overseas Game Meat Export, says wild boar is also high on the menu. A slight pork flavour, but not a strong gamey flavour, quite pleasant. The meat itself is a little bit denser than normal pork, and carries a lot less fat in the meat. Simon Loh is arguably Australia's largest ostrich meat producer, and is Managing Director of the Ostrich Meat and Marketing company based in Perth.
Business is exceedingly good.
Business is, is so good that if we, if we had 60,000 slaughter birds this season, we would still not be able to meet the demand for meat. Australia's reputation as the world's largest exporter of beef has grown over the last five years, along with sales. Lamb prices have also risen by 50 per cent on last year's levels, despite highly criticised US tariffs. And while restrictive quotas stymie Australia's ability to fill the void in Britain and Europe, Peter Barnard, Marketing Services Manager with Meat and Livestock Australia, says the BSE and foot and mouth crisis, have opened up new opportunities. We are making extra sales into regions and into markets previously serviced out of the European Union.