Australia has an estimated 7-9 million head of feral hogs running wild and an annual slaughter of anywhere from 500,000 to 1.5 million head per year. Most of these are hunted and shot in the Outback. The European community will allow imports only from countries with EEC approved processing plants. Other countries will receive imports from federally inspected Canadian meat processors. Most exported meat is shipped frozen in containers on ocean vessels.
Japanese importers prefer fresh chilled pork transported by air freight.
Ethnic, domestic and export markets demand meat that is lean and dark red.