Australia: How sheep industry can tap into offal value-add opportunities

Published Aug 8, 2024

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Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) has launched a new report, Lamb co-products compendium, at LambEx, highlighting potential ways for sheepmeat processors to increase carcase value by tapping into growing overseas markets for offal. The report, which updates a previous comprehensive manual, focuses on the sheep and lamb co-product sector, which had an estimated export value of $113 million in 2022. It notes a shift in demand towards dried co-products, especially organs, for both edible and pet food markets, with potential returns from dried offal powders being five times those for wet organs. The report emphasizes the importance of quality assurance and consistent supply to maximize value and points out underutilized opportunities, such as using sheepskins for ovine collagen production.

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Growing overseas offal markets and uplift in demand for dried offal powders could help sheepmeat processors maximise the value returned on carcases, with more work needed to tap into the opportunities on offer. That's according to a new resource launched by Meat & Livestock Australia this week . The new Lamb co-products compendium was launched at LambEx on Thursday, showcasing the opportunities for the sheep co-product sector, which already had an estimated export value of $113 million in 2022. The report notes that while local offal markets are shrinking, overseas markets particularly in the Middle East and some Asian countries are growing, but the current systems for quality assurance need to be reworked to meet the needs of those markets. The compendium highlighted that where there is demand for edible offal, the greatest returns can be realised from their sale as fresh or frozen edible offal. Meanwhile demand is also on the rise for dried co-products, especially organs, for ...

Source: Farmweekly