Hawkesbury Valley Meats (closed)

Friday 31 May 2013 by AAP (The Australian)

A SYDNEY abattoir has been hit with a $60,000 fine for treating animals in a sickening and grossly inhumane manner. Read more >

Tuesday 22 Jan 2013 by Kate Carey (Aus Food News)

The Hawkesbury Valley Meat Processors in western Sydney and one of its former employees have been charged with animal cruelty following heinous footage revealed recently. Read more >

Friday 18 May 2012 by Kelly Burke (Sydney Morning Herald)

Animal welfare breaches have been uncovered in all 10 of the state's red meat abattoirs, a government review has found. Read more >

Friday 9 Mar 2012 by NSW Food Authority (Department of Primary Industries)

The suspension on Hawkesbury Valley Meat Processors' licence has been lifted by the NSW Food Authority, allowing it to recommence operations at its facility in Wilberforce from Monday March 12, 2012, subject to strict conditions being met. Read more >

Friday 10 Feb 2012 by Josephine Tovey (Sydney Morning Herald)

The Hawkesbury abattoir shut down following the release of shocking animal cruelty footage had been checked by the government regulator four times last year but no breaches had been detected. Read more >

Friday 10 Feb 2012 by Jen Rosenberg and Ben Cubby (Sydney Morning Herald)

A Sydney abattoir has stopped slaughtering and faces closure and prosecution after hidden-camera footage of chilling animal cruelty emerged. Read more >

Friday 10 Feb 2012 by Tim Vollmer (The Daily Telegraph)

ALL abattoirs in NSW will have their operations reviewed by the state government after a video revealed shocking animal cruelty at a western Sydney slaughterhouse. Read more >

Friday 10 Feb 2012 by Steve Cannane (ABC)

A northern Sydney abattoir has been forced to close after footage emerged showing animals being beaten before their slaughter. Read more >