‘Hog’manay deadline is a pig’s breakfast says Scotland NFU
Scotland’s farming union is appealing to shoppers to look for the Specially Selected Pork label as a sure-fire way of knowing that the meat they buy meets EU regulations on pig welfare. It has also written to retailers to urge them only to stock pigmeat from EU Member States which are fully compliant with EU rules governing how pigs are housed. Scottish and UK pig farmers introduced EU rules on sow stalls and tethers over a decade ago...
EBLEX to host influential European young meat managers’ meeting
EBLEX is hosting a meeting of YEMCO (the Young European Meat Committee) in London on May 10th and 11th 2013. YEMCO, which is part of UECBV (the European Livestock and Meat Traders Association) is a leading ‘think tank’ of over 400 young executives and managers of European companies engaged in the meat and livestock industry. At its twice yearly conferences, YEMCO is an outstanding forum for exchanging ideas and experiences amongst...
Christmas holidays
The offices of Yandell Media Group will close on Friday 21st December 2012 and we will be reopening on Thursday 3rd January 2013. The editor and the whole Meat Management team would like to say a huge thank you to all our readers and advertisers for their continued support. We wish you all a very merry Christmas and here’s to a happy, peaceful and profitable new year in 2013.
Chemical reaction at Vion site
According to reports in the Haverhill Echo yesterday local fire crews were called to the Vion Food site at Little Wratting following a chemical incident. The Echo reported that phosphoric acid foam and sodium hypochloride, both cleaning agents, had caused a reaction once mixed together. One person was said to have been taken to a nearby hospital with reported breathing difficulties.
Vion’s beef and lamb output will be underwritten by Tesco
Reports are emerging that Tesco has agreed to underwrite the cost price of any beef and lamb supplied to its stores from the beleaguered Vion plants. This will impact on the product processed through Vion’s plants at St Merryn Foods and McIntosh Donald. It understood that the arrangement will be for up to six months or until such time as a new owner is found for the businesses. Tesco’s category director, Derek Lawlor is reported as...
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