James Martin announces EBLEX young chef 2012 champion
A 13-year-old boy from Lymington has been named the Red Tractor beef and lamb Make it with Mince National Champion 2012 by celebrity chef and TV presenter James Martin. As the winner of the EBLEX-backed competition, Keaton Leyland-Jones will enjoy a money-can’t-buy trip to London with an exclusive, behind the scenes visit to ‘Saturday Kitchen’ to watch an episode being filmed live. Keaton will also find out what it’s like to be a chef...
Food manufacturers challenged over illegal imports
British pig farmers are challenging food manufacturers, retailers and caterers to give a public commitment that they are not selling illegally-produced meat from farms that are flouting new European welfare legislation outlawing the prolonged confinement of sows in individual cages, known as ‘stalls.’ They have set up a website Wall-of-Fame-and-Shame which will list companies that have pledged to source imported pork...
Borders shoppers to get a taste of Scotch lamb
Shoppers out and about in Galashiels this Saturday (26th January) are to be tempted with fresh, tasty Scotch Lamb. Sheep farmers from the Lothians and the Borders will be visiting Tesco and Asda stores in the town. To back up the message to buy Scottish, samples of tasty roast lamb will be given out free to hundreds of consumers. Local farmer Stephen Withers, who sits on NFU Scotland’s livestock committee said: “Scotch Lamb is amongst...
Supermarkets set traceability challenge on imported pork
NFU Scotland has set major supermarkets a traceability challenge to reassure consumers and the industry that no illegally produced imported pork is appearing on their shelves. Major changes to pig welfare standards were introduced across Europe at the start of this year that significantly restrict the use of sow stalls on farms. The UK banned the use of such stalls 13 years ago and, since that time, all Scottish or UK pork, bacon and...
EU marinading legislation could devastate added value
Meat Management has discovered that amendments to the EU Food Additives Regulation 1129/2011 could, potentially, pose enormous problems for all producers of marinades for the meat industry and affect many products commonly available in the UK. It would appear that from May 2013 onwards, it may no longer be possible to produce meat in marinades that contain generally permitted food additives. This is down to revised definitions of...
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