Final opportunity to enter your products for an award
The closing date for product entries into the Meat Management Industry Awards 2014 is Friday 28th February 2014. If you’ve not yet entered your product, there’s still time. Entry is completely free, and you can enter as many products as you like – the only criteria is that they must be manufactured in the UK. Entry is just a click away, so why not enter your products today? Meat Management editor, Pamela Brook said:...
A new identity for Prosper De Mulder Group
Prosper De Mulder (PDM Group), the UK’s leading provider of recycling and process services to the food industry, is rebranding from 1st March. The plans will see PDM Group change its name to Saria, taking on the name of its majority shareholder, while its petfood brands of PDM, Chettles and Granox and category 3 rendering brands will now operate as SARVAL. Category 1 rendering businesses, which include Granox Ltd, J L Thomas, Clutton...
Help for supply chain to yield extra value from the beef carcase
If your business operates within the beef supply, processing or independent butchery sectors, a new Beef Yield Guide from EBLEX may prove useful. The guide has been developed not only to add value to the beef carcase but also improve beef yield knowledge across the industry. Aimed at the supply, processing and independent butchery sector, it has been developed following beef carcase yield testing based on a 303kg carcase,...
Latest lamb briefing examines the inefficiency of too much fat
The latest lamb briefing from EBLEX includes a review on the inefficiencies of too much fat in sheep and identified factors affecting the level of fat. This should help relate the cost of carcase gain to the value of gain, for optimum sale weight and profitability. Breed has an impact on fat deposition. For example, CT scanning has shown carcase fat weight increased more quickly with growth in Scottish Blackface lambs compared with...
Milestone for pork exports
More pork was exported last year than any since 2000, just before the start of the last outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease. Total exports of pork and pork products hit 256,000 tonnes (product weight), very similar to the level for 2000 with a total value of more than £325 million. The biggest single market was Greater China (including Hong Kong) which took 57,000 tonnes. BPEX international manager Peter Hardwick said: “This increase...
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