Killie Pie does the ‘Double’
Kilmarnock based Brownings the Bakers’ ‘famous’ Killie Pie has been voted Scotland’s Best Savoury Product two years in a row. Brownings signature dish the ‘Killie Pie’ retained its title as ‘Scotland’s Best Savoury Product’ beating off stiff competition at the 123rd Scottish Bakers Annual Conference held in the Crowne Plaza, Glasgow. The Killie Pie is fast becoming an established favourite and...
Tulip joins hidden labour exploitation campaign
Tulip Ltd has joined the growing number of food manufacturers backing the industry’s ‘Stronger Together’ initiative designed to help eradicate hidden labour exploitation in the UK. The initiative which was launched towards the end of 2013 is aiming to attract over 1,000 farms, food producers and labour suppliers and is a collaboration between the Gangmasters’ Licensing Authority, the Association of Labour Providers,...
Poultry prices see slowest rate of growth for consumers since 1987
New statistics show that poultry prices have risen at the slowest rate of 29 different food categories, at around 1.8% a year on average, according to analysis by the British Poultry Council (BPC). Data from the Office for National Statistics revealed that since January 1987, poultry prices have risen by just 46.6% to December 2013. This compares to 186.4% for sweets and chocolate and 153.6% for soft drinks over the same period....
WATOK update
There has been a further delay in WATOK deployment (Welfare of Animals at Time Of Killing) by DEFRA. FDQ Ltd,the specialist awarding body told Meat Management: “We are having a lot of calls from businesses concerned about this.” WATOK was due to deploy on 20th May 2014, however on 19th May DEFRA announced a delay to this deployment Apparently there will be no implementation of the CoC or the WATOK qualification in England...
Cutting it in the meat industry
Kilnford Farm Shop is celebrating Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2014 (19th to 23rd May) by registering another trainee on a Modern Apprenticeship in Meat and Poultry Processing. Daniel Earl, 17 of Dumfries is one of 900 food and drink employees hoping to complete a Modern Apprenticeship in Scotland each year. His apprenticeship, delivered by Perth-based Scottish Meat Training covers all aspects of the job, from meat preparation and...
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