Meat industry reacts to Red Tractor campaign
Red Tractor livestock and pig farmers have reacted to the assurance scheme’s autumn advertising campaign, with feedback highlighting how important the advert is to their businesses. Red Tractor report that the number of shoppers associating the logo with ‘traceable food from farms to pack’ has nearly doubled to 62%. In addition, the number of primary shoppers who say they will trade up and buy Red Tractor food instead of cheaper...
Industry fears meat tax would affect consumers’ health
The meat industry is continuing to respond to the University of Oxford’s calls on the Government for a ‘meat tax’, and is pleased to see Dr Carrie Ruxton promoting the health benefits of red meat. Yesterday, Meat Management published a comment from Dr. Ruxton of the Meat Advisory Panel which in which she responded to the proposed meat tax. Dr. Ruxton explained that meat consumption levels are now well below NHS guide lines and...
FSA gives out lamb cooking message
Consumers are being reminded to take care when handling raw meat following a rise in Salmonella Typhimurium allegedly linked to lamb. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) along with Food Standards Scotland (FSS), Public Health England (PHE) and Health Protection Scotland are reminding the public about how they can avoid Salmonella infection (salmonellosis), a common bacterial disease that affects the intestinal tract. There has been a rise...
Isolated BSE outbreak confirmed in Scotland
A case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been confirmed on a farm in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and The Animal Health Agency (APHA) has confirmed it is now investigating the source of the outbreak. In line with the normal disease prevention response plan, precautionary movement restrictions have been put in place at the farm, while further investigations to identify the origin of the disease occur. This is standard procedure...
Draft review of UK meat processing identifies improvements
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) have published a draft review looking at meat processing, outlining a series of recommendations for both the regulators themselves and industry. The six-month review was launched in the wake of a number of various non-compliance issues identified at some cutting plants. The review took a look at how current arrangements and regulations could work better and focused on...
International Meat Trade Association reacts to updated ‘no-deal’ Brexit notices
The International Meat Trade Association (IMTA) has reacted to the Government’s updated ‘no-deal’ Brexit Technical Notices, saying there are still questions which need to be answered. An updated list of scenarios show how the Government would deal with issues should there be a ‘no-deal’ Brexit. The most relevant to the meat and wider food industry are as follows: Importing animals and animal products if there’s no Brexit deal The EU...
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