Mexican market opens up to British pork
According to Defra, British farmers and food producers are set to benefit from access to “a valuable new market”, as Mexico has now officially opened its doors to British pork for the first time.
Aleph Farms raises $105m to scale up cultivated meat production
Israel-based Aleph Farms, which grows steaks directly from non-genetically modified animal cells, has completed a $105 million Series B funding round.
GRSB commits to cut global warming impact of beef by 2030
The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) has launched its worldwide sustainability goals, with the aim of reducing the net global warming impact of beef by 30% over the next decade.
World Butchers’ Challenge to return in 2022
The global battle of the butchers has been rescheduled to take place in California in September 2022.
JBS USA pays hackers $11m to resolve cyberattack
The world’s largest meat supplier, JBS USA, has confirmed that it paid the equivalent of $11 million in ransom following the criminal attack on its IT systems at the end of May.
Devil in detail on FTA on beef says BMPA
Australian Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer stressed that Australian meat companies would only be sending ‘high end cuts’ to the UK and not competing with British producers at the ‘low end’ (by sending mince, for example).