All Chicken articles – Page 2
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NewsUS producer recalls over 13,000kg of chicken nuggets
US food producer Tyson Brand is voluntarily recalling approximately 30,000 pounds (13,607kg) of its frozen, fully cooked chicken “Fun Nuggets.” Consumers reported that the "Fun Nuggets" contained metal pieces.A number of consumers reported they found small, pliable metal pieces in the product, and the company is now recalling the nuggets ...
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NewsUK poultry exports to Japan secured following market access approval
A new market access deal that will benefit UK farmers, meat processors and exporters has secured exports of cooked poultry meat to Japan, according to the UK Government.Cooked poultry meat can now be exported to Japan under the new deal.Industry estimates that this market could be worth over £10 million ...
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NewsAvara Foods announces proposals on closing its Newent facility
Meat processor Avara Foods has announced a proposal to shut its Newent factory in Spring 2024 after facing inflationary pressures and rising overhead costs.The Avara Newent facility office.Avara Foods is one of the UK’s largest food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the nation’s biggest supermarkets and restaurant chains. Established ...
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NewsGlobal meat processor JBS begins construction of cultivated protein centre
Meat processor JBS has started constructing its first cultivated protein R&D centre. The new Biotech Innovation Centre is at Sapiens Parque innovation hub in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina.The project aims to scale up cultivated beef, chicken, pork and fish produciton.The Innovation Centre will be the largest research facility focused on food ...
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NewsCranswick says ongoing investment is reflected in its Q1 results
In its Q1 trading statement, pork and poultry processor Cranswick says its accelerated investment in automated projects and cost saving initiatives continue to drive its competitive advantage.Cranswick's site in Norfolk.The results for the 13 weeks to 24th June 2023 revealed that its revenue was 14.7% ahead of the same period ...
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NewsSCPHA praised for action in locating and destroying contaminated chicken imports
Salmonella mbandaka was found in imported chicken products arriving at Felixstowe port. The products were consequently destroyed by port authorities.A sample of cooked chicken containing Salmonella mbandaka discovered and destroyed by SCPHA. Credit: SCPHA.Suffolk Coastal Port Health Authority (SCPHA), a part of East Suffolk Council that inspects imported food, feed ...
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NewsRSPCA reports positive reaction to Better Chicken campaign
The RSPCA's Better Chicken campaign has been backed by over 19,000 people, with respondents demanding their supermarket agree to only sell higher welfare chicken. According to the RSPCA, around 90% of the 1.1 billion chickens slaughtered for meat in the UK are fast-growing breeds.The RSPCA’s campaign aims to help retailers ...
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NewsAvara to close its Abergavenny plant
Avara Foods has revealed plans to shut its Abergavenny factory as a result of post-pandemic rising costs.Picture source: Avara.For its workforce the announcement means 400 jobs at risk.The Monmouthshire plant supplies foodservice and major retailers with both chicken and turkey meat.A company spokesperson for Avara told the BBC: “Regretfully this ...
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NewsMoy Park invests in pioneering laboratory
Food company Moy Park is investing almost £1 million in a new laboratory, further enhancing its food and agricultural testing capabilities. (L-R) Moy Park's Pamela Mullan, Group Labratory manager; Chris Robinson, Labratory manager and Ursla Lavery MBE, Technical and R&D director Europe.The laboratory, recently constructed at the Moy Park’s site ...
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NewsAHDB’s ‘We Eat Balanced’ Campaign reaches 43 million people
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s (AHDB) ‘We Eat Balanced’ campaign was created to drive awareness of the nutritional value lean meat and dairy can add as part of a healthy, balanced diet.The campaign, which is now in its third year, ran from Autumn 2022 to January 2023 and was ...
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NewsFirst European ChickenTrack report to monitor progress of 'Better Chicken Commitment'
Compassion in World Farming has launched its first annual European ChickenTrack Report to measure company progress towards meeting the higher welfare requirements of the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC). The 2022 Report provides a baseline for tracking year-on-year industry progress.Over 350 companies in Europe and the UK have signed up to ...
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NewsMoy Park brings BBQ back with a bang for summer
Ireland’s chicken brand Moy Park is bringing back its BBQ range for summer.The product range will see the return of three familiar items, with the addition of four brand new products including Texas BBQ Chicken Steaks, Chicken Burgers, Piri Piri Chicken Wings and Honey Chilli Chicken Breast Chunks.The addition of ...
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NewsSainsbury’s goes trayless on whole chickens
Sainsbury’s has announced that its by Sainsbury’s whole chicken range is now trayless, after the retailer removed single-use plastic trays from its packaging. Using a minimum of 50% less plastic, the change is estimated to save 140 tonnes of plastic annually.Sainsbury's hopes to save over 10 million pieces of plastic ...
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NewsPrice inflation drives rise in value for most areas
According to data analyst Kantar, inflation continues to play a large role in the fresh meat, fish, poultry and meat free category's performance, with the market seeing high average price growth and large drops in volume.Its data is for the period covering the 12 weeks to 22nd January 2023. Fresh ...
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NewsChicken and pork dinners are Christmas winners as turkey sales declined
According to data analysts, Kantar, both chicken and pork were the winners over the Christmas period, covering 12 weeks to 25th December 2022, while turkey sales declined.Fresh primary meat and poultry grew 9.7% over the last 12 weeks an improvement on last month’s 7% growth. Kantar said this was due ...
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News730 jobs at 2 Sisters Anglesey plant under threat
The 50-year old chicken plant, now owned by 2 Sisters Group, at Llangefni on Anglesey is to face closure with around 730 jobs at risk.The company has stated that the age of the plant would mean significant further investment would be required to bring it up to similar levels at ...
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NewsMoy Park wins deal with Asda
Moy Park has secured a contract to list an additional nine product lines to all Asda stores across Northern Ireland.Pictured (L-R) Cathy Elliott, NI local buying manager at Asda and Chloe Gill, brand marketing manager at Moy Park.The stores current offering is now bolstered by nine new breaded lines from ...
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NewsMoy Park unveils new emission reduction scheme
In its drive to reach net zero, UK food company Moy Park has unveiled a pioneering new scheme that will monitor and track greenhouse gas emissions in real time at individual farm level, across its entire farming base. Moy Park's Orchard Farm, in Lincolnshire.The business says the project is the ...
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NewsMoy Park director appointed honorary professor at Queen's University
Ursula Lavery, technical and R&D director Europe at Moy Park, Northern Ireland’s largest private-sector employer and one of Europe’s largest chicken processors has been made an honorary professor at Queen's University, Belfast.L-R: Professor Ciaren Graham, deputy head, School of Biological Sciences; Prof Nigel Scollan, director, IGFS; Ursula Lavery, technical and ...
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NewsMoy Park secures £4m funding for smart factory projects
Poultry processor, Moy Park has secured £4m for sustainable manufacturing research as part of a consortium, known as Project Butterfly. Dr Anne Richmond, head of research and development, Moy Park; Prof Simon Pearson, University of Lincoln; Paul Gardiner, head of process development, Moy Park.Dr Anne Richmond, head of research and ...
