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NewsGlobal roundtable for sustainable beef flies the flag for industry at COP27
The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) will be representing the beef industry at COP27 to discuss sustainability progress across the beef supply chain.Attending on behalf of the GRSB will be executive director Ruaraidh Petre, regional director for South America Josefina Eisele and Bob Lowe, GRSB vice president. COP27 delegates ...
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NewsNSA welcomes lifting of ban on exports of sheep meat to US
The National Sheep Association reacted positively to news that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has published a final rule that lifts the BSE-related restrictions on imports of sheep and goat products to the USA.The USDA stated on its website: 'This rule removes remaining bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) import restrictions ...
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NewsUS to lift ban on British lamb imports
The meat industry responded with cautious optimism to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's announcement that the US market will open to UK lamb products for "the first time in decades."Speaking in the US where he is engaged in talks with UN leaders and President Joe Biden, Johnson told the BBC there ...
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NewsMexican 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.The Mexican market is believed to boast high demand for “high-quality pork meat.”In 2020, global UK pork ...
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NewsAleph 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.Aleph Farms leadership team (L-R): Professor Shulamit Levenberg, Didier Toubia and Dr Neta Lavon. Image: Rami Shalosh.The company will use the money to pursue its plans for large scale global ...
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NewsGRSB 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. GRSB is a global network of people and organisations looking to drive progress in sustainable beef. In Europe, members ...
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NewsWorld Butchers' Challenge to return in 2022
The global battle of the butchers has been rescheduled to take place in California in September next year.The Golden 1 Centre in Sacramento, California, will host the World Butchers' Challenge.After falling victim to Covid-19 disruption in September 2020, the World Butchers' Challenge will now be hosted by the Golden 1 ...
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NewsJBS 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.Plants in Australia, Canada and the US were temporarily shut down last week after the ransomware attack, which the ...
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NewsDevil in detail on FTA on beef says BMPA
In a recent Times Radio interview 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).While this sounds reassuring, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) ...
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NewsUS beef and pork exports hit record levels in March
Beef export value broke the $800 million mark for the first time, as Q1 of 2021 ended on a strong note for the US market.Data released by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and compiled by the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) showed that March beef and pork exports each ...
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NewsTyson Foods expands plant-based range
Tyson Foods, the largest meat company in the US, has launched three new plant-based protein options, after a previous alternative burger product was discontinued. Tyson Foods' new Raised & Rooted Plant Based BurgerThe Raised & Rooted range will now include refrigerated burgers, Italian and Bratwurst sausages, and a mince alternative, ...
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Brazilian pork exports up in the first half of 2020
In the first half of this year, Brazilian fresh/frozen pork exports were nearly 40% higher compared with the same period in 2019, at 421,000 tonnes, according to AHDB's senior analyst for red meat, Bethan Wilkins.The majority of the increase came from a significant 144% rise in shipments to China, which ...
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NewsTyson Foods launches brand into European foodservice
Tyson Foods, Inc., one of the world’s largest food companies, has introduced a range of chicken products under its Tyson flagship brand in the European Foodservice market, which includes restaurants, some cafeterias and caterers.The brand has 28 frozen products with categories ranging from coated, skewers, raw and fried.“The world is ...
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NewsRed meat exports continue despite lockdowns
Latest trade figures from HMRC show that there continues to be a strong export market for Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef, despite the disruption caused by coronavirus lockdowns in Europe and beyond.HCC data analyst, Glesni Phillips.UK exports of beef and sheepmeat are down in April 2020 compared with the same ...
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NewsSecond AHDB export webinar explores North America
The opportunities for red meat exports to the North Americas will be explored in the second of AHDB’s export webinars next week.AHDB senior export manager, Susana Morris.Dana Dickerson, North America head of Food and Drink at the Department for International Trade, will provide a high-level overview of both the US ...
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NewsJBS reveals impact of $368 million investment in global sustainability initiatives in 2019
JBS, the largest animal protein company and second-largest food company in the world has revealed that in 2019 it invested R$1.90 billion (USD$368m) on global sustainability-related initiatives.JBS Sustainability Report 2019.The figure was revealed as part of its 2019 Annual and Sustainability Report which covers the company’s activities and performance for ...
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NewsAHDB hosts first in a series of export webinars
Meat exporters will have the opportunity to learn about the impact of coronavirus on global trade during the first in a series of export webinars starting next month.The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) will host the first webinar on 3rd June, which will primarily focus on the Asian marketplace ...
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NewsImpact of Covid-19 on NZ red meat sector
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has provided an update on how COVID-19 is affecting New Zealand’s red meat sector and international trade.Its report is reproduced in full here:"Despite market disruption as a result of Covid-19, the sector’s exports have continued, surpassing NZ$1billion in March – a record for monthly ...
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NewsB+LNZ says drought recovery fund a welcome initiative
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) says that Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor’s announcement of a $500,000 fund to help farmers and growers recover from the drought is a welcome initiative as the sector deals with the ongoing impacts from both the drought and Covid-19.“With first the severe drought and then ...
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NewsDanish Crown will ensure responsible soy production
Danish Crown is to ensure that in the future, pigs delivered to it must have been fed with 100% responsibly produced soy. Its goal was presented to the Soy Alliance in Denmark.By 2025, the pigs from Danish Crown's owners will receive soy fodder which comes from producers who can prove ...
