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NewsPilgrim’s UK commits to 100% sustainable soya by 2025
Pilgrim’s UK has committed to using “fully verified, zero-deforestation sustainable” soya to feed its pigs by 2025.According to Pilgrim’s UK, the company currently accounts for 99% of all the responsibly sourced soya supplied in Europe since 2019.As part of its Pilgrim’s UK 2030 sustainability plan, the business has committed to ...
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NewsAIMS calls on government to reallocate poultry worker visas
The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) has called on the UK government to redistribute any unused seasonal poultry visas to the wider meat industry.A spokesperson for AIMS, Tony Goodger, said that the Association has heard from three of the four existing government-nominated labour providers that they have around 1500 ...
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News[IN-DEPTH LOOK] Meat retailing: post-Covid opportunities
What a difference a year makes! Following a tough year for British consumers, retailers and the meat supply chain have entered a more positive period on the home market. Here we review the situation and the opportunities likely to arise.A split marketFollowing the successful start of the vaccination campaign in ...
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News2 Sisters boss warns of “less choice and higher prices” for consumers
Ranjit Singh Boparan, founder of 2 Sisters Food Group said “rampant inflation” combined with the continuing lack of labour will ultimately result in higher food prices.Ranjit Singh Boparan, founder and president of 2 Sisters Food Group.According to Boparan, British shoppers today are facing a ‘Great Food Reset’ with less choice ...
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NewsAdditional butchers visas confirmed by government to assist pigmeat sector
The UK government has announced a package of measures to support the pig industry, including private storage aid and new temporary butchers’ visas.The government said that the new measures “come in recognition of the unique temporary circumstances farmers are facing, brought about by the global economy responding to the impacts ...
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NewsMeat industry reacts to EU NI Protocol proposals
The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) and the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) have welcomed new plans for the post-Brexit agreement on trade with Northern Ireland, but remain cautious about its limitations.The European Commission has offered a series of arrangements to respond to the difficulties that people in Northern ...
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NewsNew City Meat Lecture planned
The Rightful Place of Meat in the National Diet will be the subject under the spotlight at the first ever City Meat Lecture, delivered by Professor Frederic Leroy. Leroy will deliver his lecture at Butchers’ Hall, London on 11th November. An international voice and authority on the positive role of ...
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NewsNominations for Scottish Craft Butchers “Extra Mile Award” now open
Scottish Craft Butchers have launched the nominations process for their annual Extra Mile Award celebrating the work of local butchers, ahead of a presentation scheduled for Wednesday 24th November in Dundee.Executive manager of Scottish Craft Butchers, Gordon King.The initiative is celebrated every year as part of the company’s annual training ...
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NewsGovernment strikes deal with C02 supplier amid national shortage
The new deal aims to ensure major supplier CF Fertilisers can remain operational, to ensure UK businesses, including the meat industry, have access to a sustainable supply of CO2.The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, George Eustice.According to the government, CO2 suppliers have agreed to pay CF ...
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NewsChina bans some British beef due to alleged cases of BSE
According to a statement made by the Chinese Administration of Customs, a ban on British beef imports of cattle under 30 months of age came into effect on 29th September.Last month, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) was found on a farm in Somerset, according to the UK’s Animal Plant Health Agency ...
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NewsPotential changes to NI Protocol on cold meat, says EU Commission VP
European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic has announced that the EU is preparing to present “far-reaching proposals” that could “dramatically” reduce the level of checks on goods.According to The Independent, Sefcovic is scheduled to table four papers on Wednesday 13th October to adjust the Northern Ireland Protocol. Measures included within ...
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NewsRed Tractor report highlights trust in British food standards
The “Trust in Food” Index, authored by Red Tractor and YouGov, has found the public overwhelmingly believes that British food is “safe, traceable and good quality.”Red Tractor CEO, Jim Moseley.The research, which surveyed over 3,500 adults across the UK, found that British consumers trust UK food as much as water ...
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NewsIndustry reacts to University of Oxford study on meat consumption
The meat industry has responded to a new study that alleges daily meat consumption in the UK has fallen by 17% in the last decade.The report, published in the journal the Lancet Planetary Health, used data from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey, which included a study of the dietary ...
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NewsNPA confirms pig culling has begun in small numbers
The National Pig Association (NPA) has said it is aware that culling has started on a handful of farms, with fears this could become more widespread “unless solutions are found.”The news comes after representatives from across the UK pig sector came out to protest at the Conservative Party Conference in ...
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NewsElemental raises £1.37m to boost meat waste reduction technology
The UK-based agri-food tech company has secured an £1.37 million investment to fund its next stage of growth and improve value for meat processors.Elemental has raised £1.37 million, using the investment portfolio platform, Crowdcube. This is the second successful fundraising campaign for Elemental, following an initial £1.5 million raised in ...
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NewsRed meat supply chain under pressure from Christmas demand
According to the latest market commentary from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), seasonal supply of livestock is expected to rise in the final quarter, but the current labour shortages remain a concern.Iain Macdonald, QMS senior economics analystIain Macdonald, senior economist analyst with QMS, said that labour shortages in processing businesses are ...
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NewsKantar figures reveal gains for fresh meat and poultry
The categories have retained the majority of the additional spend achieved in previous years, Kantar's latest report suggests.While the in-home market is 7.1% down on last year in value due to the re-emergence of out-of-home options, it is still 5.3% ahead of the equivalent period in 2019.According to Kantar, beating ...
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News[IN DEPTH LOOK] 'WASTE NOT!': an insight into meat waste across the industry
'The UK wastes 10 million tonnes of food and drink per year' ... The task of reducing food waste is immense.Twenty years ago, the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food advocated a rethink on food waste. The 2001 report spoke of 200,000 tonnes per year of compostable ...
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NewsCD&R wins Morrisons takeover auction with £7bn bid
Private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) outbid Fortress Investment Group for the supermarket chain in an auction held on 2nd October.Morrisons’ Board of directors accepted a £6.7 billion offer from a US private equity consortium led by Fortress in July, before backing a £7 billion offer from private ...
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NewsNPA reacts to PM’s comments on potential pig cull
The National Pig Association (NPA) has said that Boris Johnson “played down the prospect of an on-farm welfare cull” during his interview with Andrew Marr on Sunday morning.Responding to Marr’s comment that more than 120,000 pigs would need to be killed and incinerated if there is “no answer” to the ...
