Latest Industry News – Page 129
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NewsBritish sausages and bacon health risk links may have been inaccurate
Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast have questioned the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) blanket classification of processed meat as carcinogenic after finding significant evidence gaps between processed meat treated with nitrites and nitrite-free processed meat.Not all processed meat, however, contains nitrites. British and Irish sausages, for example, are not processed with ...
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NewsMartin Kennedy returned as vice president of NFUS
NFU Scotland’s top team for 2020 will be president Andrew McCornick with vice presidents Charlie Adam and Martin Kennedy.Vice president Martin Kennedy; president Andrew McCornick and vice president Charlie Adam will lead NFU Scotland in 2020.Sitting vice president Martin Kennedy, the only position open to election this year, is to ...
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NewsGlobal poultry outlook 2020
The outlook for global poultry in 2020 is slightly more positive than it was in 2019, when markets suffered from relative oversupply, according to Rabobank’s latest Poultry Quarterly titled ‘Outlook 2020: Can Oversupplied Global Markets Be Saved by Rising, but Volatile Asian Trade?’A key driver of the gradual recovery will ...
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NewsMeat Management invests in compostable wrapping
Meat Management is to be the first in its field to introduce compostable wrapping for its print issues from January 2020.Editor Pam Brook said: "I'm delighted that from January Meat Management, and its sister magazine, Food Management Today, will be delivered to its audience in bio-degrable bags, which can be ...
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NewsCranswick acquires premium outdoor pig farming business
Cranswick plc has acquired Packington Pork Limited from the Mercer family.Packington Pork Limited comprises pig farming and rearing operations and specialises in the production of British free range and outdoor bred pigs. The business operates predominantly from a range of sites across Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.The transaction, said Cranswick, will ...
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NewsRecord broken for most pigs-in-blankets made in one minute
Graeme Carter, of Carmarthenshire-based Red Valley Farms, broke the Guiness World Records™ title for Most pigs-in-blankets made in one minute at Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales’s (HCC) stand at the Royal Winter Fair.Graeme Carter, of Carmarthenshire-based Red Valley Farms.Surpassing André Ortolf’s record of making 17 in one minute, ...
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NewsSAMW says time for the facts to enter meat production debate
It’s time to bust the myths surrounding meat production and consumption with fact-based truth and a big dose of reality, a task for producers, processors and retailers that needs to be the top priority in 2020 if our industry is to have any sort of meaningful future, says the Scottish ...
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NewsUFAW has new chief executive
Following the retirement of Dr Robert Hubrecht at the end of 2019, The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) has appointed Dr Huw Golledge BSc PhD as the new chief executive of both UFAW and its sister charity, the Humane Slaughter Association (HSA).Dr Huw Golledge BSc PhD chief executive of ...
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NewsAHDB responds to 'Peak Meat' by 2030
AHDB’s market intelligence experts have hit back at the latest call to cut down meat consumption in response to climate change, branding its thinking ‘flawed’.A group of 50 scientists from around the world penned a letter to academic journal Lancet Planetary Health urging global nations to “declare a timeframe for ...
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NewsPrime lamb producers benefit from strengthening prices
Scottish prime lamb producers have seen strengthening farmgate prices since mid-October resulting in a producer price climb of 23% to around 194 p/kg liveweight, an increase of 7% on last year’s prices, according to the latest market analysis by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).This strength in the Scottish market is also ...
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NewsNCB plans another charcuterie taster day in April 2020
National Craft Butchers (NCB) is planning to run another charcuterie taster day in April 2020.Barry Walker of Cured, Rich Summers, NCB's technical manager, Richard Stevenson and Primary Authority partner Paul Hobbs, will be on hand to answer charcuterie process questions from carcase to shelf.The event is open to all craft ...
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NewsRhug Estate PGI Welsh Organic Lamb first to be sold in Qatar
Rhug Estate has announced that PGI Welsh Lamb from its organic farm in north Wales is the first Welsh organic lamb to be available for customers to buy in Qatar, following Lord Newborough negotiating a trade deal which has taken two years to finalise.Rhug Lamb in Monoprix Qatar.Various cuts of ...
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NewsMeat Contacts 2020 now available
The new 2020 edition of the annual Meat Contacts directory is now live online.The 352 page issue, from the publishers of Meat Management magazine, contains updated and comprehensive information on the red meat and poultry sectors including meat manufacturers, wholesalers, slaughterhouses, retail and catering butchers, packaging, ingredients and equipment and ...
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Meat trade organisations react to General Election result
With the Conservative Party wining a huge majority at the end of last week following the General Election Meat Management asked some of the leading trade bodies for their take on the results and what it means for the meat sector.[gallery type="slideshow" ids="https://d34wkqkcvmkqx1.cloudfront.net/CMS/s3/ymg-library/web/images/2019/03/Alan-Clarke-QMS.jpg|QMS chief executive Alan Clarke.,https://d34wkqkcvmkqx1.cloudfront.net/CMS/s3/ymg-library/web/images/2017/08/Norman-Bagley-e1554982405674.jpg|Norman Bagley of AIMS.,https://d34wkqkcvmkqx1.cloudfront.net/CMS/s3/ymg-library/web/images/2017/10/SAMWs-new-executive-manager-Martin-Morgan-left-with-SAMW-president-Frank-Clark-e1539868775376.jpg|SAMW's ...
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NewsAIMS lambasts BBC over Christmas ad
The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) has welcomed the screening by the BBC of an edited version of their #xmaslife trailer which has removed all references to veganism.AIMS head of policy, Norman Bagley: "The fightback is on."AIMS' Head of Policy Norman Bagley said: "We have led from the front ...
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NewsMajor new research to strengthen sustainability of Welsh farming
As climate change and environmental issues continue to rise in the public’s consciousness, red meat body Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) is helping to fund a major piece of research at Bangor University to help the Welsh lamb and beef sectors in their bid to lead the ...
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NewsNew president at NDC Technologies
Marti Nyman has joined provider of productivity enhancing measurement and control solutions, NDC Technologies as its new president.Marti Nyman is new president of NDC Technologies."l am thrilled and humbled for the opportunity to lead the NDC team,” said Nyman.“We are in the enviable position of having an exceptional global team, ...
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News2 Sisters Food Group shows continued growth in its Q1 results
The 2 Sisters Food Group's like for like year on year profits in Q1 were up 42.4% but sales were down to £677.1m from £708.3m for the same period last year.Ronald Kers, CEO, 2 Sisters Food Group, said: “Our new financial year starts with another quarter of double-digit like-for-like earnings ...
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NewsRabobank says understanding about ASF is improving but uncertainty remains
ASF remains the dominant issue in global animal protein as we head into 2020, with China as the focal point of the global ASF challenge, according the Rabobank’s most recent global update on the topic.Ongoing spread of ASF across Asia, a possible second wave of outbreaks in Northern China, and ...
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NewsMealtime madness as families serve up to four dinner options
Over half (54%) of children in Scotland aged 5-15 say they are served more than two different dinner options every night, according to new research.Carried out by Censuswide on behalf of Scotch Lamb PGI, the results revealed that some households are serving up to four different meals at dinnertime to ...
