Latest Industry News – Page 135
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NewsIndustry discusses Covid-19 challenges at EFRA hearing
Members of the food and meat industry appeared at a recent EFRA Committee meeting to give oral evidence on the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on the meat industry.Nick Allen, CEO of the British Meat Processors Association.The meeting, which featured Ian Wright CBE, CEO of the Food and Drink Federation ...
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NewsUnion calls on Defra to address inadequate workplace guidance
GMB Union has called on DEFRA to open a dialogue with food producers and unions to address, what it says is the inadequacy of the Government guidance for manufacturing and processing facilities.The call comes after three workers at a Cranswick food processing facility in Wombwell, Barnsley, which supplies UK supermarkets, ...
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NewsScottish pork industry holding up to Covid-19 challenges
Scotland’s pork industry remains robust despite Covid-19 challenges, according to pig farmer and Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) board member, Philip Sleigh, from Old Meldrum in Aberdeenshire.Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) board member, Philip Sleigh.Strong consumer demand and a collaborative sector approach has seen Scotland succeed when other markets, including America and ...
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NewsFQAS inspections to resume from June, says LMC
The Northern Ireland Beef and Lamb Farm Quality Assurance Scheme (FQAS) Industry Board has agreed to resume inspections from 8th June 2020, conditional on strict adherence to an inspections Covid-19 protocol.LMC chief executive and FQAS Board chairman, Ian Stevenson.Speaking following the announcement, LMC chief executive and FQAS Board chairman Ian ...
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NewsNew figures reveal fall in lamb exports as Covid-19 disruption hits meat industry
Newly-released trade figures from HM Revenue and Customs show that the volume of sheepmeat exported from the UK in the first quarter of 2020 was 15% lower than last year, entirely thanks to a 40% fall in March as coronavirus lockdowns came into effect.PGI Welsh Lamb.Exports fell from 8,748 tonnes ...
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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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NewsNew chair of Traceability Design User Group
The Traceability Design User Group (TDUG), the cross-industry body set up to guide and advise the work of the Livestock Information Programme (LIP), has selected Laura Ryan as its new chair.Laura Ryan, chair of Traceability Design User Group (TDUG).Ryan’s appointment comes after a competitive process overseen by senior meat and ...
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NewsQMS encourages consumers to fire up for National BBQ Week
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) is celebrating National Barbecue Week by encouraging consumers to fire up their barbecues and cook up some Scotch-inspired dishes with their families.As part of its joint £1.2m national campaign with the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) and Hybu Cig Cymru, QMS will be providing BBQ ...
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NewsMeat eating up during lockdown
The number of people eating more meat has doubled since February, according to research from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) and carried out by YouGov.Christine Watts, chief officer for communications and market development at AHDB.The research found that the amount of meat eaten since February increased from 7% ...
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NewsThree Cranswick workers at Barnsley site die from coronavirus
This week nine workers, based at Cranswick's Barnsley site at Wombwell were confirmed to have contracted coronavirus. Three employees have sadly died from the virus.Cranswick is a major pork processor and its employees - pictured here in pre-coronavirus times in another plant - are being given every support and having ...
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NewsDawn Meats to recommence patty production at Carrolls Cross
Dawn Meats has announced that processing of beef at its dedicated facility at Carrolls Cross, Waterford, for McDonald’s outlets across Europe is to recommence on 25th May. The company says this is welcome news for the employees concerned, the wider Irish beef sector and for Irish beef farmers.Niall Browne, CEO ...
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NewsUK Global Tariff announced
The Government has announced the UK’s new MFN (Most Favoured Nation) tariff regime, the UK Global Tariff (UKGT). This will replace the EU’s Common External Tariff on 1st January 2021 at the end of the Transition Period. Tariffs are to be maintained on agricultural products including lamb, beef, and poultry.The ...
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NewsMPs urged to press Government for details of protecting food standards in trade deals
The NFU is urging MPs to ask how the Government intends to honour its manifesto pledge that British farming’s high environmental and animal welfare standards will not be undermined in future trade policy, as the Trade Bill begins its passage in the House of Commons this week.The NFU is also ...
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NewsNew brands development manager joins QMS
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), the public body which works to promote, protect, develop and support the Scottish red meat industry, has appointed Gordon Newlands as its new brands development manager.Gordon Newlands joins QMS as new brands development manager.Newlands, who has over 35 years’ experience within the red meat industry, is ...
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NewsLockdown learning helping young meat chefs
As Meat Management reported at the end of April, new students signing up to Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s (AHDB) award-winning Meat Education Programme (MEP) has increased by 50 per cent since Government restrictions began. Anthony Gascoigne, lecturer at North Hertfordshire College.A lecturer at North Hertfordshire College in Level 2 ...
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NewsNew report asks ‘Why is the WHO Anti-Meat?’
Tim Rees, a registered nutritionist (BSc mBANT rCNHC) has published a report entitled ‘Why is the World Health Organisation (WHO) Anti-Meat? When the evidence against it is simply not good enough.’In his report, which does not appear to have been widely publicised Rees said: “Red meat, until recent times the ...
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News'Shortage Occupations List' open for consultation as Immigration Bill progresses
The wheels of government are continuing to turn on matters other than those related to coronavirus and this week saw the second reading of the Immigration Bill.Skilled butchers should be on the new Shortage Occupations List according to AIMS.The legislation will end free movement at the end of this year ...
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NewsLast chance for red meat companies to save big on energy bills
According to the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) any firm involved in the slaughter, cutting, processing or refrigerated storage of red meat has a small window of opportunity between now and 28th August to save up to 92% (that’s not a typo) on their energy bills by applying for membership ...
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NewsIrish workers’ union calls for meat industry coronavirus taskforce
The Irish Servers, Industrial, Professional, and Technical Union (SIPTU) has called for a specific coronavirus taskforce to be setup to investigate the spread of the virus in a number of meat processing plants.Ireland's Minster for Agriculture, Michael Creed, pictured here at a previous ABP event is being asked to establish ...
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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 ...
