Latest Industry News – Page 160
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NewsSausage super-fan joins UK Sausage Week judging panel
UK Sausage Week welcomed Bedfordshire consumer Tom Rouse to its sausage judging panel following a contest seeking one lucky sausage consumer to assist with the campaign’s awards.Guest Sausage Judge, Tom Rouse.This year, organisers Meat Management magazine ran a special competition ahead of UK Sausage Week. Consumers across the country were ...
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NewsHandtmann Ltd appoints new managing director
Handtmann Ltd has appointed Anthony Daniels as the new managing director of the company, who will take over from Martyn Garrod.Anthony Daniels has been appointed the new managing director of Handtmann Ltd.The company distributes filling and portioning equipment, and offers things such as vacuum filling machines, automatic linking, forming, depositing, ...
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NewsFood Standards Agency taking on more meat inspectors
Dozens of meat hygiene inspectors will now be hired by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), bringing an end to a four-year recruitment freeze.Dozens of meat hygiene inspectors will now be hired by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).Trade union UNISON claims the hiring is thanks to a successful campaign it has ...
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NewsChesterfield Poultry acquires Banham Poultry
Following increasing margin pressures and a rise in feed prices that has caused trouble for the company, Banham Poultry Limited has been sold to Chesterfield Poultry Limited by Duff & Phelps.The sale covered all assets, employees on permanent contracts, a hatchery, farms and processing plants at Banham.The agreement has not ...
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NewsNew Liverymen at Worshipful Company of Butchers
The Worshipful Company of Butchers (WCB) entered two new Liverymen into the Company at the October Court Dinner, which took place at Stationers’ Hall, London. The industry’s Livery Company is still holding its events using other Livery Halls in the city whilst awaiting the opening of the new Butchers’ Hall ...
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NewsSenior hires for 2 Sisters Food Group
Following the appointment of new CEO Ronald Kers in June, 2 Sisters Food Group has announced further senior additions to the company, many of whom have joined from Kers’ previous employer – Muller.Ker has conducted a ‘root and branch’ review of the senior teams at the meat business, identifying roles ...
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NewsCranswick announces plastic waste progress
Cranswick plc has shared the progress the company has made since announcing its plastics pledge in February and becoming a signatory of the UK Plastic Pact in April.A Cranswick site in Norfolk.Cranswick has removed 450 tonnes of plastic through targeted reduction initiatives such as scrapping single-use plastic items, removing shelf ...
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NewsNigel Fredericks under new management
Catering butcher Nigel Fredericks has been acquired from appointed administrators, PricewaterhouseCoopers.Nigel Fredericks (Trading) Limited is a newly formed company, which was set up in order to complete the transaction. The new company is owned and operated by Pat Herlihy, David Holding and Pirtpal Purewal, all of whom are believed to ...
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NewsUK Sausage Week competition judging a sizzling success
The search to find the best sausages in the UK took place this week with around 500 bangers assessed by a team of expert judges.The judging team, headed up by Institute of Meat CEO Keith Fisher, gathered at The Regional Food Academy at Harper Adams University to put all products ...
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NewsWomen In Meat Awards dinner and ceremony approaching
The countdown has begun to the inaugural Women In Meat Industry Awards ceremony and black tie dinner taking place at the five star Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington on Friday 16th November.The Women In Meat Industry Awards are being organised by the team behind the successful Meat Management Industry Awards.The ...
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News‘Business as usual’ for Nigel Fredericks
Catering butcher Nigel Fredericks appears to be back in business following a period of being uncontactable by telephone and email, and deactivating its social media accounts.Meat Management previously ascertained from the business’s landlord that Nigel Fredericks had shut up shop and had not paid its rent for some time. The ...
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NewsDanish Crown appoints new CEO for Tulip
Andrew Cracknell has been appointed as CEO of Tulip Ltd, and will take up the job with immediate effect.Cracknell has been chosen to manage the on-going transformation of Tulip, and brings experience of the meat industry and the UK retail landscape.Andrew Cracknell has been appointed as CEO of Tulip Ltd.Jais ...
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NewsMild autumn sees decline in red meat
Primary meat and poultry products are feeling the strain, despite the afterglow of summer in the latest meat, fish and poultry market update (MFP) covering the 12 weeks to 9th September.Red meat, particularly lamb, has fallen into decline in the latest MFP update.The latest Kantar Worldpanel update shows that whilst ...
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NewsSteep duties to be placed on meat in ‘no-deal’ Brexit
Failing to reach a Brexit deal could cost food retailers and the supply chain £9.3 billion, with meat products facing duties of up to 129%.The new Barclays report, Scale, Disruption and Brexit – a new dawn for UK food supply chains? shows that some products attract ‘specific duties’, which are ...
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NewsFood Waste Reduction Roadmap backed by meat sector
Major poultry processor 2 Sisters Food Group and the National Farmers' Union (NFU) have pledged commitment to the Food Waste Reduction Roadmap.Developed with IGD and WRAP to further reduce the UK’s food waste problem, the Roadmap encompasses the entire supply chain from field to fork.2 Sisters Food Group have pledged ...
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NewsMeet the sausage celebrity Sophie Grigson
Meat Management talks to food writer and cookery expert Sophie Grigson, the celebrity face of UK Sausage Week 2018.- Why did you accept the opportunity to host the UK Sausage Week 2018 lunch?Who wouldn’t? I’d personally say bangers and mash is our national dish – more so than roast beef.- ...
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NewsInternational Meat Trade Association reacts to updated ‘no-deal’ Brexit notices
The International Meat Trade Association (IMTA) has reacted to the Government’s updated ‘no-deal’ Brexit Technical Notices, saying there are still questions which need to be answered.An updated list of 'no-deal' Brexit scenarios show how the Government would deal with issues in the industry.An updated list of scenarios show how the ...
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NewsMeat industry invited to share views on AHDB
Meat Management has clarified that a current Defra exercise seeking levy payer opinion on the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) will include views from the meat industry.Defra is in the process of gathering industry opinion on AHDB and recently released an announcement stating “farmers, growers, processors and industry representatives ...
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NewsMeat Management to boost coverage and frequency
The publisher of Meat Management magazine, Yandell Publishing Ltd., has confirmed that the frequency and coverage of the publication is to be extended with immediate effect.Until now the market leading title has been published in print, including an online an e-magazine version, ten times per year, with combined editions covering ...
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NewsUK to remain vigilant on bluetongue detection
Meat producers are being urged to remain vigilant after bluetongue virus was picked up in cattle imported from France through the routine post-import testing regime.The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and the Pirbright Institute identified the disease in the animals when they were brought to North Yorkshire in England ...
