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NewsMeat industry reacts to Red Tractor campaign
Red Tractor livestock and pig farmers have reacted to the assurance scheme’s autumn advertising campaign, with feedback highlighting how important the advert is to their businesses.The animated television advert uses the strapline ‘traceable, safe and farmed with care'.Red Tractor report that the number of shoppers associating the logo with ‘traceable ...
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NewsTulip Ltd reveals multimillion-pound investment in Ashton site
Tulip Ltd, the UK’s largest higher welfare pork producer, has completed a major multimillion-pound investment at its abattoir in Ashton, Greater Manchester.Catherine Gormley, site director at Tulip Ashton.The £8M investment has increased production operations at the site and support Tulip’s higher welfare strategy in the UK market for the coming ...
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NewsMeat Contacts 2019 edition now available
The 2019 edition of Meat Contacts, the go-to publication for key contacts and information across the UK meat sectors, is now live at www.meatcontacts.com. The print edition is also available.The 2019 edition of Meat Contacts is now available.The directory is packed with information covering the whole industry and remains the ...
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NewsPrime lamb prices strengthen
Prime lamb prices across Europe have strengthened seasonally over the past month with the Christmas period improving demand across Europe, according to the latest Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) analysis.Stuart Ashworth, QMS head of economic services.However, for Europe as a whole, prices are failing to match last year’s levels although there ...
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NewsQMS pork campaign receives £125,000 boost
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has been awarded £125,000 to help fund a new marketing and public relations campaign “Go Places with Pork”, to promote Specially Selected Pork.L-R: QMS chair Kate Rowell, QMS chief executive Alan Clarke, QMS pork mascot, and QMS rural economy secretary Fergus Ewing.The campaign is set to ...
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NewsCalls for small abattoirs to be recognised
The Sustainable Food Trust (SFT) is calling for small abattoirs to be recognised as a ‘public good’, and for grants to be made available to help with the cost of installing CCTV and additional structural improvements.Richard Young, SFT policy director.At present, these are only available to the 15 smallest abattoirs ...
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NewsMeat Supply Chain supported with newly trained workers
More than 6,000 people have reportedly passed the AHDB Meat Education Programme (MEP) training modules, which look to improve the skills of workers supporting the beef and lamb supply chain.AHDB programme development manager and master butcher, Dick Van Leeuwen.The importance of developing meat-handling skills in new and existing workers has ...
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NewsIndia opens market to British sheep meat
A new agreement to export British sheep meat to India was announced yesterday (5th December), as the country prepares to open its market for the first time.It has been announced that India is opening its market to British lamb.The new agreement, which covers a range of sheep meat cuts, is ...
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NewsGira to hold Global Meat Perspective Seminar
Gira, an independent consultancy which focuses on the international meat industry, will be holding a Global Meat Perspective Seminar in January to discuss the meat market outlook forecasts.A team of meat market analysts from Gira, with J.P Garnier, will host the event which will bring Gira’s recent annual global meat ...
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NewsMinistry apologises for sausage blunder
Germany’s interior Ministry has apologised after admitting it served blutwurst (pork sausage), at an event about Islam last week.Blutwurst is a dish similar to black pudding.Dishes of blutwurst, a dish similar to black pudding, was served during the meeting in Berlin, which was arranged to review how to integrate Islam ...
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NewsSainsbury’s/Asda merger challenged during hearing
Tesco has said that the proposed merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda should not go ahead unless ‘extensive remedies’ are provided as a result.The CMA reported that Tesco has said the proposed merger is a 'challenge' in terms of economics.Remarks from Tesco were reported during a hearing with the Competition and ...
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NewsCrawshaw Group Plc stores find a buyer
Meat retailer business, Crawshaw Group Plc, has been sold to Mr. Thomas Cribbin on 1st December following difficult trading conditions, saving 240 jobs.Crawshaw Group Plc stores have now been sold to a new company, Longhanure Limited.Cribbin, who previously ran a number of butchers shops in the Republic of Ireland and ...
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NewsAHDB completes sale of MLCSL
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has reported completion of the disposal process for Meat and Livestock Commercial Services Limited (MLCSL), which the organisation asserts will result in a total of £1.3 million being reinvested in the beef, lamb and pork sectors.Jane King, AHDB chief executive believes the move ...
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NewsStockpiling concerns for a hard Brexit
Retailers have said they are considering ‘a wide range of mitigating factors including stockpiling where possible; different routes across the Channel; signposting support for EU workforce; and currency hedging’, a survey confirms.Retailers are considering stockpiling and changing supply locations as ways of mitigating the impact .Squire Patton Boggs and Retail ...
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NewsBoars Head Ceremony attracts crowds
Crowds of onlookers, including London tourists, enjoyed the annual Boars Head Ceremony in London on Wednesday 28th November, when Liverymen from the Worshipful Company of Butchers, led by this year’s Master, Graham Baker.Liverymen Mark Winston and Rob Yandell, together with Richard Booth and Graham Yandell, holding the Boars Head at ...
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NewsFilm released highlighting Women In Meat Industry Awards
The recent Women In Meat Industry Awards dinner and presentation ceremony has been captured on film which is now available online - click here to view.The Women In Meat Indsutry Awards took place at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington.The celebration dinner on Friday 16th November brought together a wealth ...
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NewsCall for wild game to be reviewed
The Countryside Alliance and British Game Alliance are calling for the Food Standards Agency’s guidance on wild game to be reviewed to ensure they are promoting fair competition between game meat producers in the UK and EU.There is a call for wild game to be reviewed to ensure fair promoting ...
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NewsMeat levy bodies to tackle climate change in £29,000 project
Three UK meat levy bodies have jointly commissioned a new project to pave the way for a sustainability framework for livestock production in Great Britain.A new project has been commissioned for livestock production in Great Britain.The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) ...
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NewsObituary: Baroness Trumpington
Former Conservative minister Baroness Trumpington, who served in the Department of Health and Ministry of Agriculture in the 1980s and 1990s has died.A screenshot from a TV interview with Baroness Trumpington.She was well known for making a ‘V-sign’ at a fellow Conservative seven years ago, over what she saw as ...
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NewsWelsh meat industry voices Brexit fears
NFU Cymru, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) and Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC) have all voiced shared concerns over Brexit’s potential impact on the red meat sector in Wales.HCC chair Kevin Roberts.In a joint letter to Welsh Assembly Members, NFU Cymru and BMPA have outlined the importance of the Welsh ...
