Latest Industry News – Page 181
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NewsWales looks to capitalise on German meat trade
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) is working to consolidate recent success for PGI Welsh Lamb in the German market, which was described as an “increasingly important destination”.According to HCC, Wales exports around a third of its lamb production to the European Union each year, while HMRC figures ...
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NewsGlobal poultry shows 'promising' outlook for 2018
The outlook for the global poultry industry in 2018 is promising, with relatively positive fundamentals, according to Rabobank’s Poultry Quarterly Q1 2018 report.However, Rabobank is cautioning that a “disciplined supply growth strategy” will be needed as “uncertainties are rising”.The analyst cites the return of avian influenza (AI) during the northern ...
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NewsMoy Park makes senior leadership appointment
Meat processor Moy Park has announced the appointment of Kirsty Wilkins to the role of HR and organisation development director.Wilkins will join the company’s executive leadership team where she will contribute to the strategic development of the business.Kirsty Wilkins.She joins Moy Park from Tulip where she held the position of ...
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NewsNational Farmers’ Union Scotland meets Defra Ministers
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Scotland returned to London to hold meetings with Defra Ministers, as Brexit negotiators headed over to Brussels in hope of entering ‘phase 2’ of negotiations.NFU Scotland’s vice president, Martin Kennedy, joined director of policy, Jonnie Hall, and political affairs manager, Clare Slipper, in Westminster to ...
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NewsDeclining salmonellosis trend ‘levelling off’
The declining trend of salmonellosis cases in the EU has levelled off and cases of Salmonella Enteritidis in the EU have increased in humans by 3% since 2014, according to a report.The annual report on zoonotic diseases compiled by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the ...
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NewsQuality Meat Scotland lamb campaign lifts retail demand by 38%
Retail sales of Scottish-origin lamb in Scotland enjoyed a boost during a recent Scotch Lamb PGI marketing campaign undertaken by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), compared with the same period last year.Figures from Kantar Worldpanel (12-week data to 5th November 2017) have shown that sales of Scottish-origin lamb in the country ...
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NewsTulip’s acquisition of Easey Holdings Ltd approved
The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has announced its approval of Tulip Ltd’s acquisition of pig producer Easey Holdings Ltd, with no further action necessary.Tulip announced the acquisition in September and, according to the company, the move represents an investment in British farming and inward commitment to the UK by ...
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NewsIan Mackway to join Yandell team
Ian Mackway, who retired as general manager of food ingredients company Raps UK earlier this year, is to join the Yandell Publishing team in January as its Awards Ambassador.Ian Mackway will join Yandell Publishing in January as its Awards Ambassador.Ian will be liaising with retailers, manufacturers and foodservice to ensure ...
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NewsAnimal sentience to be recognised in UK law
The Government has published a draft bill which sets out that the Government “must have regard to the welfare needs of animals as sentient beings in formulating and implementing government policy”.The new bill – Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) – will also increase the maximum prison sentence for ...
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NewsMeat Management partners Team GB for World Butchers’ Challenge 2018
Meat Management magazine has announced its partnership of Team GB for the World Butchers’ Challenge 2018 (WBC).The market leading meat industry publication will provide financial support and publicity to Team GB, known as the British Beefeaters, and will be backing the team online and in print as the official trade ...
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NewsFood Standards Agency launches cutting tools disinfection consultation
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched a consultation seeking views on the authorisation of the use of alternative systems for the disinfection of cutting tools in slaughterhouses, cutting plants and approved game handling establishments (AGHEs).Alternative disinfection techniques, such as Ultra Violet (UV) cleaning cabinets, are “slowly coming onto the ...
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NewsFestive shopping and inflation boost supermarkets
Supermarket sales have increased in value by 3.1% year on year, due to Christmas being just around the corner and grocery inflation, which now stands at its highest level since 2013, at 3.6%.According to Kantar Worldpanel, the biggest four grocers (Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons) saw collective growth of 1.9% ...
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NewsIndependent butchers winning shoppers this Christmas
Meat is topping the bill of items that Christmas shoppers would be open to pre-order this festive period, with 37% of them stating they were likely to buy items from independent butchers.According to YouGov research conducted for digital and customer experience agency Wunderman, although 50% of shoppers surveyed claimed they ...
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NewsDevro chief executive to step down
Sausage casings manufacturer Devro has announced that Peter Page is to step down from his role as chief executive, after ten years with the group.Page has agreed with the board to leave his role after the group’s 2017 full year results are announced on 27th February.He will be succeeded by ...
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NewsCompetition and Markets Authority clears Faccenda/Cargill joint venture
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved a proposed joint venture by Faccenda Foods and Cargill, with the companies anticipating they will be operating as a “standalone joint venture by end of January 2018”.The deal will create a food company focused on chicken, turkey and duck, providing a ...
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NewsSausage brands ‘set the record straight’ following salt report
Major manufacturers and retailers have defended their sausages, emphasising the variety of different sausages on offer and clear ingredients labelling, following research by Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH).CASH claims to have found “excessively high amounts of salt” in sausages offered by Richmond, Heck, Iceland, Asda and Sainsbury’s. However ...
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NewsMeat industry reacts with caution to Brexit agreement
The Prime Minister, Theresa May, has agreed on a deal with the European Commission (EC) over the issues of EU citizens in the UK and UK citizens in the EU and Northern Ireland, allowing negotiations to move to the next phase.Announcing the deal, the European Commission’s president, Jean-Claude Juncker, noted ...
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NewsFaccenda marks donating quarter of a million meals to charity
Faccenda has provided a quarter of a million meals worth of chicken to food redistribution charity FareShare, as the two celebrated the second anniversary of their partnership.The partnership has seen the poultry company donate one tonne of chicken every week from its Telford site to the charity’s West Midlands regional ...
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NewsMajor meat players among signatories to Courtauld Commitment 2025
Wrap has announced the names of 24 new signatories to the Courtauld Commitment 2025 (Courtauld 2025), including the British Meat Processors Association, Dawn Meats, ABP Food Group and Scotland Food and Drink.They are joining 156 organisations working collaboratively through Courtauld 2025 to cut by one fifth the resources needed to ...
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NewsComment: The issue with Authorised Economic Operator accreditation
Katie Doherty, the policy director at the International Meat Trades Association, is weighing in on the debate around Authorised Economic Operator status and whether it could assist post-Brexit trade with the EU.IMTA's Katie Doherty.As the December European Council meeting looms, UECBV (the European Meat & Livestock Trading Union) has launched ...
