Latest Industry News – Page 185
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NewsThree charities share £9,000 support from Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers
Three charities have shared gift support totalling £9,000 from the Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers (SAMW), drawing on funds raised during a charity auction at the association’s 2017 conference and dinner, held in Glasgow.MND Scotland, for people affected by Motor Neurone Disease, Kidney Kids Scotland, which helps children with renal ...
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NewsSausages take centre stage at Worshipful Company of Butchers court lunch
UK Sausage Week was celebrated by liverymen of The Worshipful Company of Butchers with sausage canapés yesterday (2nd November) at the prestigious Ironmongers Hall in the city of London.Master of The Worshipful Company of Butchers Geoff Gillo enjoying the sausage canapés.Andrew Rook of J C Rook & Sons supplied the ...
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NewsUK Sausage Week crosses The Channel
UK Sausage Week celebrations have extended as far as France – with a special fete dedicated to British bangers taking place in Le Breuil aux Gittons.Residents of central France celebrating UK Sausage Week.Based in a small village in central France, the event was organised by John and Maureen Hindhaugh who ...
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NewsButchers across Norfolk use UK Sausage Week to fundraise for Marie Curie
A collection of Norfolk-based butcher’s shops have come together to raise money for Marie Curie through sausage sales, and the fundraising is taking place throughout UK Sausage Week (30th October – 5th November).The butcher’s shops include J & D Papworth Farms which has four shops in the county, Icarus Hines ...
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NewsNFU Scotland calls for clear labelling on pork, bacon and gammon
NFU Scotland (NFUS) has urged supermarkets and brands to “clearly label the origin of all their pork, bacon and gammon products”, after its latest shelfwatch found that consumers might “struggle” to identify where the meat has come from.Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Waitrose were found to be the only supermarkets ...
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NewsPig industry raises Brexit labour concerns
The National Pig Association (NPA) has warned that the UK pig industry faces a labour crisis unless the Government takes steps to preserve access to EU workers in a post-Brexit future.Publishing the results of a survey of members from across the sector, NPA revealed that two-thirds of businesses employing EU ...
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NewsUK Sausage Week judge Claire Holland interviewed on BBC Radio 2
UK Sausage Week awards judge Claire Holland was interviewed on BBC Radio 2 yesterday (1st November) in celebration of sausages.Broadcaster Chris Evans talked to Claire, who is also general manager of the Q Guild, on day three of UK Sausage Week about her role as a professional sausage taster and ...
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NewsQuality Standard Mark scheme valued at £300 million
The market value for the Quality Standard Mark (QSM) scheme was revealed at the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) 2017 conference in Leeds.Responding to a question in a debate around eating quality at the conference, AHDB’s strategy director for Beef & Lamb, Laura Ryan, revealed that the levy payer’s ...
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NewsNFMFT’s first National Festive Meat Products Competition declared a success
Butchers and industry representatives recently gathered to mark success at the National Festive Meat Products Competition organised by National Federation of Meat and Food Traders (NFMFT).Paul Swain (left) of Owen Taylor & Sons accepting the Festive Product of the Day award from Steve Derrick of Lucas Ingredients (sponsors).More than 60 ...
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NewsOfficial Veterinarians’ decisions to be appealed in two stages
The Food Standard Agency’s (FSA) chief executive, Jason Feeney, announced during the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) conference a two-stage appeal system, which will be provided when slaughterhouse operators are unwilling to voluntarily surrender carcases that Official Veterinarians have declared unfit.FSA chief executive Jason Feeney.The procedure unveiled by Feeney ...
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NewsButchers’ sausages top consumers’ preferences
An overwhelming 63.59% of sausage consumers prefer to buy their bangers from a high street butcher’s shop, according to the latest Q Guild Sausage Survey that came out just as UK Sausage Week commenced.Supermarkets came second, at 29.03%, while only 0.46% of respondents prefer to order their sausages online.Traditional sausages ...
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NewsChris Evans celebrates UK Sausage Week on BBC Radio 2
UK Sausage Week featured on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2 during the campaign’s opening day – 30th October.Chris Evans discussed UK Sausage Week on BBC Radio 2. Image: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00p2d9wFamous broadcaster Evans discussed his favourite sausages live on air – selecting a “good solid pork snorker” as ...
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NewsSAMW appoints new executive manager
The Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers (SAMW) has appointed Martin Morgan, former head of livestock policy for the Scottish Government, as its new executive manager, replacing Ian Anderson, who is retiring after ten years in the post.SAMW's new executive manager Martin Morgan (left) with SAMW president Frank Clark.Having joined the ...
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NewsMeatline celebrates UK Sausage Week with sausage movie quotes
Celebrating UK Sausage Week in a truly unique way, Meatline butchers has launched a sausage promotion to run alongside the campaign, which commences today, inviting its online community to provide their own sausage-based movie quotes.The competition’s winner will win a mixed hamper of 100 of the shop’s speciality sausages, which ...
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NewsUK Sausage Week winners revealed
The winners of the UK Sausage Week awards were announced today (30th October) during a celebration lunch at Plaisterers’ Hall, London.The winners of the UK Sausage Week 2017 awards.This year’s UK Sausage Week kicked off with a bang (or banger!) when awards were presented for some of the country’s best ...
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NewsGlobal pork supply expected to increase further
Steady growth in global pork production has brought trade into sharper focus, with global pork supply expected to increase, mainly driven by China, the US, Canada and Brazil.According to RaboResearch’s latest Pork Quarterly report, China’s pork imports have slowed down recently, but are likely to pick up again later this ...
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NewsFoodservice industry celebrates UK Sausage Week
Pubs, hotels and restaurants across the UK are getting in on the UK Sausage Week action by offering sizzling specials to customers and creating dedicated sausage menus.The Lock Inn, Wolverley, is encouraging customers to design their own sausage dish using a special menu.One example is The Lock Inn in Wolverley ...
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NewsPork continues to outperform in value terms
Red meat and poultry have returned to value and volume growth in the 12 weeks ending 8th October, with pork remaining the “star performer”, according to figures by Kantar Worldpanel.Despite grocery inflation being currently at 3.2%, rising prices have not driven a volume loss in pork, with 4.5% more pork ...
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NewsHaigs Food Hall unveils UK Sausage Week competition winner
Aberdeen butchers Haigs Food Hall has revealed the winner of a social media competition it kicked off on 26th October to celebrate UK Sausage Week, which commences next Monday and coincides with Halloween and Bonfire Night.Combining next week’s events, Haigs asked its Facebook friends and followers to submit ideas and ...
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NewsLast chance to enter Autumn Roadshow’s Festive Meat Products Competition
The Autumn Roadshow & Festive Meat Products Competition is coming to the Windmill Village Hotel, in Coventry, on 31st October, with an array of exhibitors and the ‘Butchers Forum’.The event will feature a series of demonstrations and presentations to help attendees optimise the busiest period of the year.NFMFT Spring Roadshow.In ...
