Latest Industry News – Page 210
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NewsQMS urges farmers to sell hoggs at optimum weight to maximise margins
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) is urging sheep farmers to sell hoggs at the optimum weight and cleanliness to help maximise producer margin.Stuart Ashworth, head of economic services, QMS.With June census figures revealing the current lamb crop is almost 2% larger than last year, according to QMS there is the likelihood ...
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NewsPeperami announces six figure marketing push
Meat snack brand Peperami has recently launched a six figure campaign to increase awareness and to drive sales.The marketing campaign aims to support the 2016 launches of Peperami’s Tex-Mex flavour and Snack Pack format.The Peperami Tex-Mex Snack Pack.The campaign comprises of three main elements: a TV sponsorship and branded partnership ...
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NewsButchery Trailblazer chair appointed to new Institute for Apprenticeships Board
The Food & Drink Training & Education Council (ftc) has just announced that Paul Cadman, chair of the trailblazer group responsible for the Level 3 Advanced Butchery Standard, is to sit on the board of the new Institute for Apprenticeships.Currently the HR director of midlands based butchery and farm shop ...
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NewsBMPA partners with food safety and certification provider, Acoura
The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) is to link up with food safety and certification provider Acoura, in a move which will give its Pork Scheme members a wider choice of audit providers and increased range of combined services.BMPA's technical policy advisor, Henrietta Sameke.Under the new arrangement, Acoura will be ...
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NewsChicken products recalled due to incorrect labelling
A couple of companies have recently had to recall some of their stock due to labelling not specifying the correct nutritional information.Incorrect labelling can be a major risk for consumers.Labelling is highly important due to the increase in food intolerances and allergies in recent years. The smallest amount of contaminant ...
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NewsNPA shares its views on Tesco/Booker deal
The National Pig Association (NPA) has raised concerns over Tesco’s acquisition of food wholesaler, Booker, believing that the further concentration of power within the supply chain could have a negative impact on pig producers.NPA chief executive, Zoe Davies.NPA chief executive, Zoe Davies has questioned whether the link between Tesco, described ...
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NewsAtypical BSE case confirmed in Ireland
A case of ‘atypical BSE’ in a cow has been confirmed by the Republic of Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.The case was identified in an 18 year old cow through the department’s surveillance of ‘fallen’ animals (died on farm) at knackeries.The animal tested positive on a screening ...
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NewsTesco announces merger with Booker
Tesco has announced it has agreed to buy food wholesaler, Booker, in a £3.7 billion deal. Both companies believe the merger will create the “UK’s leading food business” which will “bring benefits for consumers, independent retailers, caterers, small businesses, suppliers and colleagues, as well as delivering significant value to shareholders”.Photo: ...
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NewsMoy Park boosts production with multi-million pound investment
A multi-million pound investment by poultry processor, Moy Park, in its Ashbourne facility has enabled the site to produce one million chickens per week.The company recently completed a £4 million investment at the premises, which included the installation of new processing and cutting lines, advanced chilling, software and hardware equipment, ...
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NewsABP Food Group changes its senior management
ABP Food Group has announced a newly appointed chief operating officer and managing director – Finbarr McDonnell and Martin Kane.McDonnell is currently the managing director of ABP Ireland and Poland, and will now be taking on the wider group role of chief operating officer, across all of ABP’s four divisions.Finbarr ...
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NewsNPA responds to media articles on horse blood hormone
The National Pig Association (NPA) has issued a response to the stories in the media that are suggesting that British pig farms are at the centre of a ‘cruel horse hormone torture scandal’.The stories refer to what is described as ‘horrific vampire farms’ in South Africa where blood is extracted ...
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NewsAvian influenza case confirmed in Lancashire
A new case of H5N8 avian influenza has been confirmed in a flock of farmed breeding pheasants at premises in Wyre, Lancashire.The flock, according to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, is estimated to contain approximately 10,000 birds. A number have died and the remaining live birds at ...
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NewsFaccenda Foods focusing on investment
Faccenda Foods, one of the UK’s leading food companies, will continue to invest throughout its supply chain despite reporting that its operating profit has reflected the continued price deflation, at £7.7 million.Andy Dawkins, Faccenda Foods.Faccenda Foods’ managing director, Andy Dawkins, commented: “I don’t think it’s been an easy year for ...
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NewsMiles Jupp to host Meat Management Industry Awards Dinner
YPL Exhibitions and Events has revealed that Miles Jupp will host the Meat Management Industry Awards Ceremony and Dinner on 28th June this year, when all roads lead to the Birmingham Hilton Metropole, where the best of the best will be confirmed during the popular annual dinner.Miles Jupp will host ...
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NewsGressingham Foods opens £5m distribution centre
Poultry firm, Gressingham Foods, has opened a new £5 million distribution centre at its site in Redgrave in Diss.The new Gressingham Foods distribution centre in Redgrave, Diss.The new 53,600 square foot facility will allow Gressingham to store the majority of its products and packaging on site rather than using external ...
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NewsQMS chief executive Uel Morton to step down
Uel Morton, chief executive of Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), will step down later this year after 11 years in the role.Uel Morton will step down from his role at QMS later this year.“The decision to step down is not one I have taken lightly,” Morton said. “I have huge pride ...
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NewsBritish companies show global leadership in BBFAW report
Cranswick, Marks & Spencer, Noble Foods and Waitrose are leading the way when it comes to managing animal welfare, as indicated in the global Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) report.UK food producer Cranswick, Marks & Spencer, Noble Foods and Waitrose all attained the highest marks for their management ...
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NewsHCC welcomes talks on post-Brexit food name protection
Hybu Cig Cymru - Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) chief executive Gwyn Howells has welcomed progress in talks in Westminster relating to food name protection.The talks are aimed at securing brand name protection currently enjoyed by the likes of Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef, following Brexit.Members of the UK Protected Food ...
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NewsPork export values up, as volume decreases
The volume of UK pork exports continued to decline last November, following lower levels of domestic production for much of 2016, AHDB Pork has revealed. Despite this, the decline in the value of the pound has meant that the value of shipments remains up compared to a year earlier.According to ...
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NewsPTF to host annual dinner this February
The Provision Trade Federation (PTF) annual dinner is set to take place on Thursday 9th February, at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.The event will recognise the PTF’s 130th anniversary and will see retailers, manufacturers, processors and traders involved in the meat sector as well as the dairy and seafood ...
