Latest Industry News – Page 229
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NewsButcher sets new sausage world record
Steven Cusack of Davidsons Butchers in Inverurie is now a Guinness World Record holder (subject to Guinness verification) after setting a new sausage-making world record at the Taste of Grampian food festival this weekend.Cusack, who made 54 sausages using a Specially Selected Pork recipe mix in the 60-second time limit, ...
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NewsFinnebrogue Artisan opens £25 million processing facility
Food manufacturer Finnebrogue Artisan has opened a new £25 million state-of-the-art processing facility in Northern Ireland.Finnebrogue chairman Denis Lynn and first minister Arlene Foster officially opened the new Finnebrogue £25 million processing facility by cutting a ribbon of sausages. Photo by Aaron McCracken/Harrisons.The new facility was opened on 3rd June, ...
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Continued improvement in carcase conformation
The latest carcase classification results from Welsh abattoirs show that the long-term upward trend in conformation standards continued apace last year.The figures show that over 10% of the lamb carcases classified achieved a conformation of ‘E’ - the highest class possible on the current EUROP classification grid - almost double ...
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NewsScotch Butchers Club members attempt world record
An attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the most sausages produced in one minute will take place live at this weekend’s Taste of Grampian festival.The record attempt will be between David Patterson from Yorkes of Dundee and Steven Cusack from Davidsons Butchers in Inverurie. They will both ...
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NewsDawn Meats helps raise funds for children’s charity
Dawn Meats and 2,000 farmers who attended a recent open day at Newford Farm in Athenry, Co. Galway have teamed up to raise over €2,000 for the Ronald McDonald House Charity (RMHC).RMHC works to keep families close to their sick child by providing a ‘home from home’ with home-cooked meals, ...
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NewsNominations open for David Black Award
The pig industry has begun its search for the recipient of the David Black Award, an award given annually to recognise someone who has made a valuable and sustained contribution to the sector.AHDB Pork's Mick Sloyan is the chairman of the judging panel.Nominations are now open and the eventual winner ...
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NewsBord Bia invests in biltong
Bord Bia - the Irish Food Board - has enlisted forensic brand guidance agency TransgressiveX to develop a new snack brand with Stript Snacks.Biltong is becoming a popular meat snack.Stript Snacks specialises in traditional South African beef biltong using no chemical preservatives or sugar. The fledgling biltong brand has been ...
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NewsCatering students learn about farm-to-fork butchery
Butchers, WH Frost Butchers, and meat wholesaler, Hartshead Meats, have joined forces to help educate the chefs of the future.A group of ten catering students from Trafford College in Altrincham spent a day at Hartshead Meats’ abattoir and meat production facility in Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, viewing live cattle in the lairage, ...
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New beef and sheep meat inspection conditions come into force
The roll out of a new list of post-mortem rejection conditions has begun in sheep and cattle abattoirs in England.The rationalised rejection conditions, which result in all or part of a carcase being rejected for human consumption, are being introduced as the result of a project involving AHDB Beef and ...
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NewsDawn Meats hosts open day
Dawn Meats recently hosted a farm open day at its Newford Suckler Demonstration farm to highlight beef farming best practice to over 2,000 farmers.Some of the 2,000 farmers who attended the Dawn Meats farm open day at the Newford Suckler Demonstration Farm in County Galway.The 56 hectare farm in County ...
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NewsPositive new season lamb prices
New season lamb prices have started the season approximately 7 to 8% higher than this time last year, the latest analysis from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has revealed.Stuart Ashworth, head of economic services, QMS.Stuart Ashworth, head of economics services with QMS, commented: “With the Muslim festival of Ramadan starting on ...
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NewsStudent to visit livestock markets for charity
Jack Walton is travelling the length of the UK this summer, visiting livestock markets in aid of raising money for farming charities. Jack, aged 18, is planning to visit 25 livestock markets in a six week period including Stirling, Ackling-ton, Longtown, Worcester and Hereford.The full journey will take him from ...
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AHDB warns of penalties for heavier carcases
A recent report from AHDB Beef & Lamb has suggested that processors may incur additional penalties if they reduce their maximum weight limits on heavier beef carcases.According to the report, more than 40% of steers slaughtered in Great Britain in February 2016 had carcase weights above 380kg, up from 36 ...
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NewsDunbia chief executive receives industry honours
Dunbia’s chief executive and co-owner, Jim Dobson OBE, has been recognised for his work in the butchery and agricultural sectors with two industry honours.Jim Dobson OBE pictured with the Worshipful Company of Butchers master Patricia Dart.Dobson has been admitted into the Worshipful Company of Butchers (WCB) and clothed as a ...
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NewsCampylobacter levels down in poultry, says FSA survey
A survey undertaken by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has shown that campylobacter bacteria has decreased in whole chilled UK-produced birds compared to the same quarter in 2015. The number of birds with the highest levels of contamination has also dropped.The survey, taken for the January to March quarter, indicates ...
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NewsScotch Beef PGI campaign delivers positive results
Quality Meat Scotland’s (QMS) recent marketing campaign behind Scotch Beef PGI has delivered some positive results for the industry.Michelin-star chef Tom Kitchen launched the 2016 Scotch Beef campaign. Credit: Alan Richardson Dundee.More than 70% of QMS’s external spend is allocated to marketing and consumer-facing activities such as the recent Scotch ...
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News2 Sisters founder says Brexit could spell disaster
Ranjit Singh Boparan, the founder and chief executive of 2 Sisters Food Group, has launched a rallying call for the UK to vote to remain in the European Union, warning Brexit could spell disaster for the British food industry.Ranjit Singh Boparan.2 Sisters employees 23,000 at 45 sites in the UK, ...
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NewsButcher secures £750k Co-op range expansion
Ayrshire-based family butcher business, We hae meat, has confirmed a £750,000 range expansion with Co-op.The deal will see a total of nine new lines - ranging from sausage rolls to family-sized puff pastry pies - listed in over 300 Co-op stores across Scotland.Carlyn Paton of We hae meat showcases a ...
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NewsWelsh Lamb makes headlines on Danish TV
Welsh Lamb featured in a news item on Denmark’s DR television network’s news show, TV Avisen as part of Hybu-Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales’ (HCC) recent programme of media and PR activity to promote PGI Welsh Lamb.The advert showcased the Lloyd-Williams family's organic upland farm in Bontgoch, near Aberystwyth.HCC ...
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NewsDanish Crown reports drop in profits
Meat processor Danish Crown has posted a net profit of DKK 819 million for the first six months of the 2015/16 financial year, which is down from DKK 852 million the previous year.On the financial results, Jais Valeur, president of Danish Crown, commented: ”The retail market is extremely competitive, it ...
