Latest Industry News – Page 244
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NewsFood Club International celebrates 20th anniversary
Food Club International, a support and networking club for food businesses in London and the Home Counties, is celebrating its 20th anniversary.Rog Nugent is the chairman of Food Club International.Formerly known as The Food Club, Food Club International was set up in September 1996 as a self-funded support and networking ...
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NewsBritish Sausage Week build up begins with competition judging
Judging for ‘Britain’s Best Bangers’ takes place this week as the build up to the 19th annual British Sausage Week from 31st October to 6th November commences.Head judge and master butcher Keith Fisher will lead the team of judges, which will this year include a ‘senior sausage selector’ selected following ...
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NewsFrance crowned World Butchers’ Challenge champions
France have been crowned the winners of the World Butchers’ Challenge, beating teams from Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand in their debut at the event.Each team had three hours to turn a side of beef, a side of pork and a whole lamb into a display of value-added cuts ...
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NewsApprentices invited to enter Premier Young Butcher Competition at Meatup
The Premier Young Butcher Competition will return to Meatup at ArenaMK in Milton Keynes next year and butchery apprentices from across the UK are being invited to take part.Last year's Premier Young Butcher winner, James Henshaw.The competition is open to all 18 to 23 year old butchery apprentices throughout the ...
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NewsIreland in ‘positive talks’ with China on beef access
Ireland’s application for access for beef to the Chinese market has benefited from “positive” talks between the two nations.Discussions between the Republic of Ireland’s minister for Agriculture Food & Marine, Michael Creed, and China’s senior minister with responsibility for Quarantine Inspection Service, Zhi Shuping took place recently to negotiate access ...
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NewsNew Master for WCB
The industry’s own Livery Company, the Worshipful Company of Butchers (WCB), is to elect a new Master today 8th September. A new Court for the Company will also be elected at the annual Common Hall ceremony, which will be held at Ironmongers Hall, London.Stuart Thompson takes over from Patricia Dart ...
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NewsScotch Lamb PGI supports children’s charity
Butchers and farmers throughout Scotland are being encouraged to don their kilts this month in a bid to raise £20,000 for the STV Children’s Appeal.Lorraine Kelly will take part in the Kiltwalk Big Stroll in aid of the STV Children's Appeal.Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) and Scotch Lamb PGI are supporting ...
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NewsLarge fire at Bramfield Meats
Firefighters are currently dealing with a large fire that broke out at Suffolk butchers, Bramfield Meats, in the early hours of this morning.A photo of the scene at Bramfield Meats taken from Suffolk fire and rescue service chief fire officer, Mark Hardingham's, Twitter account @mark_hardingham.The fire service was called to ...
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NewsPotential Australian trade deal could be catastrophic to UK sheep sector says NSA
An Australian free trade deal could be catastrophic to the UK sheep sector says the National Sheep Association (NSA).NSA chief executive, Phil Stocker.Australia currently has a quota to export just under 20,000 tonnes of sheep meat to the EU, which it fulfils every year. However, with an annual production of ...
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Industry mourns Riverway Foods butcher
The industry is mourning the loss of “hard working family man” and Riverway Foods butcher, Arkadiusz Jozwik, following his murder in Harlow. According to Essex Police, Jozwik, aged 40, was assaulted at approximately 11.35pm on Saturday 27th August outside TGF Pizza and Mr Luigi’s takeaways shops in The Stow in ...
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NewsFSA pledges to reduce use of antimicrobials
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has pledged to reduce the use of antimicrobials in food production animals, following a study commissioned by Save our Antibiotics, which claimed high levels of antibiotic resistant e.coli bacteria were found in UK supermarket chicken and pork meat.In light of the study’s results an FSA ...
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NewsHannan Meats voted Great Taste Supreme Champion
The title of Great Taste Supreme Champion 2016 has been awarded to Hannan Meats’ Glenarm Shorthorn 4 Rib Roast.(L-R) John Farrand, Guild of Fine Food, Peter Hannan of Hannan Meats and Alex Dower, Harrods.Produced in Armagh in Northern Ireland, the product, dry aged in a Himalayan salt chamber for a ...
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NewsTeam GB set to compete at World Butchers Challenge
The six butchers representing Great Britain at the World Butchers Challenge landed in Australia this weekend ahead of the competition taking place on 10th September in Queensland.Nicknamed the ‘British Beefeaters’, the British team will compete against butchers from Australia, New Zealand and France for the title of Grand Champions.The 'British ...
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NewsMorrisons cuts meat and poultry prices
Multiple retailer, Morrisons, is set to cut the price of some of its meat and poultry products by 12% this week, in an initiative aimed to encourage families to cook with meat this autumn.The prices of nearly 130 cooked meat, fresh meat and poultry products are being reduced along with ...
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NewsBPC addresses ‘antibiotic-resistant e.coli in supermarket meat’ study
The British Poultry Council has responded to a study commissioned by Save our Antibiotics which claims there are ‘extremely high levels of e.coli resistant to essential antibiotics for treating serious human e. coli infections on British supermarket chicken and pork’.The research found ‘soaring levels’ of resistance in chicken meat, with ...
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NewsFamous Brands acquires Gourmet Burger Kitchen
Wimpy-owner Famous Brands has signed an agreement to acquire the entire share capital of restaurant-chain Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK).Regarded widely as a high-end UK burger chain, GBK will change hands in a £120m deal.The UK burger bar market is estimated to be worth £3,286 million.Launched in 2001 in Battersea, south ...
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NewsConsumers unsure when to source new season lamb
New research conducted by Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has revealed that there is a common misguided belief amongst consumers that spring is the best time of year for sourcing new season Welsh Lamb.The survey showed that 57.8% thought that spring was the best time to buy ...
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NewsLove Lamb Week begins
Love Lamb Week begins today (Thursday 1st September), as the industry looks to highlight the on-going lamb promotional activity already taking place and stimulate demand for home-produced lamb when production is at its peak.Love Lamb Week begins today until 7th September.The UK-wide collective push to raise the profile of lamb ...
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NewsSteve Francis appointed CEO of Tulip
Steve Francis has been appointed as the new CEO of Tulip Ltd, taking over from Chris Thomas, effective from 5th September. Francis will bring experience from the meat industry, notably four years working at Dutch slaughterhouse group, Vion Food Group, as well as experience of restructuring manufacturing companies.He has worked ...
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NewsKantar reveals drop in meat and poultry value growth
Kantar Worldpanel has released the latest figures for the value of Meat, Fish and Poultry (MFP) for the 12 weeks ending 14th August 2016, and the results indicate a drop in value in the market.The figures show that fresh primary meat and poultry experienced strong volume growth over the 12 ...
