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Supermarkets criticised by HCC as lamb prices slump
According to HCC, the actions of some supermarket chains that have been actively promoting foreign meat when there is a plentiful supply of Welsh Lamb were criticised on the opening day of the Royal Welsh Show.Davies urges some supermarkets to reconsider their sourcing policies.“I’m sorry to say that some multiple ...
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HCC launches new website promoting locally produced pork products
A new website has been launched by HCC to encourage consumers to eat high quality, locally produced pork products.Angela Gray will help promote pork from the region on the new Porc.Wales website.Porc.Wales, created by Hybu Cig Cymru - Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), will showcase the finest pig farmers and premier ...
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Meat Management 2015 industry award winners captured on film and in pictures
The recent highly successful 2015 Meat Management Industry Awards presentation is now available on film and in pictures for those who missed the occasion.Over 450 guests attended the highly successful Awards presentation evening at The Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel to network and celebrate with the winners.The Awards brought together the ...
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QMS set to launch Scotch Lamb PGI campaign
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) is set to launch a Scotch Lamb PGI advertising campaign targeting 3.7 million consumers with the aim of driving Scotch Lamb sales and promote the versatility and simplicity of cooking with lamb.Advertising that will be part of the QMS Scotch Lamb campaign.According to QMS, the campaign ...
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AHDB Lamb Watch survey reveals retailers supporting British lamb
British lamb accounted for 73% of facings in the major supermarkets in June 2015, according to AHDB’s latest Lamb Watch survey.AHDB has reported that four of the multiple retailers – Morrisons, Waitrose, Budgen’s and Aldi – had 100% British lamb facings. The Co-operative, however, had just 38% British lamb facings, ...
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AHDB Beef and Lamb represented at Great British Food and Farming Plan
80 leading representatives from the UK food and farming industry, including CEO of AHDB, Jane King and AHDB Beef and Lamb chairman, Stuart Roberts, attended a meeting last week with environment secretary, Elizabeth Truss.Truss determined to build a stronger brand for British food.The aim is to develop a long-term plan ...
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Karro Food Group lands deal to supply pork to US restaurant chain Chipotle
Karro Food Group has recently landed the contract for the American restaurant chain, Chipotle Mexican Grill, which had stopped serving carnitas in many of its restaurants because its animal welfare auditors found one of its pork suppliers to be violating some of its core animal welfare standards.Chipotle suspended all purchases ...
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Rory Bremner to host BDCI dinner
Impressionist and comedian Rory Bremner is booked to host the BDCI Annual Festival Dinner this year.Describing himself on Twitter as a ‘Stand-up chameleon. 140 characters or fewer’, Rory is best known for his political satire and impressions of British public figures.The dinner will take place in The Great Room at ...
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Tesco pledges to further reduce campylobacter levels with help of its suppliers
Tesco has pledged to further reduce the levels of campylobacter in its fresh chicken. Building on the progress made in recent years - working in partnership with its suppliers to tackle the industry-wide issue - the retailer has set a new target for levels of the bacteria.Tesco's Tim Smith: "We ...
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Mick Sloyan is named as AHDB Pork’s strategy director
According to the National Pig Association (NPA), Mick Sloyan has accepted the position of Pork Strategy director at AHDB as part of its current round of reorganisation.Mick Sloyan has accepted the newly created post as Pork Strategy director at AHDB Pork.The first meeting of the new AHDB Pork board team ...
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Leatherhead says action needed to overcome consumers’ meat and fish authenticity doubts
Leatherhead Food Research is urging the industry to talk more openly about food fraud prevention strategies after a study revealed up to 43% of consumers are not confident that processed foods contain the meat or fish specified on the label.Survey respondents were asked to rank their confidence that the meat ...
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Dalziel launches Belgium pork brand
Meat trade specialist Dalziel has launched its own premium pork brand, Glenvale Pork, under an exclusive partnership with Belgium pork producer Westvlees.Dalziel's Glenvale pork.Glenvale Pork is offered in a wide selection of cuts and trimmings for retail, catering and manufacturing butchers. It is the second exclusive meat brand to be ...
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QMS calls for fairness and integrity in order to deliver quality assurance schemes
On-going measures to underpin the integrity of the quality assurance schemes behind the ‘Scotch’ brands and ensure a level playing field for all members are being implemented by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).Uel Morton, chief executive of QMS appeals for assurance scheme members to play fair.Uel Morton, chief executive of QMS, ...
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Bird flu outbreak in Lancashire
A case of H7N7 avian flu has now been confirmed near Preston, Lancashire.A temporary control zone imposed last Friday at the affected farm has now been replaced by a 10 kilometre surveillance zone and an inner three kilometre protection zone.BPC's Andrew Large says position will continue to be monitored.Andrew Large, ...
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HCC’s 2020 vision for the red meat industry launched
'Twenty Twenty Vision', a major new document setting out the actions needed by all sectors of the Welsh red meat industry to secure a viable long term future, has been compiled by Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC).HCC chairman, Dai Davies.Its publication follows an extensive consultation exercise with ...
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Scotland reveals recovery in prime cattle prices
Prime cattle prices have made an almost unprecedented recovery which has seen a rise by eight per cent in the past four weeks, according to Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) analysis.QMS head of economic services, Stuart Ashworth.“Scottish producers are seeing prices for cattle which are seven per cent higher per kilo ...
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Young cook wins Aspiring Chef Challenge
Eilidh Davidson emerged as the overall winner in the Scotch Beef Young Aspiring Chef Challenge, sponsored by Quality Meat Scotland.Aspiring young chef Eilidh Davidson pictured at home on the family farm, West Cortiecram near Mintlaw.The competition gives young chefs the opportunity to demonstrate their innovation and talent as well as ...
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England's heat winners for WorldSkills UK contest include Ludlow Food Centre and Walter Smith Fine Foods
Butchery manager at Ludlow Food Centre in Ludlow, John Brereton, and Matthew Parkes, assistant manager for Walter Smith Fine Foods in Willenhall, triumphed in the England heats for the Butchery WorldSkills UK National Competition.[gallery type="slideshow" ids="https://d34wkqkcvmkqx1.cloudfront.net/CMS/s3/ymg-library/web/images/2015/07/Matthew-Parkes.jpg|Matthew Parkes receives his certificate from Viv Harvey watched by fellow judges Roger Kelsey (left) ...
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New Zealand butcher visits UK to learn from Q Guild
Timmy Watson, New Zealand’s 2014 Alto Young Butcher of the Year, has visited the UK on a study tour facilitated by the national Butchers Q Guild.Based in London on the tour, Watson gained experience at three Q Guild Butcher members: Chadwicks in Balham, Lidgates Meat Emporium in Holland Park and ...
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Six figure investment for East Yorkshire poultry business
As summer progresses and the temperatures continue to rise, an East Yorkshire poultry business has invested in a new chiller plant.Middleton-on-the-Wolds based T.Soanes and Son has invested over £110,000 in a new plant to improve the quality and shelf life of the 100,000 chickens that it sells per week.Nigel Upson, ...