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Meat Management Industry Awards 2015 – are your products in it to win it?
Entries in the product categories for the 2015 Meat Management Industry Awards are expected to reach record levels. If you’ve not yet entered any products there is still time….so enter nowProducts will be cooked, tested, tasted and judged by industry experts over three days in March at The Regional Food ...
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Tican and Danish Crown to merge
Denmark’s two cooperative slaughterhouse companies have agreed to combine in a joint company.Tican, which had been looking to find an economic business partner for some time, said of the outcome, “With this solution, we have found a model that not only secures a future for Tican, but which also ensures ...
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NewsIOM Awards recognise young talent
The Institute of Meat (IoM) joined forces with the Worshipful Company of Butchers (WCB) on February 24th to present its Annual Prizegiving and Awards.This much anticipated event normally takes place at Butchers' Hall in London, but as the hall is currently mothballed because of redevelopment in the area, the 2015 ...
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NewsNFU reveals alarming forecast for UK’s self-sufficiency
A new report published by the NFU has revealed disturbing new figures relating to the UK’s self-sufficiency in food. It states that at current rates, just 53 per cent of the nation’s food needs will be produced from home farms in the next 25 years, with potential for serious implications ...
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NewsProposal for one of Britain's first industrial style pig farms rejected
Permission for one of Britain’s first industrial style farms housing 25,000 pigs has been refused.Farm Not Factories campaigners urge famers to produce to a higher animal welfare standard, such as Freedom Food and Organic, like Helen Browning's organic farm, shown above.The unit at Foston, Derbyshire, has been the subject of ...
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NewsNPA to lobby MEPs hard on animal welfare
British pig farmers will lay claim to being the most forward-looking in Europe when they join host Vicky Ford MEP and other MEPs for a British breakfast in Brussels on 26th February.Richard Longthorp will urge retailers to stick to their horsegate promises.They will cite the industry’s skilling-up programme in readiness ...
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EBLEX promotes QSM scheme with new video
EBLEX has produced a new video promoting the Quality Standard Mark (QSM) scheme.‘Quality assured from farm to fork’ is the key message of the video and features Michelin starred chef and QSM scheme ambassador, Nigel Haworth.In the video, Haworth discusses what the QSM Scheme means to him: “Benefits of being ...
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A new opportunity for ambitious butchers
Butchers of all ages from across the country can now register for the national WorldSkills UK competition. It will be the first butchery competition held as part of a major event that puts people’s skills to the test.Organised by Cambrian Training Group on behalf of WorldSkills UK, and supported by ...
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NewsYellow ‘daffy sausage’ created by Q Guild butcher for Marie Curie Cancer Care
A Q Guild butcher from Aberdeen has sizzled up a bright yellow sausage to help raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care’s Great Daffodil Appeal.James Haig with the daffy sausageHaigs Butchers, of Schoolhill, Aberdeen, created the ‘daffy sausage’ after being approached by the charity. The chicken kiev flavoured sausage will ...
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NewsCo-operative Group appoints first independent non-executive chair
The Co-operative Group has appointed Allan Leighton as the society’s first independent non-executive chair of the company, under the reformed governance structure.Allan Leighton: Co-op's new non-executive chairLeighton will be responsible for leading The Co-operative Group through a period of rebuilding and will complete the establishment of the new board, designed ...
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Festive beef sales top the Christmas tree
Increased demand for beef during the Christmas period has led to year-on-year sales growth in both value and volume, according to analysis of the latest Kantar Worldpanel data conducted by EBLEX.Fresh beef sales have grown in both spend and volume with a greater number of consumers buying beef during the ...
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Charity fine dining evening to be hosted for butchers
A charity fine dining evening with matched wines will be hosted by Norman Hatcliff at Painters’ Hall, in London on Friday 19th June 2015.Hatcliff, festival chairman for the BDCI (Butchers’ and Drovers’ Charitable Institution) in 2014, says he will continue to support charities associated with the meat trade by organising ...
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NewsABP UK strengthens its senior team with new commercial director
ABP UK has appointed Darren Jones as commercial director of the company.Darren Jones: new ABP commercial directorJones will be responsible for the leadership of the sales division and all other commercial activities across all of ABP’s UK plants.He is expected to bring a range of skills and experience to the ...
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NewsIOM members visit the Institute for Creative Leather Technologies
Members of the IOM were given an opportunity to visit the ICTL (Institute for Creative Leather Technologies) at the University of Northampton to discover more about the leather-making industry.IOM members together with staff from the Institute of Creative Leather Technologies.The trip included a tour of the facilities, including the tannery ...
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BMPA reacts to criticism around gas stunning of pigs
The Daily Mail Online has published a piece reporting animal welfare campaigners’ claims that gas stunning of pigs prior to slaughter using CO2 causes "severe distress.”Stephen Rossides of the BMPA told Meat Management: "Gas stunning using CO2 is legally permitted and is generally regarded as best available practice when carried ...
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NewsProcessors sign up to code of practice for the purchase of cattle
The BMPA and the NFU have agreed the scope of a new code of practice for the purchase of cattle which is now set to be introduced. Processing companies so far signed up to the code include:ABP Food GroupDovecote Park LimitedKepak GroupRandall Parker Foods2 Sisters Food GroupWoodheads/Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLCAt ...
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NewsQMS secures deal with Sweden’s largest retailer
Scotch Beef PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) and Scotch Lamb PGI will be on retail shelves throughout Sweden as a result of a successful new partnership involving QMS (Quality Meat Scotland) and Swedish retail giant ICA.Soon to be in 1300 outlets across Sweden.ICA, the leading grocery supplier in Sweden, has been ...
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Scottish Meat Trades Fair returns
The Scottish Meat Trades Fair is to be held for the first time since 2013 at Dewar’s Centre, Perth on Sunday 10th May 2015.Organised by the SFMTA (Scottish Federation of Meat Traders’ Association) on behalf of Scotland’s independent butchers, the one-day event is a show for the retail meat trade ...
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Country of origin labelling must be extended to cover processed foods, says Countryside Alliance
The Countryside Alliance is urging the Government to show its support for British farmers by pushing for country of origin labelling for all processed meat products.From April all fresh meat sold in the UK must be labelled showing where the animal was reared and slaughtered. However, this will not apply ...
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NewsUK sheep meat production forecast to reach 2009 levels
The amount of sheep meat available for consumption on the domestic market is set to rise again in 2015, according to the latest forecasts from AHDB/EBLEX.Final figures from the June 2014 census confirm that the UK lamb crop was the largest since 2006, as the result of a larger breeding ...
