Latest Industry News – Page 306
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NewsEBLEX unveils 'Discover Lamb' and 'The Carvery' range of cuts
‘Discover Lamb’ and ‘The Carvery’ are the latest product development initiatives unveiled by the EBLEX trade marketing team in London at the Churchill War Rooms.L-R: EBLEX's Martin Eccles and Nigel Haworth with a range of the new cuts.Launched under the umbrella themes - ‘Cook-In’ for the retail sector and ‘Eat ...
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Parasite infections costing sheep industry millions says EBLEX
Farmers are being urged to correctly worm farm dogs to help sheep reach target specifications and reduce the number of carcase rejections from processors which cost the industry millions of pounds.The call has come from EBLEX amid growing concern in the processing sector about parasite infections spread by dogs affecting ...
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NewsTulip relaunches foodservice division
Tulip Ltd has relaunched its foodservice division to bring its food expertise to the catering and hospitality industry nationwide.Tulip Foodservice Solutions, the ‘one-stop shop’ for professional caterers, offers sliced cooked meats, shredded meats, pizza toppings, meal solutions and deli fillers.Alongside well-known Tulip Ltd brands Danepak, Stagg® Chili, SPAM® Brand and ...
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NewsNew flavourings launch
A new selection of seasonings and marinades, targeted exclusively at top end butchers for their own use, has been launched by Unbar Rothon.Called Butchers Pride, it has been developed over months and widely tested and is presented in see-through plastic jarss. The seasonings are also batch packed in plastic bags ...
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NewsSandy Boyd is new Q Guild manager
Sandy Boyd, a high profile figure in the food retail industry, has been appointed by the Q Guild of Butchers as Guild manager.Sandy Boyd joins the Q Guild team.Sandy has worked in the speciality food industry for over 30 years. He has set up several successful and award winning food ...
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Assurance scheme proposal gets top billing at Halal forum
A proposed assurance scheme for the halal sector will be among the topics discussed at the first red meat Halal forum in Warwickshire next month.The forum will help shape priorities for EBLEX work with the Halal sector, as well as looking at recent consumer research and a draft halal assurance ...
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Industry unites to get shoppers to back British poultry meat
The NFU, British Poultry Council, Red Tractor and some of the UK’s biggest retailers and foodservice companies have joined forces to promote the chicken industry and to help promote the Red Tractor mark of quality.All have thrown their weight behind the new-look Love Chicken recipe website, which aims to encourage ...
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F.A. Gill Ltd adamant it supplies British pork
Following the announcement on the BBC Radio 4 Farming Today programme about the mislabelling of pork chops F A Gill Ltd says it has proven it has only ever supplied British pork.The results of isotope testing, on its own on-site slaughtered pork, when independently sampled, was shown scientifically to be ...
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NFMFT rejects claims that consumer confidence in meat industry is low
The National Federation of Meat and Food Traders has objected to remarks by Jill Evans MEP claiming that "consumer confidence in the meat industry is low following the horse meat scandal."The comments come following Evans's comments on the proposed changes to the rules on inspections in slaughterhouses. The NFMFT says ...
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Sheep EID proposals will cost industry, says NFU and NSA
Proposals in the latest Government consultation on sheep EID could cost the industry an extra £1.8million a year and add little to protect the industry in the event of a disease outbreak, the NFU and National Sheep Association (NSA) has warned.In letters to Farming Minister David Heath, the organisations have ...
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NFU calls on Defra to put in place fair CAP deal across the UK after EU agreement
The Council and the European Parliament has reached a political agreement on outstanding issues of the Common Agriculture Policy reform.This marks a major step towards the goal of finalising the CAP reform package.NFU director of Policy Martin Haworth said: “While we think this reform has missed an opportunity to become ...
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NewsQMS launches Meat the Facts for children
A new children’s publication aimed at improving the understanding of children about red meat (beef, lamb and pork) has been launched by Quality Meat Scotland.Bearsden Primary School pupils helped to launch the new QMS “Meat the Facts” booklet.Pupils from Bearsden Primary School joined Isobel-Anne Johnston on Quality Meat Scotland’s stand ...
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NewsLivestock producers invited to free butchery workshops
Livestock farmers are invited to attend one of two free butchery workshops being held in Aberdeenshire and Perthshire next month by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).The workshops will offer an opportunity to learn how to bone out a carcase and are free of charge to QMS levy payers. During the day-long ...
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NewsButchers pick local link
A sausage made by a West Lothian butcher has been selected by their peers to be this year’s 'Sausage For Scotland.' Butchers throughout Scotland were invited to come up with a very Scottish sausage that could be promoted during Scottish Sausage Week from 28th October to 6th November this year.Don ...
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Dew Valley wins bacon contract for McDonald’s in Ireland
Dew Valley from Tipperary is to supply all of Ireland’s McDonald’s restaurants with bacon. Product was previously sourced from the UK.According to The Irish Times that means a delivery of up to 9 milion pieces of cooked bacon, which is 36 tonnes a year.Whilst details of the deal were not ...
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New Master at WCB
The Worshipful Company of Butchers has a new Master, Mr Ian Kelly.The new Master and Court were elected at Common Hal at Butchers’ Hall earlier this month. Wardens include Patricia Dart, Stuart Thompson, Geoff Gillo, Graham Baker and Timothy Dumenil.Kelly succeeds Mark Adams who raised more than £24,000 for his ...
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2013 shows early signs of export boost for Welsh lamb
New figures from the first half of 2013 show positive signs for producers and exporters of Welsh Lamb.Data from HMRC show that UK sheep meat exports were 14% higher between January and June, compared with the same period in 2012.The rise was due to an increase in domestic production of ...
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‘Battle of the Burgers’ winner cooks up Sunday Spectacular
A taste bud tantalising ‘Mum’s Sunday Lunch Spectacular Burger’ landed a national cooking title for a budding chef in an EBLEX-backed competition.The culinary creation, by Essex-based Jenny Long, was named EBLEX’s Simply beef and lamb Battle of the Burgers champion 2013 at a national cook-off in London, judged by former ...
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Tesco pork sold as British may well have been Dutch
BPEX led random tests carried out on two Tesco pork chops, labelled as being British indicate they may well have come from Holland, not Britain.The discovery was made following BPEX’s agreement to demonstrate its new SIRA technique to the BBC. Stable Isotope Analysis is designed to test the authenticity of ...
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Hong Kong has a taste for pork pies
According to BPEX, Melton Mowbray pork pies were a surprising hit with the Chinese at the Restaurant & Bar show in Hong Kong, who, despite being baffled at first – as they’re used to hot pies – loved the porky spicy taste and crust.BPEX and EBLEX attended the show and ...
