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National exposure for pork adverts
The latest BPEX advertising campaign ‘Give a Fork About Your Pork’, fronted by Jimmy Doherty, got a boost in five national newspapers last weekend.The advertisement, a four-colour half-page was in the Sun, Mail, Guardian, Telegraph and Times.This is in addition to the pitch perimeter LCD messaging at Football World Cup ...
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Harper Adams students help judge Foodservice Pork Product of the Year
Two students from Harper Adams University were given the chance to sample some of England’s best pork products after being chosen as judges for a national BPEX competition.Michelle Evans and Paula Lobb are second year students at the university and are behind artisan small business, Really Porky Pies.The girls were ...
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NFU and Tesco discuss the supermarket’s new pledges
The NFU has met with Tesco to discuss its commitments to ‘source closer to home’ and to build partnerships with UK farmers.It comes after Tesco announced its ambitions to build partnerships, become more transparent and to make ‘real changes to the way Tesco source’, announced by the supermarket’s chief executive ...
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Rotisserie chicken sales fall 18% - is VAT to blame?
New figures from the British Poultry Council show that sales of rotisserie chicken have been seriously affected by the government’s introduction of VAT on hot foodstuffs from 1st October 2012.Before this date approximately 40 million rotisserie chickens were sold a year in the UK. In the 23 weeks since the ...
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Threats, withdrawals and risks - business continuity seminar at Campden BRI
Ensuring that a business has a sustainable long-term future is as much about foreseeing and planning for long-term global effects as it is about what to do if your factory burns down.Both need to be considered and plans put in place to deal with the consequences, but the amount and ...
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NewsYork College student chef is game for success
Luke Cockerill of York College has been crowned 2013 Game-to-Eat Student Chef of the Year.His dish ‘Partridge with Mushrooms & Brassicas’ wowed the judging panel, including top chef and restaurateur Mark Hix, Lee Maycock the Game-to-Eat consultant chef plus David Taylor and Jill Grieve from the Countryside Alliance. Luke Cockerill ...
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2012 Gary Baker Award
At the March court lunch of the Worshipful Company of Butchers The Gary Baker Award was made to final year student at Harper Adams University, Aled John.The award is intended to provide a travel scholarship to enable the recipient to look at some aspect of the red meat sector in ...
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Beef sales robust despite horse meat scandal
Fresh and frozen beef sales have remained steady in the UK despite the horse meat scandal, with the value of purchases in the latest four-week period rising 2%, and just a 1% drop in volumes, latest retail figures have revealed.The Kantar Worldpanel detailed data for the four-week period to 17th ...
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NewsYoung poultry farmers quiz farming minister
Farming minister David Heath has been answering questions from the next generation of UK poultry farmers.Members of the Poultry Industry Programme meet with Minister David Heath.Members of the NFU’s and ABN’s Poultry Industry Programme spent a day in London to learn more about how the industry lobbies Government and then ...
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NewsNew managing director at Treif UK
Arthur Pynenburg is the new managing director of machinery supplier Trief UK.Arthur Pynenburg is Treif UK's new managing director.Pynenburg (48) has been working internationally in leading positions in the field of the food technology, primarily mechanical engineering, for 18 years. He last worked in the field of cutting technology.TReif has ...
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No statistical validity to European study linking processed meats to premature death
The findings of a European study that claims processed meat may be to blame for one in 30 premature deaths, is not statistically valid, according to The Meat Advisory Panel (MAP).The new survey just published in BMC Medicine has looked at high intakes of processed meats. Processed meat includes salami, ...
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Birds Eye unveils its horsemeat investigation
Following the withdrawal of a small number of Birds Eye’s overall beef product range from sale in February the company has revealed who supplied it with the contaminated product. Frigilunch N.V. (who supplied the products to Birds Eye) was itself supplied meat with horse in it by an Irish meat ...
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NewsMore exhibitors book the MEATUP show
Reiser UK is the latest major exhibitor to back the second presentation of MEATUP, the dedicated meat industry exhibition which this year moves to the NEC on 2nd / 3rd July. The company has booked the biggest stand on the current floorplan and will use the two day show to ...
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NewsEBLEX showcases Middle East lamb export potential at Gulfood
The huge potential for exporting lamb to the Middle East was highlighted by EBLEX in a meeting with Food and Farming Minister David Heath MP at a major international trade event.From left - Edward Hobart, HM Consul General, British Embassy, Dubai, celebrity chef Gary Rhodes, Food & Farming Minister David ...
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NFU urges EU farming unions to stand together on lamb
The impact of the fall in lamb prices is being felt by farmers across Europe and it is essential that EU farming organisations act as one to tackle it, said the NFU.Speaking at the NFU Conference last week, livestock board chairman, Charles Sercombe, told delegates at a special livestock session ...
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News2 Sisters Food Group to buy VION’s UK poultry and red meat businesses
Boparan Holdings Limited (BHL), the holding company for 2 Sisters Food Group, has announced that it has agreed to acquire VION’s poultry and red meat processing businesses in the UK. The acquisition secures a viable future for these businesses, as well as providing certainty to their UK supply chain, which ...
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Vion UK deal heralds a new era for Scotland
The agreement reached between Vion UK and 2 Sisters Food Group heralds a new era in meat processing in Scotland, according to NFU Scotland.Boparan Holdings Limited, the holding company for 2 Sisters Food Group, has agreed to acquire Vion’s poultry and red meat processing businesses in the UK. In Scotland, ...
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Greencore clears ABP Nenagh
ABP Food Group Ireland has welcomed the findings of Greencore plc's investigation into the test results on its Bolognese product of two weeks ago. Greencore's investigation has cleared ABP Nenagh as the source of any contamination.ABP's own investigation is said to have included an extensive testing programme for all raw ...
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Frozen burger sales plummet in supermarkets
According to new data from Kantar, released on Sky News, both frozen beef burger and ready meal sales have fallen by 43% and 13% respectively.The data is for the four weeks ending 17th February and whilst undoubtedly attributable to consumers turning away from buying the product, is also down to ...
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A pivotal moment for food production
NFU president Peter Kendall has used his opening address at this week’s annual NFU Conference to argue that the horse meat scandal shows the need for a major shift in the way food is delivered.Speaking in Birmingham today, Kendall said one of the lessons to be learned from the current ...
