Latest Industry News – Page 328
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NewsGourmet burger POS kit for retailers
Burgers are always popular during the summer months, but this year, as a result of the horsemeat scandal, many shoppers are choosing fresh meat instead of frozen and opting to buy it from their local Quality Standard Mark retailer.Not only that, there has also been an upsurge in the sale ...
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NFU director to be Tesco's new director of agriculture
The NFU’s Director of Corporate Affairs Tom Hind is set to take up a new post later this year after securing the role of Group Director of Agriculture with Tesco.Tesco announced the creation of the Director of Agriculture role at the NFU conference back in February as part of its ...
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NewsMinister support for MEATUP show
Minister of Agriculture & Food, David Heath MP started his tour of the UK's only dedicated meat industry show on the first day of MEATUP (Tuesday 2nd July), by tucking into a British bacon butty, joined by BPEX chief executive, Mick Sloyan and AHDB chairman, John Godfrey.The Minister visited a ...
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NewsThe meat industry’s best recognised at major awards ceremony
The 2013 Meat Industry Awards ceremony once again brought the top names of the industry together in Birmingham to celebrate excellence and reward the best, as voted for by readers of Meat Management magazine and judged by industry experts.The 2013 Meat Management Award winners are all smiles after being recognised ...
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DEFRA calls bovine TB in meat stories "irresponsible scaremongering"
DEFRA has described a report in The Sunday Times that consumers are at risk of contracting bovine TB by eating meat as: "irresponsible scaremongering."A Government statement said: "The Food Standards Agency has confirmed there are no known cases where someone has contracted TB from eating meat."All meat slaughtered due to ...
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Sales of lamb in UK retailers up 21% year-on-year
In the 12 week period to mid-May the volume of sheepmeat sold by UK retailers grew by 21% year-on-year, according to the latest figures from market research company, Kantar Worldpanel.The upsurge was the result of consumers being tempted by the 9.5% fall in the average retail price, reflecting lower farmgate ...
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New assistant regional manager joins EBLEX team
EBLEX has strengthened its regional team with the appointment of a new assistant regional manager for the south.Agricultural science graduate Joseph Keating will work as part of the EBLEX regional team delivering knowledge transfer and technical information to producers in the region.Joseph, who spent two years with The Irish Agriculture ...
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Sainsbury's to stock 100% fresh pork
Multiple giant Sainsbury's has committed to offering 100% fresh British pork from Wednesday this weekThis means the supermarket will be sourcing 70% more British pigs than previously. Reacting to the news Zoe Davies from The National Pig Association said: "The NPA is of course pleased by this important move."Now all ...
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JBT FoodTech appoints UK key account manager
JBT FoodTech has appointed John Palmer as a key account manager for the Frigoscandia range of freezing, cooling and chilling systems, Stein coating and frying equipment, and the Double D range of cookers, searer/grill-markers and baking ovens.John has over 25 years’ experience in the meat industry, having started his career ...
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NewsSamworth Brothers Charity Challenge smashes £1 million target
The Samworth Brothers Charity Challenge has smashed through the £1 million milestone with the 2013 Challenge raising £327,000 and taking total charity funds generated to date from the event to £1.177 million.Eighty three teams from Samworth Brothers companies, customers and suppliers took part in the two gruelling 2013 Charity Challenge ...
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JLS star JB Gill launches nationwide burger competition
Former member of boy band JLS and fledgling farmer, JB Gill, has teamed up with Simply Beef and Lamb to launch ‘Battle of the Burgers,’ a nationwide search to find the UK’s best homemade burger.The competition is designed to encourage consumers to create their own burgers from scratch using quality ...
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EFSA calls for change to meat inspection
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has made a number of recommendations for what it says are improvements to meat inspection procedures to better protect consumers, animal health and welfare. The recommendations were published yesterday as part of a set of scientific opinions on inspection of ruminants, farmed game and ...
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Victory for AIMS against FSA in High Court
The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers is celebrating after its claim that the Food Standards Agency (FSA) had overcharged the meat industry by a million pounds was granted.In the Royal Courts of Justice, the Honourable Mr Justice Singh granted the claim brought by 38 slaughterhouse operators in a Judicial Review, ...
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Cost of production figures revised up
The latest cost of production figures from BPEX have been revised upwards following receipt of updated performance data, meaning the cumulative loss to the industry is about £90 million over the last 18 months.The provisional data for the first quarter of this year showed January 169.2p per kg, February 165.3p ...
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NewsButchery demonstrations a huge hit at Royal Highland Show
A trio of Scotland’s top young butchers displayed their skills during butchery demonstrations which attracted record crowds at this year’s Royal Highland Show.Douglas Scott, chief executive of the Scottish Federation of Meat Traders Associations joined Jamie Syme of Alex Mitchell Butchers in Glenrothes who prepared a loin of Specially Selected ...
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Minister highlights EBLEX’s key role in driving export market
EBLEX’s role in cultivating export markets to help drive economic growth has been highlighted by Minister of State for Agriculture and Food, David Heath MP at a major industry conference.Speaking via a pre-recorded video message at EBLEX’s ninth annual Export Conference, Mr Heath said the UK was ahead of the ...
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Stop gap measure for Real Welfare assessments
Real Welfare assessments become compulsory from 1st July and a bureau service (operated by MLCSL) will be up and running from that date to enable vets to capture the valuable data they collect on behalf of their clients.This service is a stop-gap measure intended to run for six months while ...
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NewsBritish Turkey launches its fourth Student Chef Competition
British Turkey has launched its fourth Student Chef Competition that invites Level 2 and 3 catering students to develop a starter and main course using British turkey thigh or breast meat that could be served at the annual industry awards banquet held in September 2014 to over 280 guests.The prize ...
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Waitrose launches beef facility in UK first
From this week, Waitrose will start producing frozen beef from its own dedicated production facility ensuring full traceability and one of the shortest supply chains among UK supermarkets.A first for the industry, the facility means that all fresh and frozen beef for Waitrose will now be handled entirely by one ...
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NFU says Defra CAP plans will damage English farming and reduce British food production
A new CAP negotiating position agreed by the Agriculture Council will penalise English farmers and make it harder for them to produce food, said the NFU.Ahead of a final round of talks due to take place in Brussels – where it is expected there will be a final agreement on ...
