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Scottish livestock stakeholders map out CAP priorities
A number of key Scottish stakeholders have mapped out the priorities that they believe should underpin the delivery of support to Scotland’s livestock sector in the future.In a joint statement sent to Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Richard Lochhead, the Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers (SAMW), the Scottish Federation ...
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NewsBernard Matthews to refresh its brand
Bernard Matthews, is to refresh its branding to coincide with the retailer Back to School season.The move is to be supported by a multimedia campaign that will cover national press, outdoor, online and in-store, the new food-focused look, starting with cooked meats, will begin rolling out to all major supermarkets ...
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Prime Minister urged to end policy that costs Scottish farming £1.4million
Scotland’s First Minister has written to Prime Minister, David Cameron, urging him to put a stop to DEFRA’s current arrangement of the red meat levy, which it says sees Scottish farmers lose £1.4 million each year.The First Minister renewed calls for the UK Government to implement a policy to repatriate ...
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Dawn Fresh Foods plant to close
The Dawn Fresh Foods plant at Fethard in Co. Tipperary in Ireland is to close with the loss of just over 100 jobs.The business has been at Fethard for around 30 years and has been looking to restructure to save the plant but rising costs of raw material and sterling ...
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Stelios to take on Aldi and Lidl with low-cost easyFoodstore
Easyjet's Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is looking to take on the budget end of the supermarket market with the launch of easyFoodstore that he says will be: "Concentrating on affordable, basic 'no-brand-name' packet and tinned foods at bargain prices."A website, easyFoodstore.com has been set up and a pilot store is apparently ...
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Scientists quantify number of human deaths due to antibiotic use in chicken production
In the first study of its kind, an international team of scientists used a Dutch genetic fingerprinting study to estimate the proportion of ESBL E.coli blood-poisoning infections and deaths in humans resulting from the use of a third-generation cephalosporin in chicken production. [1]The UK has never used cephalosporins in broiler ...
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NewsCrawley cook wins 'West Sussex school recipe challenge'
A cook from Crawley has been celebrating after winning the ‘West Sussex School Recipe Challenge.’Julie Harberd succeeded in the cook-off final, winning the Overall Winner’s title for her ‘Quality Standard Mark Lamb Mince, Spinach and Sweet Potato Curry’ dish. The accolade has also earned Julie’s recipe a place on the ...
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NPA calls for food companies to ban all imports from ‘medieval’ farms
Seven months after the European Union introduced a ban on keeping sows in stalls (except for the first four weeks of pregnancy) half of European Union countries have failed to clamp down on pig farms where sows are illegally confined for most of their lives, according to The National Pig ...
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The world’s most expensive burger unveiled
In the next few days (as reported in The Independent on 28th July) the most expensive beef burger in history will be cooked and presented to a selected audience in London. Costing somewhere in the region of £250,000, the 5oz burger will be composed of synthetic meat, grown in a ...
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Research call on official controls on meat
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is commissioning a new piece of research into official controls on meat.The Agency says it is looking for a contractor to develop a more targeted approach to inspection for Cysticercus bovis, a disease that affects the muscles of cattle, caused by the larvae of a ...
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Karro refinances for growth
Pork giant Karro Food Group has secured a new £60 million funding package from GE Capital just six months after private equity firm Endless LLP’s acquisition of the business from Vion.The business is involved in all stages of pork production, from farming through to slaughter, butchery and processing and is ...
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NewsMichelin star chef showcases QSM beef and lamb
Michelin starred chef Nigel Haworth has teamed up with EBLEX to create a series of fantastic new cookery demonstration videos to support the launch of a range of product development initiatives for Quality Standard Mark (QSM) beef and lamb.Nigel Haworth on burgers, steak, a chop house range and veal.The videos, ...
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NewsMeat Industry Awards 2013 and MEATUP photo reviews
If you were there or if you missed the event the Meat Management Industry Awards 2013 and MEATUP 2013 photo galleries are now available online.The 2013 Meat Management Award winners are all smiles after being recognised as the best in the industry.To keep yourself in the picture with two of ...
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Positive outlook for lamb producers as lamb prices steady
Following three weeks of sharp decline, prime lamb auction prices have stabilised over the past week.According to Stuart Ashworth, head of Economics Services, Quality Meat Scotland, the average auction price in Scotland this week was around 178 p/kg lwt, a similar level to the price at sales at the end ...
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NewsHave your sausages been 'discovered?'
In the run up to British Sausage Week 2013 (4th-10th November), the competition to discover Britain’s Greatest Bangers is now on!The challenge is open to all butchers, retailers and branded manufacturers that believe they have the best pork sausages in the business. From traditional classics to new creations, this is ...
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Delegation to review New Zealand sheep sector
A cross-industry group from the UK sheep sector is to meet with counterparts in New Zealand next week to assess the current production outlook and see how we could better share knowledge on business efficiencies.It follows a winter which saw an unusually high influx of lamb imports, particularly of specific ...
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Lamb price volatility benefits no-one, says NFU
NFU livestock board chairman Charles Sercombe has outlined the frustration that sheep farmers across the country are expressing at the current volatility in the lamb market, warning that this instability is not beneficial for consumers either.The past few weeks have seen damaging fluctuations in lamb prices across England and Wales. ...
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HCC named best stand at Royal Welsh
Judges and visitors to the Royal Welsh Show 2013 were impressed by the eye catching stand promoting mouth watering Welsh Lamb, Welsh Beef and pork.Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales’ (HCC) stands at Llanelwedd were named the best commercial trade stand in the non agricultural sector.Dai Davies, HCC’s chairman, ...
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Karro Food Group proposal to end slaughter and butchery operations at Wiveliscombe site
Karro Food Group is proposing to end slaughter and butchery operations at its Wiveliscombe site in Somerset. As part of the proposals, the company has entered a consultation process with employees and trade union, with 113 jobs at the site at risk of redundancy. Karro is working closely with the ...
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Assurance logo call for restaurant menus
More restaurants are being called on to include assurance logos for beef and lamb dishes on their menus to help boost sales.With consumer awareness of traceability and provenance issues at an all-time high due to the horse meat scandal, EBLEX believes that the more information foodservice outlets include on their ...
