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Committee report on Desinewed Meat ‘spot on’ says BMPA
The BMPA has welcomed the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee report on Desinewed Meat, published today. The BMPA gave written evidence to the inquiry.Stephen Rossides, director of the BMPA, said: “We welcome the decision to undertake this inquiry. The Committee’s report is spot on both in ...
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Feed crisis for pig industry
“At the moment the British pig industry is facing a crisis, driven by increased feed costs,” warned Stephen Howarth, AHDB Market Intelligence and senior analyst. That situation is unlikely to change given what are being reported as record highs for grain prices and predictions in the United States that its ...
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NewsHSA award for significant advances in humane slaughter
The Humane Slaughter Association (HSA) has announced the winner of its 2012 award for significant advances in humane slaughter. The award, which recognises individuals or organisations that have made significant scientific, technical or other advances that have led to improvements in the humane slaughter of livestock, was won by the ...
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HCC continues to knock at US market's door
At today's Royal Welsh Show Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC) says it will continue its efforts to push for exporting Welsh lamb and Welsh beef to the USA.Welsh Lamb, along with other meat products from across the European Union, cannot currently be exported to the USA although trade negotiations are currently ...
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EBLEX event for butchers
Cuts, costings and increasing profits will come under the spotlight at an EBLEX event next month for butchers.The event – organised in conjunction with Dalziels group and Asco Butchers Sundries – on August 14th at Christmas Hill Farm Shop, Lakenheath, will examine the range of possibilities for various cuts and ...
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Sainsbury's to launch 100% Scottish pork range
At the end of September, Sainsbury's will be expanding its Scottish pork offering across its core and basic range by offering 100% Scottish pork in 34 stores.This will include eight new products, such as Scottish by Sainsbury's Pork Leg Escalopes and Basics Pork Chops.Sainsbury's pork buyer, Joanna Walker said: "We're ...
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NewsFSA appoints new chief executive
The FSA will have a new chief executive from October in the form of Catherine Brown.Currently the chief executive of the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency Brown will take on the role from the present incumbent, Tim Smith.Commenting on the appointment, FSA chair, Jeff Rooker said: "Catherine's wide-ranging experience ...
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Scottish lamb update
An NFU Scotland (NFUS) follow-up survey that featured in the latest issue of Meat Management Jul/Aug has found imports still dominate some supermarket shelves.NFUS reports that whilst some supermarkets continue to show strong commitment to British or Scottish lamb, significant volumes of New Zealand and Australian lamb was still found ...
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Foodservice sector urged to provide country of origin info
Food and Farming Minister Jim Paice has urged restaurants, pubs and caterers to tell diners which countries their food is from.While some food products bought in store are beginning to offer this information, many caterers have not yet taken on the challenge.The appeal from Paice comes 18 months after the ...
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NFU calls for common sense livestock movement rules
The potential impact of changes to livestock movement rules following the Macdonald Red Tape Review was high on the agenda this week when the NFU livestock board met with officials from Defra.The Defra proposal to remove the non-electronic, batch tag from use in slaughter lambs was also discussed with the ...
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ANM Group to sell Scotch Premier Meat and Yorkshire Premier Meat
Two ANM Group businesses, Scotch Premier Meat and Yorkshire Premier Meat, are to be sold, the company announced today.In a written statement ANM said: “The board of ANM Group has identified the need to concentrate on what the group does best through its core trading activities and is therefore looking ...
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Pig farmers face an empty trough
According to a recent BPEX report, feed costs have again spiked due to global weather patterns and pig producers are facing large losses as the price they are paid is well below the cost of production.Latest figures show it costs 170p per kg to raise a pig, but at present ...
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Report asks is there a better way to bring home the bacon?
A recent report, 'Bringing Home The Bacon, From Trader Mentalities to Industrial Policy,' is suggesting there may be better ways to organise the supply chain through vertical integration to ensure participants take responsibility for the overall health of the supply chain.Produced by a team at the ESRC funded CRESC (Centre ...
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New weekly online meat newsletter
Meat Management has launched the UK’s only dedicated, independent, weekly meat newsletter. Designed to provide readers with a synopsis of some of the week’s most important news and also to regularly update the market with unique content and analysis of key issues, it enables recipients to keep up to date ...
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Graeme Lowe, NZ meat industry pioneer dies
UK born meat industry pioneer and philanthropist, Graeme Lowe, founder of Lowe Corporation has died, aged 77.Lowe, founded the New Zealand based animal by-product processing and marketing company was involved in meat processing, tanning, fellmongering and rendering for over 40 years. Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne Lowe went to New Zealand when ...
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NewsEBLEX launches new publications
EBLEX has launched a new guide for caterers together with a new cattle and sheep weekly. The latter is in response to feedback from levy payers wanting accessible market information. Market informationThe Cattle and Sheep Weekly replaces the UK market survey, which has been published in a similar format for ...
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Parliamentary group for beef and lamb launched
Issues and developments in the beef and lamb industry will be the focus of a new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) chaired by Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton.Parish has been appointed chairman of the Beef & Lamb APPG, which will provide a forum for parliamentarians to discuss matters ...
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Asda launches Beef Link with Dawn Meats
Jim Viggars, Asda’s head of meat quality attended the first Asda/Dawn Meats Beef Link producer meeting at Bedford football club to launch its Beef Link initiative in partnership with Dawn Meats. Jim updated the producers on Asda’s performance within the beef category and demonstrated how changes in butchery specification have ...
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Pork still top of the pops
According to BPEX, a new report called ‘Eating Out – Pork and Sausages’, based on YouGov consumer research finds that pork is the most popular meat served out of the home.BPEX says this gives caterers the green light to put more pork on their forks and to give more information ...
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Prime Lamb Market is a Roller Coaster
According to QMS the Scottish prime lamb market has been something of a roller coaster over the past two months. (You can also read about the global sheep meat sector in the July/August issue of Meat Management). Market returns were particularly disappointing during May but recovered strongly through June to ...
