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News2022 City Meat Lecture keynote speaker confirmed
This year’s Worshipful Company of Butchers (WCB) annual City Meat Lecture will be presented by professor Alice Stanton. The professor will be leading the discussion on: ‘How much red meat should we eat? / Will the WWF climate ambitions endanger human health?’ The event takes place on Thursday 24th November ...
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NewsVale of Mowbray enters administration due to rising costs
Pie-maker Vale of Mowbray has entered administration after experiencing “significant financial challenges” due to increasing energy and material costs, says appointed administrators FRP.Based in Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire, the business started as a brewery in 1725 and began making pork pies in 1928. News of the company’s collapse follows an ...
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NewsOrganic meat sales in decline despite market volume increases
Latest figures from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) reveal that the organic food market has seen a 16% decline in volume sales for the second quarter of this year, despite organic meat seeing a steady increase in total market volume share over time.The label “organic” indicates that a ...
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NewsTesco reports lower profits as cost inflation hits
In its latest trading report, retailer Tesco said its operating profits has decreased 9.8% to £1,315 million at constant rates year-on-year due to significant cost inflation.However, the retailer confirmed that its overall revenue increased by 7% year-on-year. This included fuel sales growth of 38.7%, which it claimed was “driven by ...
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NewsUK pigmeat trade reverts to pre-pandemic levels
Growth in July for UK pigmeat exports has recorded a 9% increase compared to last year and is “almost” level with exports for the same period in 2020, according to new figures.Reported by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), total exports of pig meat from the UK also increased ...
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NewsConcern remains over UK FTA with Australia
Following closer examination of the recent FTA with Australia, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) is urging government to prioritise UK food standards in future trade deals. The UK-Australian trade deal marked the new UK FTA with a partner without a pre-existing FTA in place with the EU, or ...
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NewsSCB launches pork initiative to support local producers
Scottish Craft Butchers (SCB) has launched its ‘Porktober’ initiative, which seeks to encourage consumers to “buy Scottish”, with around 400 independent butchers involved. Gordon King, executive manager of Scottish Craft Butchers.The aim of the initiative is to highlight the versatility, nutritional value, and cost effectiveness of home-produced pork. The campaign ...
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NewsGB lamb prices remain steady
September GB lamb prices continue to follow seasonal trends which is “weakening but remaining relatively steady”, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). AHDB’s latest figures confirm that throughputs of lamb picked up during September, but are behind compared to the same period last year. GB live-weight ...
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NewsObituary: Jim Redmond
Meat Management is deeply saddened to report the death of Jim Redmond on Sunday 2nd October at Northampton General Hospital. He was 81 years old.Jim Redmond speaking at Butchers' Hall in 1989.Born in Trinidad the eldest of eight children, he first came to Britain at the age of 14 where ...
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NewsStable long-term outlook for Welsh beef production, says HCC
Long-term stability for beef production in Wales is forecast by trade promotion body HCC despite current inflation issues affecting both farmers and consumers. The latest market update from Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) is based on cattle consensus data from the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS). The ...
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NewsInvestment growth revealed across meat and food businesses
Figures from corporate finance advisors Oghma Partners indicate that the meat and food industry sectors has seen a distinct shift in funding over the last decade.The latest information from Oghama suggests that between the years 2012-2017 the industry recorded £312.4m invested into 304 companies over 583 investment rounds. However, between ...
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NewsDefra survey requests industry feedback on Co2 shortage
Defra is gathering information to establish how individual businesses who use Co2 are affected in the gas market using what it describes as a ten-minute survey. The deadline to participate is 3rd October 2022.Major producer CF Fertilisers UK announced in August that it would temporarily halt ammonia production at its ...
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NewsTaste tests increase demand and awareness for Welsh Lamb
Consumer taste panels conducted by Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) have resulted in attendees increasing the amount of lamb they cook and eat and an increased awareness of the PGI Welsh Lamb brand.Consumers taking part in taste panels in Chester last year.HCC’s Welsh Lamb Meat Quality Project, ...
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NewsFood policy raised at the Labour Party Conference
The National Farming Union (NFU) took the opportunity to have dialogue with Labour MP’s regarding the future of British agriculture at the recent Labour Party conference in Liverpool on 28th September.Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer spoke with NFU President Minette Batters at the Labour Party Conference. Image: The Labour Party.The ...
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NewsAnalysis outlines levels of AMR in Campylobacter found in UK chicken
The Food Standards Agency has published a new report analysing 20 years of data on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Campylobacter from retail chicken in the UK.The study aimed to assess any trends over a 20-year period and FSA say it provides a baseline against which it can evaluate future, hoped-for ...
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NewsNorthern Ireland Farm Quality Assurance Scheme 2022 launched
The Northern Ireland Farm Quality Assurance Scheme (FQAS) Standard and Rules for 2022 has been officially launched which, according to the Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC) will give stakeholders an opportunity to feed into the process of reviewing standards.Conall Donnelly (NIMEA), Ian Stevenson (LMC), William Irvine (UFU).Members ...
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NewsMeat Management Industry Awards confirm that plans are underway for 2023
A new short video plus picture gallery is now live online following the highly successful meat industry annual awards ceremony, held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on 15th September. Organisers report that take up to support the 2023 event by the category partners is exceptional, with all categories expected to ...
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NewsUK pork production on the rise
UK pig meat production increased in August by 1,700 tonnes (2.1%) compared with the same month the previous year to total 84,500 tonnes, according to latest figures from Defra.The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) said that there was also an uplift in pig meat volumes from July, with an ...
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NewsBeef imports decrease whilst exports stabilise
Imports of beef to the UK saw a decline in July as exports stabilised, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).UK imports of fresh and frozen beef in July came to 17,400 tonnes. This is a 9.1% decrease on June levels, and 2,600 tonnes (13%) down on imports ...
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NewsFood manufacturing sector welcomes government Growth Plan
UK food manufacturing organisations have welcomed the Chancellor’s Growth Plan for the UK economy, but warn that policy on business taxes remain an issue to be addressed.Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng. Picture credit: No. 10 Downing Street.The government aim is to achieve a trend growth rate of 2.5%. According ...
