Latest Industry News – Page 74
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NewsQuality Meat Scotland updates Pig Assurance Scheme standards
New Standards are set to go live this spring, following an extensive review by the Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) Standards Setting Body for the Pig Assurance Scheme.Effective from 1st May 2023, key changes to the scheme will see mandatory training brought in for stockpersons involved in the moving, handling and ...
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NewsFMT Food Awards judging week ‘a great success’
This year’s FMT Food Industry Awards product judging has concluded for 2023. The process took place at the Harper Adams University test kitchens and judges are reported to be delighted with the variety and quality of entrants.Head judge, Keith Fisher checking out cooking instructions on a product with one of ...
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NewsBoar's Head Ceremony 2023 dates back to 1343
The annual Boar's Head ceremony is a special day for the Worshipful Company of Butchers and this year was no exception.The 2023 Boar's Head Ceremony gets ready to process from Butchers' Hall to Mansion House. Image courtesy of Phil McCarthy and WCB.It follows a tradition that dates back to 1343 ...
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NewsDawn Meats in process of acquiring Kildare Chilling
It is being reported widely in Ireland that the Dawn Meats is in the process of acquiring lamb processor, Kildare Chilling.Kildare is one of the main sheep processors in Ireland with its plants having capacity to slaughter 500,000 lambs and 120,000 cattle a year. It has two main brands, Kildara ...
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NewsNational Craft Butchers launches new food safety management system
National Craft Butchers (NCB) has launched its new food safety management system. Claimed to be the only comprehensive legally backed advice designed specifically for butchers, it's designed to provide clarity on all aspects of food safety within their businesses.Richard Stevenson, technical manager at National Craft Butchers.Available from NCB, this is ...
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NewsLivestock auctioneer to grill MPs about imported lamb
A Northumbrian livestock auctioneer will be grilling MPs at Westminster over what he calls a “worrying” level of lamb meat being imported.The 25-year old auctioneer, Jack Walton, from Hexham in Northumberland told the BBC: "The big problem in the sheep industry is that the supermarkets are buying a hell of ...
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NewsFrench meat buyers hooked by trip to Wales
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has hosted a delegation of food distributors from the biggest export market for Welsh red meat, namely France.HCC head of supply chain delivery, Jon Parker welcomes French food industry delegate Auriane Gourdon to Wales.Representatives from companies including agri-food co-operatives and meat suppliers ...
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NewsRed meat remains a firm favourite with Northern Ireland consumers
Over ninety per cent of consumers in Northern Ireland (NI) report to purchase or eat beef, the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) has confirmed. Lauren Patterson, LMC marketing and communications manager.The positive statistic is drawn from a recent independent omnibus survey, commissioned by LMC to examine the current eating habits ...
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NewsWelsh Lamb joins with top chef to highlight world hunger
Francesco Mazzei, a leading London-based chef and restaurateur, teamed up with Welsh Lamb in the runup to the festive season to help a charity dedicated to tackling global hunger and malnutrition.Francesco Mazzei cooking at the Action Against Hunger event.Francesco, a recognisable face from popular TV food shows and a leading ...
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NewsGlobal red meat trade flows set to remain firm in 2023
Farmgate cattle and pig prices have reached a new record high as the lamb trade struggles to match levels of early 2021 and 2022, according to the latest market commentary from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS). Forecasts from leading agriculture analysts point to further instability in the global red meat market ...
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NewsStrong meat representation on new Food and Drink Export Council
IMTA’s Margaret Boanas and AHDB’s Dr Phil Hadley are two representatives from the meat industry who will be part of the 21-strong new Food and Drink Export Council.The new Council will be co-chaired by Ian Wright CBE and Andrew Bowie MP, Minister for Exports.Past Master of the Worshipful Company of ...
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NewsDeadline for 2023 Food Awards product nominations is today
Today is the final opportunity for product nominations in the 2023 FMT Food Industry Awards. Manufacturers, processors and retailers from across the UK meat sector can nominate their products now ahead of tonight’s deadline.Nominate your products here.There is no limit on the number of products that can be nominated and ...
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NewsUK scientists produce the world’s first 100% cultivated meat steak
A UK-based company specialising in cell-based tissue engineering has produced the first-ever steak fillet of cultivated meat. The scientific breakthrough was achieved by a team of scientists at 3D Bio-Tissues (3DBT), a Newcastle-based tissue engineering company with patent-protected IP that is already producing human corneas to help restore vision to ...
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NewsNew analysis launched of challenging picture for sheep sector
As a cocktail of market challenges has combined to put pressure on lamb prices going into the new year, Hybu Cig Cymru-Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has launched a Between the Lines analysis report of lamb supply and the wider factors impacting the market.Increasing imports, the cost-of-living and its impact on ...
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NewsLMC relaunches 'Good Honest Food' advertising campaign
The Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) has relaunched its successful advertising campaign, ‘Good Honest Food – The Truth About Beef.’ Local chef James Devine fronts the LMC's Good Honest Food campaign.The travelogue style advertising campaign fronted by local chef James Devine aims to educate consumers on the health and environmental ...
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NewsRecord high for grocery inflation and Aldi remains fastest growing supermarket
"Grocery price inflation jumped a staggering 2.3 percentage points this month to 16.7% [...] Households will now face an extra £788 on their annual shopping bills if they don’t change their behaviour to cut costs," said Kantar's head of retail and consumer insight, Fraser McKevitt.He added: "Late last year, we ...
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NewsStore changes at Tesco could see 2,000 jobs go
Tesco is proposing changes to its business that could see up to 2,000 jobs go. Up to 1750 of those will be team manager posts in its larger stores.The supermarket said that the changes to its business is to ensure it remains focused and competitive in a fast-changing market.Tesco said ...
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NewsGammon sales up over the festive period
Gammon sales soared over the festive period, with leading food producer Pilgrim’s UK delivering more than four million pork products to British retailers, including almost 1.6 million fresh gammon joints.Overall, retailers experienced a 5.1% uplift in volume (kg) sales and a 23.6% increase in value sales YoY of fresh gammon ...
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NewsLamb for St Andrew’s Day boosts sales in the ring
The latest market analysis shows a 20% uplift in liveweight lamb prices in Scotland’s auction markets in November, for a second year in a row, believed to be on the back of the industry initiative, Lamb for St Andrew’s Day. In its support of the Scottish sheep sector, The Institute ...
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NewsChicken and pork dinners are Christmas winners as turkey sales declined
According to data analysts, Kantar, both chicken and pork were the winners over the Christmas period, covering 12 weeks to 25th December 2022, while turkey sales declined.Fresh primary meat and poultry grew 9.7% over the last 12 weeks an improvement on last month’s 7% growth. Kantar said this was due ...
