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NewsDunbia’s Butchery Academy reaches milestone of 200 apprentices
Dunbia, a division of Dawn Meats, is celebrating the milestone of over 200 apprentices completing its award-winning Butchery Academy program. Sean Cassidy, a recent graduate from Dunbia Butchery Academy pictured perfecting his craft.The Butchery Academy was launched in 2009 to provide practical training in all aspects of butchery for the ...
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NewsTop chef helps create Welsh butcher’s best banger
A top chef, who has cooked for sporting royalty, has worked on a new sausage for one of Wales’s best-known butchers to help create a new range.Chef James Williams and Natalie Bestwick, of Edwards the Welsh Butcher, with the new sausages at Llandudno’s Imperial Hotel. Picture credit: Mandy Jones Photography.James ...
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NewsUK cattle prices see improvement in August
The average GB prime cattle deadweight price saw its first increase for seven weeks, the latest figures report from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has found.UK prime cattle prices appreciated 0.9p to average 433.4p/kg in the week ending 20th August. According to AHDB, this increase means average prices ...
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NewsFinalists for Britain’s Best Butchers Shop revealed
The much anticipated Meat Management Meat Industry Awards is fast approaching and amongst the twenty categories that are recognised at the ceremony on 15th September in Birmingham will be Britain’s Best Butchers Shop. Judging concluded back in July and this year the four finalists are as follows: ...
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NewsCost of living could impact diets if consumers cut back on meat
Increased cost of living pressures this autumn could lead to consumers missing out on key nutrients, including Vitamin B12 and iron, due to “a lack of balance in their diet”, research by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has found.The research revealed that one in three agree that the ...
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NewsBMPA demands government action over closure of Billingham CO2 production
The British Meat Processors’ Association (BMPA) said that government can’t “sit on the side lines”, following an announcement by CF Fertilisers UK that it will temporarily halt ammonia production at its Billingham Complex due to market conditions.Meat manufacturing relies heavily on CO2 for keeping food fresh.In a statement, CF Fertilisers ...
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NewsVoting deadline this week for Women In Meat Industry Awards 2022
The final voting deadline for this year’s Women In Meat Industry Awards is this coming Friday 26th August. Over 100 nominees are featured this year from right across the UK meat industry and over 8,000 votes have been received so far.The voting process is quick and easy. To see the ...
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NewsGovernment seeks views on reducing livestock methane production
The?UK government has launched a UK-wide call for evidence asking the agricultural and food industries, scientists and the wider public for information on the use of new types of animal feed products that can reduce methane emissions from livestock.The consultation has been launched in agreement with?the Devolved Administrations?of?Northern Ireland, Scotland ...
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NewsNPA appoints new chief executive
The National Pig Association (NPA) has announced that Lizzie Wilson has been appointed as the trade body’s new chief executive.Wilson replaces Dr Zoe Davies who took up a new role with the National Farmers’ Union (NFU).NPA chief executive Lizzie Wilson.NPA said that Wilson has “an exceptional track record”, having joined ...
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NewsWelsh butchers fully prepared for World Butchers’ Challenge
A team of Welsh butchers is primed and ready to represent Wales after an intensive period of training in preparation for the World Butchers’ Challenge in the United States, taking place on 2nd and 3rd September.The Craft Butchery Team Wales (from left) Tom Jones, Liam Lewis, Matthew Edwards, Peter Rushforth, ...
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NewsNew study reports reduced consumption of meat alternatives
A Food Standards Agency (FSA) consumer survey has revealed that around a fifth of respondents no longer eat meat alternatives and just over a third said that they had never eaten products of that type.21% of respondents reported that they used to eat meat alternatives but no longer do.The FSA’s ...
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NewsCanned meat could see resurgence, says AHDB
The surge in sales for canned meat at the start of the pandemic could indicate a future trend in sales as the financial impact of inflation hits households, a report by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has found.Figures from Kantar dating back to the first Covid-19 lockdown in ...
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NewsSamworth Brothers pays tribute to founder Sir David Samworth, CBE DL
British food manufacturer Samworth Brothers has paid tribute to its founder and life president Sir David Samworth, who has passed away at the age of 87.In a statement, Samworth Brothers said that Sir David had helped “shape the modern food industry over a long and successful business career” and also ...
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NewsAIMS calls on The Lancet to remove GBD study
The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) has written to the editor of The Lancet requesting the immediate removal of the report on the 2019 Global Burden of Disease (2019 GBD) study due to what AIMS claims to be “its seriously misleading content.”The 2019 GBD study claimed a 36-fold higher ...
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NewsUK pigmeat production declines in July
UK pig meat production fell in July to 80,600 tonnes, 7% lower than recorded volumes for June, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).AHDB’s report, which is based on the latest data from Defra, has suggested that the decline in volume is 4% lower than July 2021. The ...
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NewsRising costs in food supply chain “proving impossible to absorb”, says BRC
Responding to the July CPI inflation figures, CEO of the British Retail Consortium (BRC) Helen Dickinson warned that “the sheer weight of costs” felt by the industry would lead to companies passing the additional costs onto retailers and consumers.The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics have found that ...
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NewsBord Bia appoints new chief executive officer
The Irish Food Board – Bord Bia has announced that Jim O'Toole has been appointed as its new chief executive officer and is scheduled to take up the position in November.Jim O'Toole, new CEO of Bord Bia.O’Toole is currently CEO of Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency and ...
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NewsVoting for WIMI Awards 2022 closes on Friday 26th August
Organisers of the Women In Meat Industry Awards are reporting high turnout as members of the UK meat industry vote for their finalists in this year’s programme. Voting closes next Friday 26th August.Voting is underway to decide the finalists across 11 categories in this year's WIMI Awards.Over eight thousand votes ...
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NewsPoultry amongst various products affected by increasing grocery inflation
A new peak in grocery inflation has meant products like poultry, butter and milk have seen “the biggest jumps” in price, according to the latest Kantar market report.Overall, supermarket sales rose by 2.2% in the 12 weeks to 7th August as grocery price inflation hit a new high of 11.6%. ...
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NewsUK meat industry contracts in second quarter, says FDF
Meat and meat products were amongst the sectors of the UK food industry found to have contracted in growth, according to the latest report from the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).The new report found that all sectors of the UK food industry contracted apart from dairy, grain mills and bakery ...
