Latest Industry News – Page 86
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NewsTailored apprenticeships help Kepak to upskill its workforce
Cambrian Training is working with meat processing plant and abattoir Kepak to deliver apprenticeships for skilled butchers. Chris Jones, head of Cambrian Training Company’s food and drink business unit (second from right), with training co-ordinator John Eagle, trainee Jordan Jones and trainer Laurence Murphy, all from Kepak.Kepak, which has 830 ...
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NewsSales increase in UK for Spanish chorizo
The British market continues to be the main destination for approved chorizo from the Consorcio del Chorizo Español (Spanish Chorizo Consortium), with 607,500 kilos of Consortium-labelled Chorizo exported to the UK in the first quarter of 2021. Spanish chorizo exports to the UK on the rise.This number is a 28% ...
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NewsNSA concerns on climate change contradictions
The Environment Secretary’s recent comments on climate change are welcome but clarification on the contradictions they highlight is needed, says the National Sheep Association (NSA).With controversial links between red meat production and climate change continuing to be made the NSA was encouraged to hear comments made by secretary of state ...
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NewsHCC to help a meaty challenge
Following on from last year’s inaugural Meat the Challenge, barbecue and TV star Chris Roberts is back, partnered by Welsh red meat levy body Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC). Chris Roberts, the 'Flamebaster."The response to last year’s challenge for people to ‘pimp up’ their steak sandwiches was strong and this year’s ...
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NewsSAMW warns meat supply "in serious danger of collapse" over labour crisis
The Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers (SAMW) has told the Scottish Government that there is a risk of empty shelves at Christmas, even if the labour shortage is now addressed urgently.At an all-industry meeting with Scottish Government ministers, SAMW warned that even if the Government acts now to resolve the ...
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NewsAleph Farms raises $105m to scale up cultivated meat production
Israel-based Aleph Farms, which grows steaks directly from non-genetically modified animal cells, has completed a $105 million Series B funding round.Aleph Farms leadership team (L-R): Professor Shulamit Levenberg, Didier Toubia and Dr Neta Lavon. Image: Rami Shalosh.The company will use the money to pursue its plans for large scale global ...
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NewsPeer urges ministers to block feeding of animal remains to NI livestock
Ulster unionist peer Lord Rogan has demanded the UK Government take action to stop the EU allowing animal remains to be fed to livestock in Northern Ireland. Ulster unionist peer Lord Rogan.There has been a ban on feeding processed animal protein to livestock since the BSE crisis in the 1990s. ...
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NewsEville & Jones appoints Jane Downes as veterinary advisor
Veterinary inspection services provider Eville & Jones has announced the appointment of Jane Downes BVSc MRCVS as veterinary advisor to the Board. In the newly created role at the company, which provides official veterinary inspections at meat production premises, Downes will report directly to the Board and also work closely ...
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NewsYoung butcher swaps the City for a career in meat
Robert Unwin gave up a career in insurance to retrain as a butcher and is now opening his own 'nose to tail' shop in Cumbria.Having been raised on a north Lancashire smallholding, Unwin was aware of the county's heritage of passionate farmers, family-owned abattoirs and fine grazing. While working in ...
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NewsNomination deadline this Friday for Women In Meat Industry Awards
Those wishing to nominate candidates for the 2021 Women In Meat Industry Awards have until this Friday 9th July to do so. The deadline has been extended very slightly to cope with demand for this popular initiative.This year the Women in Meat Industry Awards returns as an in-person event.Voting for ...
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NewsFarmison & Co opens Britain’s first 'boutique butcher'
Farmison & Co, the sustainable online meat retailer, is opening what it claims to be a unique experiential butchers’ shop with a range that would need the longest meat counter in the world to display it all. The shop, called Cut by Farmison & Co, will open on 7th July ...
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NewsM&S first major retailer to sell only fresh higher welfare chicken
M&S will be the first major retailer to sell only slower-reared, higher welfare, chicken across its full range of fresh chicken products.M&S food managing director, Stuart Machin said: "M&S has a long history of leading on animal welfare standards, working with our M&S Select farmers we know and trust. We ...
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NewsMorrisons bidding war may not be over
Supermarket chain Morrisons has accepted a £6.3 billion takeover offer from a US investment group even as another potential buyer shows interest.The latest takeover bid is led by US-based Fortress Investment Group, owner of Majestic Wine, along with CPP Investments and KREI, which is part of Koch Industries. Last month ...
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NewsKevin Keegan to host 2021 meat industry awards ceremony
Kevin Keegan OBE, the former England and Liverpool footballer and manager of England, is to host the Meat Management Meat Industry Awards ceremony this year, which takes place on 9th September at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole near the NEC.With a sparkling career that included time at Liverpool, Hamburg, Southampton and ...
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NewsNational Craft Butchers launch Annual British Butcher Survey
National Craft Butchers (NCB) has launched the British Butcher Survey, the first ever annual and national survey of the UK’s independent butchers. The survey will go to independent retailers throughout the country, and NCB want the views of all butchers, not just NCB members. Corinne Stuart, chief executive of NCB ...
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NewsMeat industry shines during prestigious food award presentations
Products and people from the meat industry were prominent at the annual Food Management Today Food Industry Awards ceremony, which took place online as a virtual event yesterday [1st July].Adam Couch, CEO of Cranswick PLC, was named Food Industry Champion.Taking the top accolade of Food Industry Champion was Adam Couch, ...
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NewsCCF says cross-border trade 'not a priority' for Brexit negotiators
The Cold Chain Federation has responded to the EU's three-month postponement of the ban on British chilled meat sales in Northern Ireland.Shane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation.Shane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation, said: “Three more months of the same standoff is not going to ...
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NewsRob Smith is new PTF chairman
UK market director at Danish Crown, Rob Smith is to be the new chairman of the Provision Trade Federation, taking over the baton from Phil Langslow.Robert Smith, UK market director for Danish Crown and new PTF chairman.Andrew Kuyk CBE and Angela Coleshill, joint director generals at the PTF said: "On ...
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NewsHGV driver shortage 'could spell catastrophe'
Food industry bodies, including representatives of the meat business, have been calling on the UK Government to address the lack of available drivers.“Between Brexit crippling recruitment from the EU, IR35 tax changes leading many drivers to leave the industry, and a growing backlog of driving tests caused by the pandemic, ...
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NewsEU extends grace period for British meat sales in NI
The European Union has formally postponed a ban on British chilled meat products being sold in Northern Ireland.Originally due to be enforced from 1st July, the ban is a consequence of the Northern Ireland Protocol that was negotiated along with the Brexit withdrawal agreement. The UK Government requested that the ...
