Latest Industry News – Page 96
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NewsScotch Butchers Club launches new industry website
The Scotch Butchers Club, managed by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), has launched a new website as part of its strategy to position independent butchers as ‘Champions of Scotch’.With support from the new website, the club hopes to further encourage butchery businesses across Scotland to promote Scotch Lamb PGI, Scotch Beef ...
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NewsRed meat exports top £1.5bn in 2020
Despite the challenges of Covid-19 and an increase in domestic demand, the value of red meat exports in 2020 remained strong at over £1.5 billion.According to the latest data from HMRC, 660,000 tonnes of beef, pork and sheep meat was shipped around the world – down just 3,777 tonnes on ...
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NewsUK lamb takes centre stage at Gulfood
Lamb from the UK will be in the spotlight this month at one of the biggest annual food and drink trade shows in the Middle East.The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) in collaboration with the British Centres for Business (BCB) has signed up for this year’s Gulfood – which ...
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NewsNew cross-industry sales director at Marel
Food processing solutions provider Marel has appointed Graeme Rolinson as its new global sales director - cross industry.Graeme Rolinson, Marel's new global sales director - cross industry.Previously the regional general manager - UK & Ireland operations, for almost a decade Graeme has been helping to grow Marel’s business in the ...
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NewsMartin Kennedy named as new NFU Scotland president
Martin Kennedy has been elected the 63rd president of the National Farmers Union Scotland (NFUS). Andrew Connon and Robin Traquair have also been announced as the new vice presidents.NFUS president, Martin Kennedy.Kennedy is a farmer from Highland Perthshire and has served as vice president of the Union since 2017.Replacing the ...
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NewsPig sector stands at critical point, says NPA
The National Pig Association (NPA) has welcomed Defra’s support in addressing the ‘perfect storm’ of events that have left the pig sector in its most critical state for decades, but has warned there is still much to do to avert a crisis.Defra Farming Minister, Victoria Prentis, chaired a roundtable event ...
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NewsRick Bestwick rebrands to Magnavale
Rick Bestwick has announced a planned re-branding of the company, which will see its name change to Magnavale as part of a refinancing agreement.Magnavale director, Andrew Lawrence.Having recently secured the refinancing agreement, Magnavale says it is exploring opportunities to expand its service offering and its national network of cold stores ...
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NewsProduct nominations now open for MM Meat Industry Awards
The process of finding the very best products, companies, trade bodies and people within the UK meat industry has begun via the meat industry’s biggest and most prestigious annual awards initiative. Product nominations can be made by clicking here.The Meat Management Meat Industry Awards is the biggest annual celebration of ...
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NewsAIMS calls for digitalisation of export health certificates
The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) has published a report calling for the export health certification process to be digitalised as firms continue to struggle with new Brexit regulations.Dr Jason Aldiss.The report, entitled ‘Digitalisation of the Export Health Certification Process’, makes a series of suggestions on how the process ...
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NewsMeat industry facing workforce exodus
A shortage of workers across the UK’s meat industry has been exacerbated by two recent Government decisions, according to the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA).The BMPA explains that, as a result of Brexit, industry is facing a shortage of EU staff and the Government’s decision to not include butchers on ...
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NewsNFU Scotland calls for improvement in supermarket provenance
NFU Scotland has called on supermarkets to source more pork from the UK after alleging that less than half the pork on sale in Tesco and Asda was British or Scottish.Former NFU Scotland president, Andrew McCornick.The organisation has contacted all major supermarkets regarding their support for Scottish and British pig ...
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NewsPast WCB Master Robin Pooley OBE dies aged 84
Meat Management is sad to record the passing of Robin Pooley OBE who died recently. Robin was the widower of Margaret, father to daughter Jayne and brother to his twin Peter. He was a past master of the Worshipful Company of Butchers (WCB).Robin Pooley OBE. Image courtesy of Phil McCarthy ...
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NewsAIMS publishes report into sustainable meat inspection
The use of remote inspection may help address the challenges which face small abattoirs and poultry processing sectors, according to a report by the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS).AIMS head of policy, Norman Bagley.“A Technological & Sustainable Approach to Meat Inspection” was produced by AIMS and the organisations head ...
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NewsNew meat export systems not viable, says BMPA
New Brexit export controls have all but halted small, mixed, just-in-time deliveries of British pork chops, sausages and other meat products to supermarkets and customers in the EU and Northern Ireland, according to the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA).Nick Allen, CEO of the BMPA, explained that sending a single lorry ...
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NewsAHDB video seeks to reassure export markets over abattoir safety
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has produced a video to highlight the safety measure being implemented in abattoirs across the country, in an effort to reassure consumers over the standards of UK meat.The video, which has also been produced in Chinese, will be used to show Chinese officials ...
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NewsNFU issues response to AHDB five-year strategy
In its response to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s (AHDB) five-year strategy consultation, the National Farmers Union emphasised that it must deliver and demonstrate value for levy investment.The response highlighted what is needed to help achieve this, including building world-class governance throughout the organisation to provide greater transparency and ...
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NewsThe Rt Hon the Lord Vestey dies aged 79
One of the biggest names synonymous with the meat Industry, Lord Vestey, has died aged 79. He would have celebrated his 80th birthday this coming March.Samuel George Armstrong Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey, GCVO, GCStJ, DL, known to many in the trade as Sam, was part of the well-known family dynasty ...
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NewsMinister announces new chair of Hybu Cig Cymru
Wales’ Minister for Rural Affairs has announced the upcoming appointment of Catherine Smith as the new chair of Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC).Catherine Smith, the new chair of Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC).Smith, a board member of HCC since 2017, will take over from ...
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NewsBPC to host virtual roundtable on post-Brexit trade in food
The British Poultry Council (BPC) is to host a virtual roundtable to discuss the new trade deal with Europe and what this really means for food producers and consumers in the UK.The roundtable will focus on the ways in which various trade barriers can be mitigated to avoid a food ...
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NewsFormer QMS chair Donald Biggar dies at age of 68
Donald Biggar, the former chair of Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), has passed away aged 68.Biggar, who served as chair of Quality Meat Scotland from 2005 to 2011, passed away at his home in Chapelton Farm near Castle Douglas, on Saturday 30th January.He previously served as president for the National Farmers ...
