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IFFA to showcase trends in ingredients and additives
The improvement in food safety and product quality is a topic that is preoccupying the entire meat-processing sector. Spice manufacturers have important new approaches to offer for keeping meat and meat products fresh, including, for example, the use of natural extracts.For fermented foods there are starter cultures and protective cultures ...
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NewsAlan Bennett still at the top
Legendary butcher Allan Bennett is still at the top of his game, after claiming yet another Overall Champion crown at the Butchers Roadshow and Pork Product Excellence Awards, organised by BPEX.Allan Bennett: "We do the job right - it's not rocket science!"The Codsall butcher was awarded the title for his ...
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NewsAre you England's finest steak pie maker?
Do you sell a fantastic steak pie? Do your customers rave about its mouth-watering pastry and its succulent filling? Then make sure you enter EBLEX’s Steak Pie Competition to be in with a chance of winning the title ‘England’s Best!’Pies, which must contain either beef, veal, lamb or mutton steak ...
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NewsHost a roast in British Beef Week
Ladies in Beef, a group of passionate female beef farmers, are calling on members of the public, restaurant owners, clubs, schools and workplaces to ‘Host a Roast’ during Great British Beef Week 2013 and raise funds for the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (R.A.B.I.).Taking place this year between 21st and 27th ...
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Consumer trust in beef intact but less so with retailers generally
Consumer trust in fresh, quality assured beef remains strong despite the horse meat scandal, new research shows. However, 69% of people say they have less trust in retailers generally.According to a YouGov survey, around three-quarters of respondents said they would not change their eating habits when it comes to fresh ...
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Majority of latest DNA tests for horse are negative
The FSA has released its second set of test results from the food industry and over 99% contained no horse DNA at or above the level of 1%.Products linked to samples that did contain horse DNA above 1% included Aldi's Today's Special Frozen Beef Lasagne and Today's Special Frozen Spaghetti ...
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NewsResearch helps identify new steak range for foodservice sector
EBLEX is working with top chefs, foodservice suppliers and consumers to develop a new range of added value Quality Standard Mark steak cuts suitable for the foodservice market.Leatherhead Food Research tested for tenderness using shear force procedures.In the first instance, all the steaks selected for the range were tested for ...
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Testing extended to yet more beef products
The Food Standards Agency has expanded its UK-wide survey of food authenticity in processed meat products being carried out through local authorities. It will now encompass 514 different products including minced meat, meat products and meat preparations (such as kebabs with seasoning). Products such as gelatine, beef dripping, stock cubes, ...
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NewsNew EBLEX board members
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has appointed three new EBLEX board members to help steer its work enhancing the profitability and sustainability of the English beef and lamb sector.Ros Turner, Rizvan Khalid and Mark Allan will take up their roles on 1st April 2013.Rizvan Khalid is senior director ...
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Pleurisy costing pig producers
Pleurisy is costing producers at least 75p per affected pig in processing costs alone and the incidence of the complaint is increasing.This worrying trend has been detected in both BPEX Pig Health Scheme (BPHS) and Collection and Communication of Inspection Results (CCIR) reports, and abattoirs are reporting up to 15% ...
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DNA update tests to be released on Friday
Following his meeting with representatives of food businesses including retailers, manufacturers, wholesalers and trade associations to discuss the response to the presence of horsemeat in some processed beef products Environment Secretary Owen Paterson was upbeat about the industry's commitment. He said: “This was a most constructive meeting, with a real ...
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Morrisons buys Blockbuster stores to gain high street presence
Morrisons has purchased of 49 Blockbuster stores from the companies’ administrators, Deloitte, as it begins an accelerated expansion of its Morrisons M local convenience estate. The deal quickly follows Morrisons’ acquisition of seven Jessops stores earlier in the year.The Blockbuster purchase gives Morrisons quick access to a significant number of ...
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School dinners given assured meat boost by EBLEX
Caterers supplying schools across England are being offered help in sourcing assured beef and lamb in the wake of the horsemeat scandal.EBLEX has been in contact with the Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA) and has written to its 500-plus local authority, school and catering members in the UK to highlight ...
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NewsBPC hands out 15 scholarships at Harper Adams
The British Poultry Council has handed out 15 scholarships to scholars at Harper Adams University.The recipients received their awards during the university’s annual Development Trust Scholarship Presentation, which was held earlier this week in the Queen Mother Hall on campus.During the day, a total of 99 awards were presented to ...
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Rangeland Foods withdraws burgers due to horse meat
Catering supplier Rangelands Foods in the Republic of Ireland has told the Food Safety Authority of Ireland that some of its burger products contain significant levels of horse meat.The company has conducted its own testing and confirmed that the meat content of some frozen burger products was found to be ...
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Ad campaign aimed at protecting consumer confidence
EBLEX and BPEX are running a national press advertising campaign to protect consumer confidence in assured fresh meat amid ongoing revelations about horse meat.Half page adverts highlighting the traceability and provenance of fresh beef, lamb, pork and bacon bearing the Red Tractor and Quality Standard Mark (QSM) assurance scheme labels ...
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'Seven ages' study shows red meat benefits
Red meat plays a vital role in human nutrition whatever stage of life you are at, a new study has confirmed.A team of experts studied data from 103 previous scientific papers on red meat and nutrition to produce Micronutrient challenges across the age spectrum: is there a role for red ...
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EU demands DNA testing for horsemeat
The EU has announced that it wants all member states to introduce DNA tests on processed beef for traces of horsemeat from 1st March.The random testing would take place over a three month period and would also search for evidence of phenylbutazone. Also known as “bute” the FSA will announce ...
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Latest FSA tests find traces of “bute” in horsemeat
Meat from six horses slaughtered in the UK has been found to contain the equine drug phenylbutazone (bute) after the latest FSA test results were released today. 206 horse carcasses were examined, with eight testing positive for the drug.The horses were slaughtered in the UK between 30th January and 7th ...
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New Waitrose unit will produce its own frozen meat products
Waitrose is to build its own UK capability to produce a range of frozen meat products.The new unit is planned to be operational within the next three months and will be based at Dovecote Park’s state of the art facility in Yorkshire.Dovecote Park has been exclusively supplying Waitrose since 1997 ...
