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NewsNew figures reveal fall in lamb exports as Covid-19 disruption hits meat industry
Newly-released trade figures from HM Revenue and Customs show that the volume of sheepmeat exported from the UK in the first quarter of 2020 was 15% lower than last year, entirely thanks to a 40% fall in March as coronavirus lockdowns came into effect.PGI Welsh Lamb.Exports fell from 8,748 tonnes ...
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NewsDawn Meats to recommence patty production at Carrolls Cross
Dawn Meats has announced that processing of beef at its dedicated facility at Carrolls Cross, Waterford, for McDonald’s outlets across Europe is to recommence on 25th May. The company says this is welcome news for the employees concerned, the wider Irish beef sector and for Irish beef farmers.Niall Browne, CEO ...
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NewsThree Cranswick workers at Barnsley site die from coronavirus
This week nine workers, based at Cranswick's Barnsley site at Wombwell were confirmed to have contracted coronavirus. Three employees have sadly died from the virus.Cranswick is a major pork processor and its employees - pictured here in pre-coronavirus times in another plant - are being given every support and having ...
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NewsMPs urged to press Government for details of protecting food standards in trade deals
The NFU is urging MPs to ask how the Government intends to honour its manifesto pledge that British farming’s high environmental and animal welfare standards will not be undermined in future trade policy, as the Trade Bill begins its passage in the House of Commons this week.The NFU is also ...
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NewsLockdown learning helping young meat chefs
As Meat Management reported at the end of April, new students signing up to Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s (AHDB) award-winning Meat Education Programme (MEP) has increased by 50 per cent since Government restrictions began. Anthony Gascoigne, lecturer at North Hertfordshire College.A lecturer at North Hertfordshire College in Level 2 ...
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NewsNew brands development manager joins QMS
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), the public body which works to promote, protect, develop and support the Scottish red meat industry, has appointed Gordon Newlands as its new brands development manager.Gordon Newlands joins QMS as new brands development manager.Newlands, who has over 35 years’ experience within the red meat industry, is ...
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News'Shortage Occupations List' open for consultation as Immigration Bill progresses
The wheels of government are continuing to turn on matters other than those related to coronavirus and this week saw the second reading of the Immigration Bill.Skilled butchers should be on the new Shortage Occupations List according to AIMS.The legislation will end free movement at the end of this year ...
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NewsLast chance for red meat companies to save big on energy bills
According to the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) any firm involved in the slaughter, cutting, processing or refrigerated storage of red meat has a small window of opportunity between now and 28th August to save up to 92% (that’s not a typo) on their energy bills by applying for membership ...
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NewsNew report asks ‘Why is the WHO Anti-Meat?’
Tim Rees, a registered nutritionist (BSc mBANT rCNHC) has published a report entitled ‘Why is the World Health Organisation (WHO) Anti-Meat? When the evidence against it is simply not good enough.’In his report, which does not appear to have been widely publicised Rees said: “Red meat, until recent times the ...
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NewsUK Global Tariff announced
The Government has announced the UK’s new MFN (Most Favoured Nation) tariff regime, the UK Global Tariff (UKGT). This will replace the EU’s Common External Tariff on 1st January 2021 at the end of the Transition Period. Tariffs are to be maintained on agricultural products including lamb, beef, and poultry.The ...
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NewsIrish workers’ union calls for meat industry coronavirus taskforce
The Irish Servers, Industrial, Professional, and Technical Union (SIPTU) has called for a specific coronavirus taskforce to be setup to investigate the spread of the virus in a number of meat processing plants.Ireland's Minster for Agriculture, Michael Creed, pictured here at a previous ABP event is being asked to establish ...
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NewsImpact of Covid-19 on NZ red meat sector
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has provided an update on how COVID-19 is affecting New Zealand’s red meat sector and international trade.Its report is reproduced in full here:"Despite market disruption as a result of Covid-19, the sector’s exports have continued, surpassing NZ$1billion in March – a record for monthly ...
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NewsFSA publishes guidance for firms planning re-opening
The Food Standards Agency has published guidance on how to adapt food manufacturing operations and work safely during the Covid-19 pandemic.It says that while this guidance is more geared towards those who have closed and are looking to reopen, firms still operating may also want to review it.This guidance is ...
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NewsUK Sausage Week postponed for 2020
A decision has been announced by YPL Exhibitions & Events confirming that this year’s UK Sausage Week (26th October – 1st November) has been cancelled because of the ongoing impact of Covid-19.The 2020 celebration lunch for UKSW is cancelled.The Meat Management magazine sponsored event and promotion was scheduled for a ...
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NewsMcDonald’s outlines plan for reopening in UK
The UK’s largest fast food chain, McDonald’s, has said it will open all of its drive-thru services in the UK by June, eight weeks after shutting down due to the coronavirus.After carrying out operational tests for the potential reopening of its restaurants on a single branch at the end of ...
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NewsNSA turns to House of Lords to protect production standards
The National Sheep Association (NSA) is calling on the House of Lords to put pressure on the Government to adopt the proposals made by MPs Simon Hoare and Neil Parish for the Agriculture Bill to legally require equivalence of standards for imported foods.During the Bills report stage debate, MPs had ...
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NewsTighter cattle numbers and balanced consumer demand supporting farmgate price
April slaughter statistics show that Scottish abattoirs, on average, processed 15% fewer cattle per week than during March, according to the latest market commentary by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).Stuart Ashworth, director of economics services at Quality Meat Scotland.Compared to April 2019, this year’s Scottish April prime cattle kill has been ...
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NewsWelsh lamb industry achieves shelf-life improvements
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has announced a significant lengthening in the average shelf-life of PGI Welsh Lamb, a key objective in improving the long-term competitiveness of the industry.SONY DSCPreviously, shelf-life figures ranged from around 21 to 28 days, but figures collated from Welsh processors confirm a ...
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NewsRSPCA says Agriculture Bill must protect UK welfare standards in trade deals
The RSPCA has welcomed the result of the MPs vote to uphold British animal welfare standards in the Agriculture Bill but said more must be done in order to ensure that those standards are protected in any future trade deals.The charity had been campaigning over the past two years for ...
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NewsFlexible furloughing and trade credit victory for meat industry
The Government’s coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will remain open until the end of October and become more flexible, something the meat industry has been requesting for many weeks. There have also been steps taken in relation to trade credit insurance, which will be welcomed by many, in particular AIMS which ...
