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NewsPrime sheep prices stay firm
Prime sheep prices remain 5% higher than a year ago, however prices have dipped slightly since the turn of the year, according to the latest market analysis by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).Comparing the prime sheep kill in the six months from June to December 2018, it shows a decline of ...
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NewsForums help meat processors explore new opportunities
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has been supporting the Welsh red meat abattoir and processing sector through regional forums to explore new opportunities.Speakers at the HCC abattoir engagement events: (L-R) Dr. Collin Willson (FSA); Deanna Jones (HCC), Rhiannon Facey-Richards and Katie Pressdee (Food Innovation Wales); Kirsten Hughes ...
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NewsTesco to close meat counters across 90 stores
Tesco has confirmed it will close food counters - including the meat counters - in 90 of its stores as part of a wider cost-cutting plan that is expected to affect 9,000 staff.Tesco is closing the meat counters across multiple stores. Image ©Licensed to i-Images Picture Agency.The retailer has said ...
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News‘One Health’ poultry hub launches
International experts in animal-to-human diseases have announced the launch of a ‘poultry hub’ designed to meet the rising demand for poultry meat in developing countries while minimising the risk to public health.The poultry hub will investigate how and why intensification of poultry production increases risk of infectious diseases.The ‘One Health’ ...
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NewsThree more nations join World Butchers’ Challenge
Three additional nations – Canada, Iceland and Mexico – have been announced to compete in the 2020 World Butchers’ Challenge.Team Mexico members L-R: Dan Curral, Hector Yedra, Miguel Yedra, Oscar Yedra (Team Captain), Renato Yedra and Lorenzo Rodriguez.The nations will join the 12 other teams in the global butchery competition, ...
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News‘Uncertain’ year ahead for pork
As 2019 gets underway, ‘uncertainty’ created by complex diseases and trade issues is looming for pigmeat, according to RaboResearch’s Pork Quarterly Q1 report.This year is said to be full of potential and uncertainty for global pork supply.The year will be full of potential for global pork supply, with growth in ...
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NewsTrial relating to 2013 horsemeat issues begins
It has been reported that four people have gone on trial in Paris in relation to Europe’s 2013 “horsemeat scandal”.The BBC and various other media outlets have reported that two former managers of French meat-processing firm Spanghero are standing trial, along with two Dutch meat traders.They stand accused of using ...
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NewsHCC warns of 'damaging' meat messages
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has warned that reports such as the recent EAT-Lancet publication on food and the planet risk giving a false picture of the choices facing the world.HCC chair Kevin Roberts.HCC believes the report is obscuring the positive story of sustainability that Welsh red ...
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NewsTemple Grandin to address MBW Conference
Temple Grandin, the renowned American professor of animal science, will be the keynote speaker at the Meat Business Women Conference taking place in May this year.Temple Grandin.Based at Colorado State University, she is a leading consultant to the livestock industry on animal behaviour, abattoir design and animal welfare. Time Magazine ...
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NewsChicken and pork were end of year winners
When it came to the performance of supermarket meat products towards the end of 2018, chicken and pork were the winners – seeing substantial volume growth.Chicken and pork were strong performers in 2018.In the latest meat, fish and poultry (MFP) market update from Kantar Worldpanel covering the 12 weeks to ...
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NewsChanged dates confirmed for UK Sausage Week
YPL Exhibitions & Events has confirmed that the dates for this year's UK Sausage Week will be Monday October 28th through to Sunday November 3rd. This is a week later than originally scheduled due to the Meatup Show being postponed this year, and the date becoming available without clashing with ...
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NewsRed meat industry urged to support new campaigns
People working in every area of the Scottish red meat industry were urged to rally behind a raft of new initiatives to raise awareness of the credentials of meat from Scotland.Kate Rowell, chair of QMS.Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) is launching several new campaigns in the coming months and Kate Rowell, ...
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NewsMeat industry reacts to EAT-Lancet report
The newly published EAT-Lancet Commission report states that a ‘radical transformation of the global food system is urgently needed’, including a greater than 50% reduction in consuming foods such as red meat.The report makes various claims and suggestions for a healthy and environmentally friendly diet.The report claims that feeding 10 ...
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NewsMeat Exhibition to be postponed
YPL Exhibitions has confirmed its decision to postpone this year’s Meatup show, originally planned for October, because of “unique trading circumstances brought about by Brexit”.Show director Graham Yandell said that the organisers had reluctantly come to the conclusion that Meatup could be adversely affected this year following a detailed analysis ...
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NewsMeat industry responds to Brexit deal rejection
Following the news that Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal was rejected in Parliament by 230 votes, the meat industry has voiced its concerns.The defeat is said to be the largest for a sitting government in history and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has now tabled a vote of no confidence ...
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NewsTulip Ltd partners with pork snacks company
Pork producer Tulip Ltd has teamed with pork snacks company, Snaffling Pig, to bring a new range of gammon steaks to the UK market.Snaffling Pig founders Nick Coleman and Udhi Silva.The new chilled products are Snaffling Pig’s first venture into uncooked meats, created to offer a quick and easy meal ...
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NewsHybu Cig Cymru urges public to reject ‘food fads’
Kevin Roberts, chair of Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has urged those looking to make January lifestyle changes, to reject food fads in favour of a healthy diet.Kevin Roberts, chair of Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales.According to Roberts, who recently criticised the ‘food fake news’ ...
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NewsMeat sector urged to ‘stand up’ to veganism
The chief executive of the Food & Drink Federation (FDF) has encouraged the meat industry to “stand up” to veganism and launch a well-resourced, informative campaign.Ian Wright CBE addressing guests at the WCB Court Lunch.Addressing Liverymen and guests at a recent Worshipful Company of Butchers (WCB) Court Lunch, Ian Wright ...
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NewsRange of factors impacting prime cattle price
Scottish prime cattle prices have started the year 4% lower than at the start of 2018, with the wider European beef market also down around 3% in Euro terms, according to the latest market commentary from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).Stuart Ashworth, Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) director of Economics Services.“Within this ...
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NewsIt’s time to enter products and vote in the MM Meat Industry Awards
A highlight of the meat calendar – the Meat Management Industry Awards 2019 ceremony – will take place in June, and now is the time to nominate products and cast votes for the winners.The 2018 Meat Management Industry Awards winners.With the final deadline of 4th March for product nomination and ...
