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NewsUK Sausage Week about to begin
UK Sausage Week kicks off next week – Monday 30th October – and butchers, manufacturers and retailers are being reminded of the numerous way to get involved.Six UK Sausage Week business tips: Display the UK Sausage Week poster and label your products with the logo: The campaign’s official poster and ...
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NewsMacsween’s haggis becomes first to launch in Canada in 46 years
Macsween of Edinburgh is the first Scottish haggis manufacturer to be allowed to export to Canada in almost 50 years, after developing a new recipe that meets Canadian regulations.Macsween export range.The development follows the lift of the Canadian ban on red meat imports from Europe in 2015, and since then, ...
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NewsDales Traditional Butchers unveils UK Sausage Week celebration plans
A Lonsdale butcher’s shop is celebrating UK Sausage Week (running from 30th October to 5th November) by giving away free samples and making donations to its local girl guiding group. Mark Duckworth.Dales Traditional Butchers, in Kirkby, will be donating 50p from every KG of sausages it sells to the Girl ...
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NewsBluetongue virus detected in cattle imported from France
The UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer has urged farmers to remain vigilant for signs of bluetongue virus, after the disease was picked up in a number of cattle imported from France.The Animal and Plant Health Agency identified the disease in cattle, after they were brought to Preston and Kendal in England, ...
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NewsPast NFMFT president Michael Beaumont passes away
Past president and life honorary vice president of the National Federation of Meat & Food Traders (NFMFT), Michael Beaumont, sadly passed away on 22nd October.Born in 1944 in Colne, Huntingdonshire, Michael began training as a butcher when he was 20 years old.Local butcher, Richard Whitmore, helped him open his shop ...
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NewsPigmeat production on the rise
Pigmeat production increased by 7.5% between the end of July and mid-October, as farmgate pig prices returned to a traditional seasonal pattern in 2017.According to data from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), carcase weights also rose by 2.5%, while also remaining “well above 2016 levels”.Consequently, the 9% annual increase in per ...
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NewsMultivac launches ‘next generation Thermoformer’ at open day
Multivac has unveiled its recently developed X-line RX 4.0, the next generation in thermoforming technology, during an open day event at its Swindon showroom.Visitors across the industry were invited to the company’s newly modernised showroom on 26th and 27th September for an exclusive viewing of the X-line Thermoformer.Billed as a ...
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NewsCMA launches Cargill / Faccenda merger inquiry
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced an investigation into the joint poultry venture recently announced by Cargill and Faccenda.The ‘phase 1 investigation’ has been launched following the European Commission’s decision to refer the case to the UK, under Article 4(4) of the EC Merger Regulation.The regulator said it ...
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NewsEU leaders agree to begin internal discussions on Brexit trade
EU leaders have decided to start internal trade talks with the UK, in preparation for the second phase.The move paves the way for the possible start of formal talks on the future trade relationship between the UK and the EU in December.Prime Minister, Theresa May. (Photo Credit: Policy Exchange.)In a ...
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NewsDiscounter retailers popular with 77% of richer households
Better off British consumers have outraced lower income households in visiting food discounters, with as many as 77% of British customers with household income of £50,000 or more visiting the outlets, compared to 73% of those with a household income of £15,500 or less.Figures revealed by Mintel’s Food and Non-food ...
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NewsMoy Park donates 150,000 meals to charity
Moy Park has reached a milestone with FareShare, the UK charity fighting hunger and food waste, by contributing over 150,000 meals.Paddy Molloy, Moy Park, with Rowen West-Henzell, FareShare. (Photo Credit: Ian Hodgkinson / Picture It.)Moy Park joined forces with FareShare in March 2015 and has provided more than 68 tonnes ...
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NewsQuality Meat Scotland seeks industry views on DNA testing
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) is exploring the potential to introduce a DNA testing programme to further underpin the existing measures to guarantee the authenticity of Scotch Beef PGI.Speaking at this week’s NFU Scotland Livestock Roadshow, QMS’s chief executive Alan Clarke said the body is seeking feedback from all parts of ...
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NewsCampylobacter levels continue to drop
Campylobacter levels have continued to fall in the last period of the third annual Food Standards Agency (FSA) survey, with chickens positive for the bacteria at any level being down to 54% in 2016/17, from 73.2% in 2014/15 when the surveys began.The survey, which was based on a total of ...
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NewsSausage survey launched ahead of UK Sausage Week
Ahead of UK Sausage Week, which runs from 30th October to 5th November, the Q Guild of Butchers has created an online survey to discover consumers’ thoughts “on all things sausage related”.The short survey could give butchers a better idea of how consumers buy sausages, what are their preferred outlets ...
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NewsSupermarkets enjoy 17 months of consecutive growth
Supermarket sales have increased by 3.1% in value, compared with last year, according to the latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel for the 12 weeks to 8th October.The figure marks the 17th period of uplift in a row for Britain’s grocers, despite like-for-like inflation remaining at 3.2%.According to ...
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NewsBatista brothers charged with insider trading
Joesley and Wesley Batista, the brothers who control Brazilian meatpacker JBS, have been charged with insider trading and market manipulation by the country’s public prosecutor’s office.The prosecutors have stated that the brothers manipulated JBS’s shares, by trading in foreign currency, avoiding R$138 million in losses and making $100 million, before ...
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NewsABP Food Group in £22m UK renewable energy investment
ABP Food Group’s renewable division has invested £22 million in a green energy plant, which is expected to produce enough sustainable energy to power the equivalent of 12,000 homes, according to the company.ABP’s renewables division, Olleco, has opened the new 15 MW Anaerobic Digestion facility in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, adjacent to ...
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NewsFarm profits may halve after Brexit, suggests AHDB report
AHDB has released a modelling report, titled Brexit scenarios: an impact assessment, which suggests that average farm profitability could drop from £38,000 to £15,000 a year in the worst case scenario as a result of policy and performance challenges that could arise from Brexit.Mapping out a range of possible post-Brexit ...
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News2 Sisters boss summoned to give evidence to Commons inquiry
2 Sisters Food Group owner and chief executive, Ranjit Singh Boparan, has been called to give evidence before a parliamentary inquiry, following last month’s allegations of food safety breaches at the company’s West Bromwich plants.Ranjit Singh.The Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee said that the short inquiry will be held ...
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NewsBord Bia to invest in opportunities in German food market
Bord Bia has unveiled plans to increase investment in the German food market, as Irish food exports marked a 24% increase in the first half of 2017.Bord Bia chief executive Tara McCarthy.Speaking at Anuga, Bord Bia’s CEO Tara McCarthy outlined the German market’s strategic importance, being Ireland’s sixth largest export ...
