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NewsPhotographer’s charity walk to raise funds for Butchers’ Hall
The Worshipful Company of Butchers’ photographer, Phil McCarthy, is currently taking part in a charity walk from London to York in order to help raise funds for the refurbishment of Butchers’ Hall.Phil McCarthy (left) on his #Walk2York.Phil is walking solo from Butchers’ Hall in Bartholomew Close, London, to the Company ...
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NewsFire at Scottish abattoir treated as ‘unexplained’
Scottish pig processing facility Quality Pork Ltd (QPL), in Brechin, has temporarily shut down after an extensive fire in the early hours of 5th August halted production.Pictured: Stock fire image.Police have appealed for information about the fire that broke out at 4:05am and, according to the local press, saw more ...
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NewsPoultry recalls at their highest since 2002
Recalls of chicken and other poultry meats have reached their highest level since 2002, according to a report from product recalls specialist, Stericycle ExpertSOLUTIONS.According to Stericycle’s Q2 2017 Recall and Notifcation Index, food recalls have reached the third highest total since 1999, with the higher-than-average volume coming to nearly ten ...
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NewsUK pig meat production drops but imports and exports rise
UK pig meat production suffered a 2% decline on the year in June compared to the same month in 2016 – down to 72.3 thousand tonnes, due to a combination of drops in slaughtering and average carcase weights, according to the latest AHDB UK Pig Meat Market Update.UK clean pig ...
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NewsFinal Scotch butchers in running for champion title revealed
Some of the best Scottish butchers have been announced by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) as finalists in a new Scotch Lamb PGI initiative.Boghall Butchers are among the finalists for the award.The competition has been introduced crown one butcher with the Champion of Champions Scotch Lamb PGI Award for their entered ...
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NewsNFU urges Government to enhance British food production
The National Farmers’ Union president, Meurig Raymond, has called on policy makers to grasp Brexit as an opportunity to enhance the nation’s ability to produce British food.As figures have indicated that Britain produces 60% of its own food, with the rate both falling and being in long-term decline, Raymond has ...
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NewsMislabelling found in 20% of Canadian tested sausages
Research conducted by the University of Guelph, Canada, has found mislabelling and cross-species contamination of meat ingredients in 20% of sausage samples selected from grocery stores across the country.The first-ever Canadian study examining sausage mislabelling was funded by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and involved sausage packages labelled as containing ...
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NewsWall’s Pastry launches major prize giveaway campaign
Wall’s Pastry has launched a new campaign that will see a multimillion pound prize giveaway through a major on-pack promotional campaign.The promotion will run across five million packs and feature on Wall’s meat slices, pasties and jumbo sausage rolls.Forming part of the Wall’s Helping Hand campaign, a search to find ...
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NewsFaccenda, Lidl and Asda supplier farm in animal welfare investigation
A West Country chicken farm that supplies Faccenda, Lidl and Asda has been the subject of an animal abuse investigation by international animal welfare organisation Animal Equality.Animal Equality has released footage it claims was filmed over the past two months in the farm, which houses more than 150,000 birds in ...
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NewsIndustry urges shoppers to put lamb back on plates
The next generation of sheep farmers are calling on the next generation of shoppers to put lamb back on plates across Britain through the promotional campaign, Love Lamb Week.Young farmers involved in Love Lamb Week.It has been reported that, over the past 15 years, fewer people have been regularly lamb ...
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NewsEnter your products and recipes for UK Sausage Week
Plans are progressing well for UK Sausage Week, with great interest being shown from both butchers and sausage manufacturers.The official UK Sausage Week website recently went live, with the inclusion of a simple form allowing retailers and manufacturers to enter their sausages for the chance to win a UK Sausage ...
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NewsReport highlights welfare problems in ducks raised for foie gras
A recent review into the welfare of ducks in France during foie gras production has highlighted a number of problems ranging from poor housing conditions to injuries received during handling and force feeding.The review, published in the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW)’s scientific journal, Animal Welfare, considered all three ...
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NewsDevro’s UK and Irish operations mark major gains
Sausage casings manufacturer Devro has reported positive half year results, with 11% revenue increase year-on-year to £125.5 million and volume uplift of 7%.A visit to Devro (Scotland) Ltd by pupils from St Maurice’s High School in Cumbernauld.In the UK and Ireland, volume sales were up 6%, underpinned by an increased ...
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NewsVolume sales drop for both red and white meat
Meat and poultry have been hit by a drop in sales and volume growth year-on-year, despite the great weather towards the end of June, with the long term growth of also chicken hampered, according to Kantar Worldpanel.Figures gathered by the research group have revealed that all fresh primary meat and ...
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NewsBeef and pork prices on the rise
The BBQ season could prove pricier for consumers this year, as figures by Beacon Purchasing have revealed that the cost of beef has marked an all-time high and pork prices are also on the rise and set to stay.Beef prices have increased by 11% on last year, up almost 40 ...
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NewsJBS offloads beef assets to Minerva Foods
Brazilian meatpacker JBS has reportedly completed a $300 million sale of beef assets in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay to rival Minerva Foods, after the regulator’s approval of the acquisition earlier in July.Pul Argentina SA, Frigomerc SA and Pulsa SA, all owned by Minerva Foods, have acquired the bulk of JBS’s ...
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NewsEating Better alliance calls for high-standard Brexit and trade deals
A new report from the Eating Better alliance has urged the Government to pursue Brexit and trade deals that will offer the highest standards for British meat and benefit the environment, public health and farm animals.The paper, named ‘Beyond the CAP: policies to support better UK meat & dairy production ...
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NewsAHDB calls for industry views on carcase classification
AHDB Beef & Lamb has asked representatives of the beef and lamb industry to share their thoughts on the future of carcase classification, ahead of Brexit and following concerns around the EUROP grid.The EUROP system has been in place since the early 1970s and is currently used for carcase classification ...
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Meat wholesaler goes into administration after FSA suspension
Stockton-based supplier of beef and lamb, Cleveland Meat Company, has ceased trading and appointed joint administrators, following the Food Standard Agency’s (FSA) decision to suspend the plant’s operations after finding evidence of “serious deficiencies”.Up to 150 jobs are estimated to have been lost as a result of the closure, and ...
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NewsUel Morton to take up position with Scotbeef Ltd
Meat manufacturer Scotbeef Ltd has announced that Uel Morton is to join the company in the role of development director this summer.Uel Morton.Formerly chief executive at Quality Meat Scotland for 11 years, Morton will take up his position in August.He commented: “I am really looking forward to this new challenge; ...
