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NewsFirst haggis exports to Canada enough to feed 40,000
The first haggis exports to Canada have provided enough to feed 40,000 people, with 17,500 packs having gone out from Macsween of Edinburgh, the sole provider to the country.Macsween has shipped seven tonnes of haggis to Canada since the country’s ban was lifted in August.Macsween export range.Welcoming the news, Economy ...
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NewsMeat in volume growth despite rising inflation
Chicken, pork and other red meat are the only primary categories to have recorded volume growth in the 12 weeks to the 3rd December, with pork remaining the ‘star performer’ in both value and volume terms.According to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel, meat, fish and poultry (MFP) volume sales ...
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NewsCompass Group pays tribute to CEO who died in plane crash
Richard Cousins, the chief executive of FTSE 100 foodservice firm Compass Group, and four members of his close family have died in a plane accident in Australia on 31st December.Richard Cousins.Cousins and his fiancée, magazine editor Emma Bowden, her 11-year-old daughter Heather, and his sons Edward and William died when ...
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NewsFinnebrogue Artisan launches nitrite-free bacon
British bacon has received a natural makeover with Finnebrogue Artisan launching a bacon product made without nitrites.Naked Bacon from Finnebrogue Artisan.Nitrites are usually added to cured meat to achieve its characteristic pink colour, texture, some flavour and also to help as a preservative. However, for its new launch – Naked ...
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NewsFood industry figures among New Year’s Honours recipients
Red Tractor Assurance’s founder and first ever chief executive, David Clarke, has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Year’s Honours list 2018.Clarke, a founding member of Red Tractor Assurance and now retired, has been honoured with a CBE for services to ...
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NewsIndustry predictions for the meat sector 2018
Meat Management asked experts across the meat sector about what they believe 2018 has in store for the industry.The British Meat Processors Association’s (BMPA) chief executive, Nick Allen, is foreseeing a Brexit-full 2018, with a number of issues that the Government will still have to resolve.BMPA's chief executive, Nick Allen.He ...
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NewsHealth benefits of beef highlighted by nutrition expert
Reinstating beef as a nutritious health food in consumers’ minds, amidst adverse media publicity, is a priority for many meat industry representatives.Assisting in this mission, nutrition educator Michael Joseph, recently highlighted 11 health benefits of eating beef in his online article on Nutrition Advance.Joseph states that beef provides a large ...
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NewsMeat Contacts 2018 is now live
The 2018 edition of Meat Contacts, the go-to publication for all the key contacts across the meat sectors, is now live at www.meatcontacts.com.Also available in print form, the directory is the only publication of its type covering all sectors of the meat industry, from equipment and machinery right through to ...
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NewsQ Guild pushes duck as the Christmas centrepiece
Although turkey is thought to be the UK’s most common meat choice for Christmas dinner, every year retailers offer a number of alternative options – many of which are increasing in popularity.Ahead of 2017’s ‘big day’, Claire Holland, general manager of the Q Guild of Butchers, featured in the Metro ...
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NewsBlockchain offers transparency and opportunities for food sector
Companies that want to remain successful in the future food value chain should start to explore options for participating in blockchain initiatives, a report says.The RaboResearch report, Blockchain: The Trigger for Disruption in the Food Value Chain, notes that once implemented, the blockchain can be used to reduce costs and/or ...
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NewsFoodservice urged to check venison dealers’ licences
The Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime Scotland (PAW Scotland) is asking foodservice operators to check where they get their venison, as part of the battle against illegal deer poaching in Scotland.The stakeholder group, whose members include the Scottish Government and Police Scotland, has made the call to ensure that ...
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NewsWeakening pound favours exports
Exports of goods have risen in every region of the UK, since the start of the year, according to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures, as the weak pound boosts business.Fresh on the back of the Government's Industrial Strategy and the Prime Minister brokering a last minute Brexit deal, the ...
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NewsTop ten stories on Meat Management in 2017
As 2017 comes to an end, we remember the biggest stories that caught readers’ eyes this year.The countdown of our ten most read stories is listed below. To view the original stories, click on the headlines.10. 2 Sisters boss summoned to give evidence to Commons inquiryIn mid-October, 2 Sisters owner ...
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NewsTesco responds to Woodside Farms legal dispute
Richard Baugh, of Woodside Farm in Nottinghamshire, has joined with food and environment charity Feedback to threaten legal proceeding, if Tesco does not stop using the name Woodside Farms to sell its products.In a letter to Tesco’s CEO, Feedback reportedly highlighted the “risk posed by the similarities between their ‘Woodside ...
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NewsWales looks to capitalise on German meat trade
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) is working to consolidate recent success for PGI Welsh Lamb in the German market, which was described as an “increasingly important destination”.According to HCC, Wales exports around a third of its lamb production to the European Union each year, while HMRC figures ...
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NewsKalsec expands lab capabilities in Europe
Natural spice and herb extract producer Kalsec has invested in its European operation, with the installation of a new laboratory with “state-of-the-art analytical facilities” at its Mildenhall, United Kingdom location.This new laboratory offers Kalsec the capability to support meat suppliers and processors, fats and oils producers and soup, sauce and ...
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NewsNational Farmers’ Union Scotland meets Defra Ministers
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Scotland returned to London to hold meetings with Defra Ministers, as Brexit negotiators headed over to Brussels in hope of entering ‘phase 2’ of negotiations.NFU Scotland’s vice president, Martin Kennedy, joined director of policy, Jonnie Hall, and political affairs manager, Clare Slipper, in Westminster to ...
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NewsMoy Park makes senior leadership appointment
Meat processor Moy Park has announced the appointment of Kirsty Wilkins to the role of HR and organisation development director.Wilkins will join the company’s executive leadership team where she will contribute to the strategic development of the business.Kirsty Wilkins.She joins Moy Park from Tulip where she held the position of ...
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NewsGlobal poultry shows 'promising' outlook for 2018
The outlook for the global poultry industry in 2018 is promising, with relatively positive fundamentals, according to Rabobank’s Poultry Quarterly Q1 2018 report.However, Rabobank is cautioning that a “disciplined supply growth strategy” will be needed as “uncertainties are rising”.The analyst cites the return of avian influenza (AI) during the northern ...
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NewsDeclining salmonellosis trend ‘levelling off’
The declining trend of salmonellosis cases in the EU has levelled off and cases of Salmonella Enteritidis in the EU have increased in humans by 3% since 2014, according to a report.The annual report on zoonotic diseases compiled by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the ...
