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NewsSpecially Selected Pork campaign up for top award
The Scottish Creative Awards has announced Quality Meat Scotland’s radio campaign ‘Do More with Pork’ as a finalist.The 'Do More with Pork' campaign has been announced as a finalist at The Scottish Creative Awards.The awards are run by the marketing magazine, The Drum, and are the most recognised awards in ...
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NewsPig industry highlights commitment to antibiotic best practice
The Scottish pig industry is continuing to take steps towards staying at the frontline for best practice in the targeted use of antibiotics.Veterinary and medical sectors have been under particular scrutiny over the use of antibiotics, due to concerns about antibiotics-resistant bacteria. However additional measures are now being taken to ...
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NewsNew method for testing meat fraud developed
A new method for testing meat fraud has been developed at the Institute of Food Research (IFR) in Norwich.The method is said to be able to exploit subtle differences in a key meat protein so that the addition of just 1% of horsemeat into a beef burger or of beef ...
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Butcher fined for selling meat unfit for human consumption
A Northampton butcher has been fined after pleading guilty to selling meat which was unfit for human consumption and falsely labelling foreign meat as British.Peter Salmons of The Meating Place in Billing Garden Village, Northampton, has been fined £14,000 for the offences.Northamptonshire County Council Trading Standards retrieved samples of meat ...
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NewsFall in lamb prices despite drop in supplies
The price of lambs on liveweight markets has declined in the past week despite a fall in supplies as demand has begun to return to normal levels.In the week ended 14th September the GB Standard Quality Quotation (SQQ) was down by 4p on the previous week at 179.6p/kg. This left ...
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NewsBeef and veal imports drop as exports rise
Imports of beef and veal dropped 17% to 19,500 tonnes in July relative to last year, according to the latest data from HMRC.AHDB Beef and Lamb says the trend has been entirely driven by significant decreases in shipments of fresh/chilled products from all of the UK’s major European suppliers.Shipments of ...
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NewsEuropean Commission tightens horsemeat import controls
The European Commission is set to enforce stricter regulations on the import of horsemeat from non-EU countries, the Humane Society International (HSI)/Europe has reported.According to HIS/Europe, the new EU rules will mean that from 31st March 2017, horses destined for slaughter in non-EU countries but for export to the EU, ...
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NewsPork industry receives boost following promotional campaign
The second phase of AHDB Pork’s pulled pork campaign has helped give the industry a £13 million boost, the organisation has revealed.The second phase of the campaign, which ran in two parts from 19th February to 8th March and 6th April to 8th May, included TV and digital advertising as ...
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NewsFMT Food Industry Awards judging kicks off
The product judging for the Food Management Today Industry Awards is currently taking place at Harper Adams University with over 300 products being cooked, tried and tested by the expert judging panel.Product judging is taking place at Harper Adams University.The judges will work their way through the products over the ...
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NewsBoparan Private Office confirms Bernard Matthews acquisition
Boparan Private Office has confirmed the acquisition of Bernard Matthews.Boparan Private Office is a private investment vehicle of Ranjit Singh Boparan, the CEO of 2 Sisters Food Group.A spokesman for the Boparan Private Office said: "This acquisition will create a strong platform for future growth and ensures Bernard Matthews is ...
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NewsDanish Butchers Union members visit Complete Meats
A group of 30 Danish butchers visited Devon butchers, Complete Meats, recently to learn about UK practices.Danish Butchers Union members received a tour of Complete Meats in Devon.The visit included a tour of the Complete Meats unit on the Millwey Rise Trading Estate in Axminster in Devon, where members of ...
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NewsBoost for Welsh Lamb exports to Germany
Welsh Lamb exports to Germany have received a huge boost as TransGourmet, a supplier to restaurants and caterers in Germany with a turnover of approximately €1.3 billion, has added the product to its listings.The company will also be featuring Welsh Lamb demonstrations at its major client fairs this autumn.Butcher Matthew ...
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NewsBVA calls for clear animal welfare labels
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has joined the Labelling Matters campaign, an initiative calling for mandatory method of production labelling of meat and dairy products across the EU.A key element of the Labelling Matters campaign is that mandatory method of production labelling must be underpinned by robust welfare outcome safeguards, ...
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NewsSenior sausage selector joins British Sausage Week judging panel
The Agriculture and Horticulture Board (AHDB) appointed Yorkshireman James Wilson as its ‘senior sausage selector’ on the judging panel for British Sausage Week’s Best Banger competition, which took place last week.James Wilson was selected as 'senior sausage selector' for British Sausage Week.Wilson was selected after showing his love for sausages ...
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NewsIndustry issues discussed at AIMS conference
Prospects for livestock production, marketing implications post-Brexit and a positive restoration of relationships with the Food Standards Agency (FSA) at operational level were all under review at the 2016 Conference of the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS).NFU director general, Terry Jones.Speaker Terry Jones, National Farmers’ Union (NFU) director general, ...
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NewsCo-op to sell British bacon and lamb only from 2017
The Co-op has announced that it will switch all of its fresh bacon and lamb to 100% British from 1st May 2017.The new sourcing initiative will reportedly make the Co-op the only major UK food retailer to stock 100% own-brand fresh British beef, chicken, pork, lamb, bacon and turkey.It is ...
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NewsInstitute of Meat confirms Meatup 2017 sponsorship
The Institute of Meat (IoM) will once again sponsor the main competition arena at the Meatup exhibition which takes place at ArenaMK in Milton Keynes on 24th and 25th May 2017.IoM chief executive Keith Fisher is pleased to support Meatup for the fourth time. Keith is pictured with a young ...
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NewsRelaunch for Wall’s sausages
Kerry Foods is repositioning the sausage brand, Wall’s, in a move aimed at doubling penetration in the chilled category over the next four years.Wall’s will relaunch with refreshed packaging across its entire portfolio.Wall’s will relaunch with refreshed packaging across its entire portfolio and its Thick Sausage will be reformulated with ...
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NewsChallenging retail prices for red meat supply chain
Despite statistics from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) revealing that the retail prices of beef, lamb and pork rose between July and August of this year, the figures are still lower than a year ago, highlighting some of the current challenges in the red meat supply chain.Stuart Ashworth, head ...
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NewsMeat wholesaler sees increased turnover following £2m investment
Teesside meat processor and wholesaler Country Valley Foods has increased its workforce and turnover since securing £185,000 from the Let’s Grow Fund to invest in new premises and equipment.Pictured: UNW’s Neville Bearpark with Stewart Munro of Country Valley Foods and Phil Sly from BE Group.Let’s Grow, which is a £60 ...
