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Ethical debate around religious slaughter continues as politicians publish latest report
An all-party parliamentary group has published a report into the continuing ethical debate around religious slaughter and the issues around stunning and non-stunning.For meat to be halal an animal is required to meet its end at the hands of a slaughterman with a knife but some Muslims remain concerned about ...
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New BDCI scholarship scheme open for applications
The BDCI is inviting applications from students undertaking a course of study which will result in a qualification related to the meat industry.Having recently changed its status to an incorporated body, the BDCI is now in a position to provide financial support for education. As such, it will now offer ...
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NewsIncreased supplies and strong pound influence pig price
The cooling in pig prices over the past two months highlights the extra availability of pigs on the market, according to Iain Macdonald, Quality Meat Scotland’s economics analyst.Farmgate pig prices have fallen over 6p/kg from a seasonal peak of 164.5p/kg dwt at the beginning of June. The seasonal decline has ...
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16-year high for UK sheep meat exports
UK export volumes of sheep meat in the first six months of 2014 hit their highest half-year level since 1998, according to EBLEX.Global shipments totalled 48,000 tonnes in the first half of the year, an increase of almost two per cent compared to the same period in 2013.Demand from non-EU ...
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NewsAwards windfall for the Q Guild
Q Guild butchers across the nation have scooped multiple gold awards at year’s Great Taste Awards.Owtons Butchers in Southampton was a dual gold award winner with its Mediterranean Lamb & Feta Burger, and Lincolnshire Pork Sausages.C Lidgate’s Butchers, of Holland Park Road, London, clinched an eight-strong gold awards windfall, including ...
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NewsBPEX suspends Regional Roadshows for 2014/15
BPEX has decided to postpone its Regional Roadshow events this year. The decision is part of a review of marketing activity following the BPEX Board’s decision to implement a new 5-year strategy – ‘Going for Growth.’Keith Fisher (right) said: "After 10 very successful years of staging the Regional Roadshows, a ...
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NewsFSA workers set to strike next week
Meat inspectors, official veterinarians and support staff employed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in England, Wales and Scotland are set to strike next week in a dispute over pay.Rossides: “The proposed strike action by members of UNISON is not justified..."Two four-hour walkouts are scheduled to take place, from 6:30am ...
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NewsButchery sector celebrates as new apprenticeship standard receives ministerial approval
The new butchery apprenticeship standard developed over the last seven months by a range of employers including Morrisons, Aubrey Allen, Fairfax Meadow, Bernard Matthews and Tulip Ltd has been formally published today following ministerial approval.Lucianne Allen, chair of the trailblazer group Aubrey Allen said: “This new standard will be responsive ...
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NewsReaction to Beef 2020 Report
A 23 point action plan aimed at revitalising Scotland’s beef sector has been unveiled by an industry expert group.The recommendations are contained in the Beef 2020 final report which has been published today.Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead and Jim McLaren, Chairman of the Beef 2020 group, at the launch of ...
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EBLEX highlights genetics work to Dominican Republic delegation
A group of industry professionals from the Dominican Republic have been given an insight into beef and lamb production and livestock genetics during a visit to the UK hosted by EBLEX.The week-long visit included farm visits to look at different production systems and a trip to the Sheep Event, at ...
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NewsBPEX updates its website for butchers
BPEX has revamped its PorkforButchers website with a fresh new look. The site contains the latest information on BPEX marketing campaigns, the latest consumer recipe booklets, advice on pork cuts and the latest industry news.Claire Holland, product manager for BPEX, said: “The website provides butchers with a direct link to ...
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NewsMiss Scotland launches campaign in Scotch Lamb dress
Miss Scotland, Ellie McKeating, stepped out in a stunning Scotch Lamb PGI branded dress to launch a new Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) campaign.The unique dress, created using Scottish wool by Edinburgh-based designer Alison Harm at Psychomoda, celebrates the high quality and natural wholesomeness of Scotch Lamb.The launch event marks the ...
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Union slams retailers short-term vision for beef
Scottish farmers’ share of the retail price of beef is at its lowest level for almost five years, according to NFU Scotland and it is not happy.NFU Scotland President Nigel Miller said: “For the primary producer to receive less than half the retail value of beef is totally unacceptable given ...
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Scotch lamb on shop shelves ahead of campaign
With a major Scotch Lamb promotion due to be launched this month, NFU Scotland’s latest look at supermarket shelves has shown that they are finally starting to fill with Scottish produce.While the vast majority of retailers in Scotland are now 100 per cent stocked with Scottish or British lamb, the ...
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AHDB search for two sector board members
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is looking to recruit a pig producer to its sector advisory committee for pigs (BPEX Sector Board) and a cereals processor to its cereals and oilseeds equivalent (HGCA Sector Board).These sector boards help AHDB staff prioritise the challenges facing each sector and develop ...
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Meat hygiene inspection strike a step closer
Meat hygiene inspectors, vets and support staff employed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action, over a long running pay dispute. The action by UNISON members will affect more than 130 slaughterhouses in England, Wales and Scotland, hitting meat supplies to butchers and ...
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NewsNew open class to be launched at Great Yorkshire competition
The annual gauntlet is being thrown down to meat men and women across Yorkshire, as the countdown commences to the county’s yearly product evaluation highlight, the 26th Great Yorkshire Pork Pie, Sausage & Products Competition.This year, it will feature a new open small pork pie class for the first time ...
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NewsTyneside butcher is making music with its sausages
One of South Tyneside’s longest running businesses, Dicksons family pork butchers, is turning its attention from sausages to sound, in support of some of music’s biggest stars.Dicksons, which has been supplying its own recipe meat products across the North East since 1953, has signed up to sponsor SoundWaves 2014 at ...
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NewsMatthew Fort to front 2014 Smithfield Awards
Food writer and critic Matthew Fort will present the 2014 Q Guild Smithfield Awards, the Guild's annual national product evaluation event.Matthew Fort, who will present the Q Guild’s 2014 Smithfield Awards.Matthew, food and drink editor at The Guardian for over a decade, author of several award-winning books on food and ...
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NewsTulip Ltd to invest £16m in its Cornish operation
Tulip Ltd has announced joint plans with its owners, the Danish Crown Group, to invest £16m in its Cornish operation that will benefit the region by creating 250 much needed new jobs.Chris Thomas CEO Tulip Ltd: "When our investment programme has been completed we will have created an additional 250 ...
