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Winter promo kit aims to maximise festive sales
EBLEX Quality Standard Mark (QSM) Scheme member butchers will shortly receive a new promotional kit to help drive sales of quality assured beef and lamb during the festive season.The new winter point-of-sale (POS) kit includes some inspirational ‘cook-in’ beef and lamb recipes, designed to encourage customers to enjoy cooking at ...
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Annual review documents EBLEX achievements
Potential annual growth in the beef and lamb retail market of £88 million resulted from £45,000 spent on product development work, while a £1.2 million investment in market intelligence led to the publication of free market updates worth £8.75 million to the industry, according to the EBLEX 2012/13 Annual Review.The ...
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ASA rules against complaint about BPEX advert
The Advertising Standards Agency has ruled against a complaint made by Compassion in World Farming (CiWF) concerning a Red Tractor advertisement, which featured outdoor pigs.The advert showed celebrity farmer Jimmy Doherty on his own free-range farm, with pigs and piglets wandering around, and Doherty saying: “Now, more than ever, it’s ...
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Livestock Producers Reap the Rewards of a Strong Market
The volume of cattle handled by Scottish price reporting abattoirs is currently around 10% higher than a month ago, according to Stuart Ashworth, Quality Meat Scotland, Head of Economics Services.In England and Wales, cattle volumes have steadied over the past couple of weeks after increasing by around 3,000 head per ...
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United effort delivered crucial meat inspection vote
The long-overdue modernisation of European meat inspection remains on track following the approval of visual assessments and Food Chain Information as the core processes for ensuring that meat is produced in the correct way and is safe to eat.“We’ve been working for the last three years to bring sense and ...
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NewsBradford farm shop wins at The Observer Food Monthly Awards 2013
As voted for by Guardian and Observer readers The ‘Best Independent Retailer’ award was presented to Keelham Farm Shop in Bradford. Run by the Robertshaw family, it has a loyal customer base with locals buying their groceries from the family since 1929. Run by brother and sister Victoria and James, ...
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NewsNew partnership for meat and fish industry
International consultancy firm Columbus and Emydex, a provider of production management software systems, have announced their partnership in the meat and fish industries.While Columbus build targeted solution sets on top of the ERP Microsoft Dynamics AX platform, Emydex software is designed to manage food production processes from door-to-door.The partnership will ...
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NewsGovernment commits to bolstering export support at red meat roundtable
Actions that the Government could take to support the opening of key markets to UK red meat exports were discussed at an industry roundtable organised by EBLEX.The meeting was hosted by Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) chairman John Godfrey during Anuga, one of the world’s biggest food trade fairs, ...
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NewsCarol Smillie joins butchers at BBC Good Food Show
Scottish TV personality Carol Smillie will be joining Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) this Saturday (19th October) at the BBC Good Food Show Scotland at the SECC in Glasgow.TV's Carol Smillie will be taking part in a butchery demonstration at The BBC Good Food Show.Ms Smillie will be wowing the crowds ...
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NewsTreif wins major innovation award
Treif`s industrial slicer, the DIVIDER 880 has been awarded with first prize in the SUCCESS innovation competition in Germany.The Department of Trade and Industry of Rhineland-Palatinate and the ISB (Investment and Economic Development Bank of the state) annually award the prize to medium-sized companies for developing and launching pioneering, innovative ...
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NewsTesco and Asda ‘lambasted’ by Scottish sheep farmers
Scottish sheep farmer frustration with major supermarket chains, Tesco and Asda, is growing as significant levels of imported lamb continue to be found on their shelves despite Scottish lamb being in peak season.The ‘Wham, Bam, Thank You Lamb’ campaign is in full swing and producers working hard to produce some ...
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NFU to address EBLEX annual conference
NFU vice president Adam Quinney will outline his thoughts on the road ahead for beef and lamb production at next month’s EBLEX annual conference.He is due to speak at the free, one-day event at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, on November 5th, when the changing face of red meat retailing in a ...
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Diary date for AHDB Outlook Conference 2014
Supply chain matters, international trade developments and how the UK industry can respond to emerging opportunities and threats will be among the topics at the 2014 Outlook Conference.Jointly hosted by BPEX, DairyCo and EBLEX, the event will be held at One Great George Street in London on Wednesday, 12th February ...
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NewsJean-Christophe Novelli to present 2013 Smithfield Awards
Celebrity chef Jean-Christophe Novelli will present the 2013 Smithfield Awards, the annual national product evaluation event contested by Q Guild butchers.Jean-Christophe Novelli, who will present the Q Guild’s 2013 Smithfield Awards.The 5 out of 5 AA Rosette and Michelin award-winning chef, and TV personality, who also runs his own cookery ...
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French visit to see UK lamb production
A group of French meat salesmen have been given an insight into lamb production during a visit organised by EBLEX.The group, all of whom work for companies cutting and packing lamb for the major French retailers, visited a livestock market in Ashford and a sheep farm in the south east, ...
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NewsMcDonald's UK to receive recognition for good sow welfare
Compassion in World Farming is preparing to welcome McDonald’s UK on stage to receive a Good Sow Commendation at its sixth annual Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards. The presentation will be made in Paris and hosted by Sheila Dillon, food journalist and presenter of BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Food Programme.’McDonald's ...
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NewsScots claim export strategy paying dividends
Despite tough economic conditions Scottish red meat exporters attending ANUGA in Germany this week appear confident there are opportunities for growth on the export scene.A new German customer, Norbert Kunz of Recke Fleischwaren, is joined by Uel Morton, QMS Chief Executive (left) and Jim McLaren, QMS Chairman (right) on the ...
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NewsDavid Heath sacked in cabinet reshuffle and two new faces now at DEFRA
Only in the post for just over a year David Heath has been sacked as Farming Minster in a cabinet reshuffle. David Heath is axed in latest Cabinet reshuffle.Dan Rogerson is the new parliamentary under secretary at DEFRA.George Eustice MP joins DEFRA alongside Dan Rogerson.The new kids on the block ...
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NewsBattle of the catering bangers
Following a round of intense judging by some of the industry’s leading experts, more than 230 of the nation’s catering sausages have been whittled down to just fifteen, in a bid to find ‘Britain’s Best Sausage’ for 2013 in the annual BPEX Foodservice Pork Sausage of the Year Competition .After ...
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NewsABP launches new English lamb range at ANUGA
ABP Food Group, one of Europe’s leading privately owned agribusiness companies, has taken its biggest stand ever at ANUGA and has launched its new English lamb range – Dorset Crown – a 7 day matured premium grass fed product. ABP Lamb processes over 1 million lambs each year from two ...
