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NFMFT rejects claims that consumer confidence in meat industry is low
The National Federation of Meat and Food Traders has objected to remarks by Jill Evans MEP claiming that "consumer confidence in the meat industry is low following the horse meat scandal."The comments come following Evans's comments on the proposed changes to the rules on inspections in slaughterhouses. The NFMFT says ...
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Industry unites to get shoppers to back British poultry meat
The NFU, British Poultry Council, Red Tractor and some of the UK’s biggest retailers and foodservice companies have joined forces to promote the chicken industry and to help promote the Red Tractor mark of quality.All have thrown their weight behind the new-look Love Chicken recipe website, which aims to encourage ...
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F.A. Gill Ltd adamant it supplies British pork
Following the announcement on the BBC Radio 4 Farming Today programme about the mislabelling of pork chops F A Gill Ltd says it has proven it has only ever supplied British pork.The results of isotope testing, on its own on-site slaughtered pork, when independently sampled, was shown scientifically to be ...
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NFU calls on Defra to put in place fair CAP deal across the UK after EU agreement
The Council and the European Parliament has reached a political agreement on outstanding issues of the Common Agriculture Policy reform.This marks a major step towards the goal of finalising the CAP reform package.NFU director of Policy Martin Haworth said: “While we think this reform has missed an opportunity to become ...
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NewsQMS launches Meat the Facts for children
A new children’s publication aimed at improving the understanding of children about red meat (beef, lamb and pork) has been launched by Quality Meat Scotland.Bearsden Primary School pupils helped to launch the new QMS “Meat the Facts” booklet.Pupils from Bearsden Primary School joined Isobel-Anne Johnston on Quality Meat Scotland’s stand ...
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NewsLivestock producers invited to free butchery workshops
Livestock farmers are invited to attend one of two free butchery workshops being held in Aberdeenshire and Perthshire next month by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).The workshops will offer an opportunity to learn how to bone out a carcase and are free of charge to QMS levy payers. During the day-long ...
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NewsButchers pick local link
A sausage made by a West Lothian butcher has been selected by their peers to be this year’s 'Sausage For Scotland.' Butchers throughout Scotland were invited to come up with a very Scottish sausage that could be promoted during Scottish Sausage Week from 28th October to 6th November this year.Don ...
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New Master at WCB
The Worshipful Company of Butchers has a new Master, Mr Ian Kelly.The new Master and Court were elected at Common Hal at Butchers’ Hall earlier this month. Wardens include Patricia Dart, Stuart Thompson, Geoff Gillo, Graham Baker and Timothy Dumenil.Kelly succeeds Mark Adams who raised more than £24,000 for his ...
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‘Battle of the Burgers’ winner cooks up Sunday Spectacular
A taste bud tantalising ‘Mum’s Sunday Lunch Spectacular Burger’ landed a national cooking title for a budding chef in an EBLEX-backed competition.The culinary creation, by Essex-based Jenny Long, was named EBLEX’s Simply beef and lamb Battle of the Burgers champion 2013 at a national cook-off in London, judged by former ...
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Dew Valley wins bacon contract for McDonald’s in Ireland
Dew Valley from Tipperary is to supply all of Ireland’s McDonald’s restaurants with bacon. Product was previously sourced from the UK.According to The Irish Times that means a delivery of up to 9 milion pieces of cooked bacon, which is 36 tonnes a year.Whilst details of the deal were not ...
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2013 shows early signs of export boost for Welsh lamb
New figures from the first half of 2013 show positive signs for producers and exporters of Welsh Lamb.Data from HMRC show that UK sheep meat exports were 14% higher between January and June, compared with the same period in 2012.The rise was due to an increase in domestic production of ...
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Hong Kong has a taste for pork pies
According to BPEX, Melton Mowbray pork pies were a surprising hit with the Chinese at the Restaurant & Bar show in Hong Kong, who, despite being baffled at first – as they’re used to hot pies – loved the porky spicy taste and crust.BPEX and EBLEX attended the show and ...
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Tesco pork sold as British may well have been Dutch
BPEX led random tests carried out on two Tesco pork chops, labelled as being British indicate they may well have come from Holland, not Britain.The discovery was made following BPEX’s agreement to demonstrate its new SIRA technique to the BBC. Stable Isotope Analysis is designed to test the authenticity of ...
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NewsEBLEX reports independent retailers are backing QSM scheme
EBLEX reports it has seen a significant increase in the number of independent retail butchers joining its Quality Standard Mark (QSM) Scheme this year. With 150 new sign-ups since January, the total number of independent QSM members has now reached almost 2,000.With 150 new sign-ups since January, the total number ...
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NewsSFMTA appoints new legal support team
The Scottish Federation of Meat Traders Association (SFMTA) has appointed Edinburgh-based commercial law firm Davidson Chalmers to provide legal support for its members.The SFMTA, with over 450 members, is the only organisation dedicated to representing and promoting the interests of butchers across Scotland. This includes assisting in compliance with food ...
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NewsPoultry Council says it is working with FSA to reduce campylobacter illnesses
British Poultry chief executive, Andrew Large and FSA chief executive, Catherine Brown have stressed the importance of consumer education in proper kitchen hygiene to reduce instances of infection from campylobacter.This follows the FSA's 'refreshed strategy' to reduce the number of people getting ill from the bacterium.FSA's Catherine Brown said: "What ...
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NewsIntroducing the 'hambassadors'
Five 'Hambassadors' have been appointed following a high profile and nationwide search led by Jimmy Doherty, as part of the industry's 'Give a Fork About Your Pork' campaign.Helping to support Quality Assured farmers and their mission to promote Red Tractor pork are Harriet Smith, Bill Pellet and Adam Lavelle - ...
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Healthy rise for sheep meat exports
Higher product availability helped lead to a 14 per cent year-on-year rise in UK exports of lamb and mutton in the first half of 2013.The UK exported 47,268 tonnes of lamb and mutton, worth £177 million in the period. Exports to Greater China played a significant role with shipments up ...
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NewsPrime lamb prices cool in line with seasonal trend
Prime lamb producers have seen prices slide some 14-15 p/kg liveweight (lwt) over the past two weeks, three per cent lower than this time last year.However, compared to the start of September two years ago prices are very similar and this should go some way to easing producer anxiety about ...
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LIPS cook up a storm in new kitchen
After many years sterling service, the mobile kitchen used by Ladies in Pigs (LIPs) at countless shows and events across the country has been replaced.The members of LIPs must have cooked tens of thousands of dishes across the 15 years since BPEX first funded the fully equipped kitchen.The keys to ...
