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2012 Gary Baker Award
At the March court lunch of the Worshipful Company of Butchers The Gary Baker Award was made to final year student at Harper Adams University, Aled John.The award is intended to provide a travel scholarship to enable the recipient to look at some aspect of the red meat sector in ...
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NewsNew managing director at Treif UK
Arthur Pynenburg is the new managing director of machinery supplier Trief UK.Arthur Pynenburg is Treif UK's new managing director.Pynenburg (48) has been working internationally in leading positions in the field of the food technology, primarily mechanical engineering, for 18 years. He last worked in the field of cutting technology.TReif has ...
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No statistical validity to European study linking processed meats to premature death
The findings of a European study that claims processed meat may be to blame for one in 30 premature deaths, is not statistically valid, according to The Meat Advisory Panel (MAP).The new survey just published in BMC Medicine has looked at high intakes of processed meats. Processed meat includes salami, ...
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NewsMore exhibitors book the MEATUP show
Reiser UK is the latest major exhibitor to back the second presentation of MEATUP, the dedicated meat industry exhibition which this year moves to the NEC on 2nd / 3rd July. The company has booked the biggest stand on the current floorplan and will use the two day show to ...
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Birds Eye unveils its horsemeat investigation
Following the withdrawal of a small number of Birds Eye’s overall beef product range from sale in February the company has revealed who supplied it with the contaminated product. Frigilunch N.V. (who supplied the products to Birds Eye) was itself supplied meat with horse in it by an Irish meat ...
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NewsEBLEX showcases Middle East lamb export potential at Gulfood
The huge potential for exporting lamb to the Middle East was highlighted by EBLEX in a meeting with Food and Farming Minister David Heath MP at a major international trade event.From left - Edward Hobart, HM Consul General, British Embassy, Dubai, celebrity chef Gary Rhodes, Food & Farming Minister David ...
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NFU urges EU farming unions to stand together on lamb
The impact of the fall in lamb prices is being felt by farmers across Europe and it is essential that EU farming organisations act as one to tackle it, said the NFU.Speaking at the NFU Conference last week, livestock board chairman, Charles Sercombe, told delegates at a special livestock session ...
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Vion UK deal heralds a new era for Scotland
The agreement reached between Vion UK and 2 Sisters Food Group heralds a new era in meat processing in Scotland, according to NFU Scotland.Boparan Holdings Limited, the holding company for 2 Sisters Food Group, has agreed to acquire Vion’s poultry and red meat processing businesses in the UK. In Scotland, ...
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Greencore clears ABP Nenagh
ABP Food Group Ireland has welcomed the findings of Greencore plc's investigation into the test results on its Bolognese product of two weeks ago. Greencore's investigation has cleared ABP Nenagh as the source of any contamination.ABP's own investigation is said to have included an extensive testing programme for all raw ...
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News2 Sisters Food Group to buy VION’s UK poultry and red meat businesses
Boparan Holdings Limited (BHL), the holding company for 2 Sisters Food Group, has announced that it has agreed to acquire VION’s poultry and red meat processing businesses in the UK. The acquisition secures a viable future for these businesses, as well as providing certainty to their UK supply chain, which ...
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NewsInstitute of Meat gives its winners a royal occasion to remember
The Institute of Meat (IOM) and The Meat Training Council's (MTC) award ceremony at Butchers' Hall was attended by The Princess Royal, who handed out special awards, MTC Master Butcher Accreditations and Institute of Meat fellowships to individuals for their outstanding contributions to the industry.The Institute of Meat (IOM) and ...
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A pivotal moment for food production
NFU president Peter Kendall has used his opening address at this week’s annual NFU Conference to argue that the horse meat scandal shows the need for a major shift in the way food is delivered.Speaking in Birmingham today, Kendall said one of the lessons to be learned from the current ...
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Frozen burger sales plummet in supermarkets
According to new data from Kantar, released on Sky News, both frozen beef burger and ready meal sales have fallen by 43% and 13% respectively.The data is for the four weeks ending 17th February and whilst undoubtedly attributable to consumers turning away from buying the product, is also down to ...
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Tesco vows to bring meat production "closer to home"
Speaking to the BBC earlier today Tesco's chief executive Philip Clarke pledged to shorten the meat production chain so it is: "Closer to home." That may be beginning with chicken as Tesco has said that by July all its chicken meat will come from British farms. He also said that ...
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IFFA to showcase trends in ingredients and additives
The improvement in food safety and product quality is a topic that is preoccupying the entire meat-processing sector. Spice manufacturers have important new approaches to offer for keeping meat and meat products fresh, including, for example, the use of natural extracts.For fermented foods there are starter cultures and protective cultures ...
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Consumers are going to have to learn more about their food
Commenting on Tesco's announcement that it is to begin to bring its meat production chain "closer to home" Deborah Hallett, managing director of 90 Degrees said that in order for that to be a viable proposition, consumers would need to improve their education about where their food was coming from ...
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NewsAre you England's finest steak pie maker?
Do you sell a fantastic steak pie? Do your customers rave about its mouth-watering pastry and its succulent filling? Then make sure you enter EBLEX’s Steak Pie Competition to be in with a chance of winning the title ‘England’s Best!’Pies, which must contain either beef, veal, lamb or mutton steak ...
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NewsHost a roast in British Beef Week
Ladies in Beef, a group of passionate female beef farmers, are calling on members of the public, restaurant owners, clubs, schools and workplaces to ‘Host a Roast’ during Great British Beef Week 2013 and raise funds for the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (R.A.B.I.).Taking place this year between 21st and 27th ...
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NewsAlan Bennett still at the top
Legendary butcher Allan Bennett is still at the top of his game, after claiming yet another Overall Champion crown at the Butchers Roadshow and Pork Product Excellence Awards, organised by BPEX.Allan Bennett: "We do the job right - it's not rocket science!"The Codsall butcher was awarded the title for his ...
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Majority of latest DNA tests for horse are negative
The FSA has released its second set of test results from the food industry and over 99% contained no horse DNA at or above the level of 1%.Products linked to samples that did contain horse DNA above 1% included Aldi's Today's Special Frozen Beef Lasagne and Today's Special Frozen Spaghetti ...
