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France's top poultry producer and processor Doux calls in administrators
French group, Doux, said to be the world’s fifth-largest poultry producer, has gone into administration, unable to agree a deal with creditors. The business employs 10,000 people worldwide of which 3,400 are in France.“A court-appointed administrator will assist the company’s management to finalize a plan on continuing operations in France ...
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NewsNew summer promotional kit for pork
As Jubilee and Olympic Games fever sweeps the nation, friends and families may well be looking to celebrate with parties and events, so the next few weeks could be a particularly lucrative time for the meat industry, say BPEX, the promotional body for pork promotion in the UK.From sausages, pork ...
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Full details published on BPEX work
Full details of work to improve pig production during the past year has been published in the BPEX Annual Technical Report 2011-2012. The report is an in-depth look at BPEX knowledge transfer and research and development activities which are designed to help producers improve physical pig performance, herd health and ...
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Greater understanding needed in the beef supply chain
Guaranteeing supplies of beef amid a global shortening of product requires everyone in the supply chain to fully understand the current market condition, according to EBLEX.EBLEX chairman John Cross sounded the warning as the organisation launched a new state-of-the-industry report called Balancing the Market, highlighting the changes that have taken ...
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Bone-in beef from the UK can now go to Hong Kong
Beef rib cuts and other specified bone-in products, except vertebral column cuts, from cattle less than 30 months old can now be exported to Hong Kong. Boneless beef from cattle of all ages is already exported there. The revival has been secured by EBLEX.Whilst the agreement was reached in principle ...
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Debate needed on who bears cost of supermarket promos
Shrinking global supplies of beef and lamb and a rising population will push up prices for producers and processors in England – but it won't all be plain sailing. That was the forecast from EBLEX sector director Nick Allen as he closed the organisation's first northern conference in Wetherby.He followed ...
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Meat Industry Awards reward excellence
The 2012 Meat Management Industry Awards ceremony was once again heralded as a resounding success following the presentation on the evening of 24th May, when almost 350 guests came together to celebrate the winning companies, products and organisations.The results for all sixteen award categories were announced at a glittering awards ...
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Processors and retailers asked to take a long term view
NFU livestock board chairman, Charles Sercombe, has made a plea to retailers and processors to avoid sending negative signals to farmers and ensure a stabilisation of farmgate prices.Sercombe said: “The boom bust cycle of pricing is not in the interests of the farmer, processor or retailer.” He warned that whilst ...
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Determining meat eating quality using technology approaching commercial reality
The ground-breaking £1 million Integrated Measurement of Eating Quality (IMEQ) research project to determine the eating quality of meat is moving closer to commercial reality with the successful testing of a robot at a Scottish meat processing premises.Quality Meat Scotland and the Scottish Government are the co-funders of the IMEQ ...
