All Poultry & Game articles – Page 6
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NewsStrong industry reaction to BBC documentary Meat: A Threat to our Planet
The BBC’s heavily trailed documentary, Meat: A Threat to our Planet has provoked strong reaction from industry and individuals and many took to social media, throughout the programme to vent their views.About 95% of the programme was focused on filming massive scale, intensive and ‘factory farming’ production in the US ...
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NewsBritish Game Alliance secures trade agreement for 250,000 game birds
The British Game Alliance (BGA) has secured its first major overseas trade agreement for 250,000 birds to be exported for use in retail and high-end restaurants in Hong Kong and Macau this season.High end restaurants and hotels in Hong Kong and Macau set to have British Game on their menus.The ...
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NewsCranswick makes new acquisition
Meat and food manufacturer, Cranswick has acquired Katsouris Brothers Limited (Katsouris Brothers), a leading Mediterranean food products business for £43.5 million.The purchase was announced in Cranswick's first quarter trading statement.Katsouris Brothers is a leading processor and multi-channel supplier of continental and mediterranean food products.The business operates from two facilities in ...
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NewsGressingham Duck moves core line production from Brompton site
In order to increase efficiency Gressingham Game says it has decided to move production of its core lines from the Brompton site into the Gressingham Foods production site at Grange Farm Redgrave with immediate effect.It purchased the Yorkshire Game site in Brompton on Swale in May 2018. However, the company ...
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NewsKFC is latest signatory to 'European Chicken Commitment'
According to Compassion in World Farming, momentum is building behind a broiler revolution with pledges from a growing number of businesses to sign up to the European Chicken Commitment. Over 30 companies have signed up in Europe including M&S, Unilever, Nestlé, Waitrose, Danone and Elior Group and now the iconic ...
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NewsFSS ends contract with Hallmark Meat Hygiene Ltd.
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has taken the decision to end its contract with Hallmark Meat Hygiene Ltd. which supplies official veterinarians and meat hygiene inspectors to undertake controls to support Scotland’s important meat, game and poultry industries. FSS will deliver this function from 16th September 2019, and the Transfer of ...
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NewsNigel Fredericks Trading Ltd goes down with loss of 250 jobs
Nigel Fredericks Trading Limited closed its doors after being placed in administration last week. The 250 staff have been made redundant. Administrators Dow Schofield Watts Business Recovery had been working with the directors and attracted a number of potential buyers but none had been willing to conclude a deal.Established in ...
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NewsMeat Management Industry Awards set as industry’s big night
Planning for the meat industry’s big awards night organised by Meat Management magazine is well underway and, as usual, organisers expect a sell-out event on 27th June, when the Meat Management Industry Awards take place in Birmingham.The winners of the MM Awards 2018.Up to 500 guests are expected to attend ...
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NewsIFFA 2019 countdown begins
With just over two weeks to go until IFFA 2019 opens its doors to more than 1,000 companies from around 50 countries, market leaders are set to present innovations and future-oriented trends to the entire processing chain of the meat industry.Photo: Messe Frankfurt GmbH / Petra Welzel.Presented on a three-yearly ...
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NewsWorld Butchers’ Challenge venue confirmed
The World Butchers’ Challenge has confirmed its home for the 2020 competition as the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California.The Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California.Home to the NBA’s Sacramento Kings and host to a range of celebrity concerts, including Elton John and Justin Timberlake, this is the first time ...
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News“Brilliant week” for industry awards
Described as one of the best ever, the MM Meat Industry Awards judging week was deemed a great success, with Managing Editor & Publisher of Meat Management magazine Graham Yandell saying: “It was a brilliant week and we have had a huge response again this year".The judging team have been ...
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NewsWomen In Meat Awards celebrates International Women’s Day
Organisers of the annual Women In Meat Industry Awards, YPL Exhibitions & Events, have confirmed the ongoing support of Ladies In Pigs and Ladies In Beef, for this year’s initiative, which commences in June.The annual ceremony, will once again take place at Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington.The annual ceremony, where ...
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NewsCranswick partner with Marel for greenfield poultry plant
For its new UK greenfield primary processing plant at Eye in Suffolk, Cranswick Poultry PLC is to join forces with Marel Poultry, who will install what is described as a state-of-the-art 15,000 birds per hour (bph) processing line.Cranswick says it wants to operate the most efficient poultry process in the ...
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NewsTop students awarded scholarships
Moy Park has awarded top performing Harper Adams University students with coveted scholarships as part of the British Poultry Council (BPC) Scholarship scheme.Pictured (L-R) at the ceremony is Ross Armstrong, Broiler Manager, Moy Park, Harper Adams University students Ifan Huws and Connie Reeves and Nicola Hayward of Moy Park.Connie Reeves ...
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NewsTulip Boston loses M&S contract
Tulip Ltd has confirmed it has lost a contract to supply retailer Marks & Spencer, and will close its Boston plant, putting 464 employees at risk, if a new replacement contract is not sourced.Tulip has lost a contract to supply retailer Marks & Spencer.It said the site, which employs 464 ...
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NewsIoM / WCB annual prize-giving 2019 is a royal celebration
HRH The Princess Royal was guest of honour and presented the Awards at yesterday’s IoM / WCB annual prize-giving held at Painters’ Hall, London.All the category winners are pictured here with HRH The Princess Royal, together with The Master of the WCB Graham Baker, and the Chairman of the IoM ...
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NewsWomen In Meat Industry Awards gathers pace
The annual Women In Meat Industry Awards, which was launched by Meat Management magazine in 2018, has confirmed its black tie dinner date and Awards ceremony this year as Friday 15th November 2019.The 2018 Women In Meat Industry Award Winners.Organiser YPL Exhibitions & Events, which is staging the event for ...
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NewsNew machinery agency for Bryant Ltd
Equipment supplier Bryant Ltd., have confirmed that from March 2019, the company will be the official UK and Ireland agent for Schröder Maschinenbau GmbH.The Schröder max 6000 machine.Part of the JBT business, Schröder is a manufacturer of injection and marination equipment, plus massagers and tenderisers for meat, poultry and fish, ...
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NewsAwards deadline approaching for product entry
Voting and product nominations are in full swing for the 2019 MM Meat Industry Awards, and organisers YPL Exhibitions & Events are reminding manufacturers’ and retailers’ that the deadline of 6th March for nominating products is fast approaching. The message is act now!The winners of the MM Awards 2018.The organisers ...
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NewsTesco to close meat counters across 90 stores
Tesco has confirmed it will close food counters - including the meat counters - in 90 of its stores as part of a wider cost-cutting plan that is expected to affect 9,000 staff.Tesco is closing the meat counters across multiple stores. Image ©Licensed to i-Images Picture Agency.The retailer has said ...
