All Red Meat articles – Page 10
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NewsSports groups uncover nutritional value of Welsh lamb
Sports groups in Wales discovered the nutritional credentials of Welsh lamb during a series of volunteer tasting sessions which took place around the country.Beth Kenure and Stacey Horne from Llandaff North Women’s rugby team at the Cardiff Lamb Tasting Events.Volunteer consumer groups were invited to take part in the Welsh ...
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NewsLMC highlights career opportunities in red meat
Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC) chief executive officer, Ian Stevenson, has highlighted the growing number of career development opportunities that the local agri-food sector is now offering.Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC) chief executive officer, Ian Stevenson.Stevenson said: “This potential is set to grow significantly. ...
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NewsUK levy boards receive extra £1.5m to extend collaboration
Levy boards in England, Wales and Scotland have received an extra £1.5 million to extend a collaborative project that supports the British meat industry.For the last two years, AHDB, Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) and Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) have jointly decided on a collaborative programme of activities to support the ...
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NewsOne of the best years on record for red meat exports
A report from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) found that red meat exports from the UK rose to more than £1.5 billion last year, making 2019 one of the strongest years on record, with Asia being key to the success.According to HMRC, the total value of red meat ...
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NewsWelsh red meat takes centre stage at Culinary Olympics
The Culinary Association of Wales (CAW), backed by HCC – Meat Promotion Wales, will showcase the best of Welsh red meat at the IKA Culinary Olympics in Germany this month.Welsh red meat will feature on the Olympic Menu in Germany.The CAW team will represent Wales at the event which hosts ...
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NewsLMC working to address misinformation
The Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland’s (LMC) Industry development manager, Colin Smith, has spoken out to highlight the importance of evidence based decisions when it comes to beef and lamb.Industry development manager at LMC, Colin Smith.The comments come following recent policy decisions by cancer charities to launch a ...
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NewsStudy findings into red meat and heart disease association questionable says industry
A new study published in the US, claiming an association between the consumption of both red meat and processed meats with heart disease, has been found wanting in its scope by the Food Advisory Board and two leading UK trade organisations.The research, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, looked ...
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NewsResponding to CCC report AHDB says other proteins would need to supplement our diets
In its response to the Climate Change Committee's (CCC) latest report, AHDB has suggested that diets would need to be supplemented by other proteins if consumers are to reduce their meat and dairy intake by 20% per person.Dr Jonathan Foot, head of environment at AHDB, responded to the CCC's latest ...
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NewsQuality Meat Scotland’s future strategy highlighted to MSPs
Quality Meat Scotland’s future strategy to further support, develop, promote and protect the Scottish red meat industry has been highlighted to MSPs.(L to R): Peter Chapman MSP, Fergus Ewing, cabinet secretary for rural economy and connectivity, Kate Rowell, chair of QMS and Alan Clarke, chief executive of QMS.An event at ...
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NewsNFU urges Government to be global leader of climate-friendly food
NFU president, Minette Batters, is urging the Government to commit to introducing a food standards commission that scrutinises future trade deals and safeguards British farming’s place as a global leader in climate-friendly food.Minette Batters: "British farmers are world-leading in our standards of animal welfare, environmental protection and food safety. Farmers ...
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NewsBritish sausages and bacon health risk links may have been inaccurate
Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast have questioned the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) blanket classification of processed meat as carcinogenic after finding significant evidence gaps between processed meat treated with nitrites and nitrite-free processed meat.Not all processed meat, however, contains nitrites. British and Irish sausages, for example, are not processed with ...
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NewsSAMW says time for the facts to enter meat production debate
It’s time to bust the myths surrounding meat production and consumption with fact-based truth and a big dose of reality, a task for producers, processors and retailers that needs to be the top priority in 2020 if our industry is to have any sort of meaningful future, says the Scottish ...
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NewsAHDB responds to 'Peak Meat' by 2030
AHDB’s market intelligence experts have hit back at the latest call to cut down meat consumption in response to climate change, branding its thinking ‘flawed’.A group of 50 scientists from around the world penned a letter to academic journal Lancet Planetary Health urging global nations to “declare a timeframe for ...
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NewsRhug Estate PGI Welsh Organic Lamb first to be sold in Qatar
Rhug Estate has announced that PGI Welsh Lamb from its organic farm in north Wales is the first Welsh organic lamb to be available for customers to buy in Qatar, following Lord Newborough negotiating a trade deal which has taken two years to finalise.Rhug Lamb in Monoprix Qatar.Various cuts of ...
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NewsMeat is a natural part of a healthy diet, says food expert
Wales could be slim and healthy if the nation just adopted three simple dietary principles, according to top food author and nutritionist Dr Zoë Harcombe.Dr Zoë Harcombe.The role of meat in a healthy diet was one of the main topics of debate at the Hybu Cig Cymru-Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) ...
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NewsBritish red meat production is part of solution to climate crisis
Sourcing British, climate-friendly beef and lamb can play an important role in tackling the climate crisis – was the take-home message from the NFU’s recent meeting with the country’s universities.President of NFU, Minette Batters.The 40 university delegates heard from a variety of speakers including Dr Michelle Cain (University of Oxford), ...
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NewsASA ruling following NFUS complaint sees inaccurate posters withdrawn
Driven by members, NFU Scotland lodged a formal complaint with the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) in June about a poster campaign in Scotland that erroneously claimed that ‘eating animals’ contributes more to climate change than transport. NFUS president Andrew McCormick.As both official UK and Scottish Government figures indicated otherwise, the ...
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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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News‘Support our sustainable 'Welsh Way' of farming’ says HCC chairman
It's time to support environmentally-sustainable Welsh farmers, and draw a clear distinction between the very different ways of producing meat that exist across the world, HCC’s chairman Kevin Roberts told an industry breakfast audience at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair.HCC chairman, Kevin Roberts.He said that HCC’s Board had announced a ...
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NewsWelsh Lamb and Welsh Beef receive accolades for marketing work
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), has scooped four awards at the recent 2019 CIPR Cymru Wales Pride Awards ceremony in Cardiff for its work promoting PGI Welsh Lamb and PGI Welsh Beef.Tours to Wales for food writers to show them the story behind Welsh Lamb and Welsh ...
