All Red Meat articles – Page 10
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NewsNew OPTIBEEF project aims for improved beef production
A new research and development project involving the beef industry, scientists and precision engineering companies aims to enhance returns for beef producers while helping processors become more efficient.OPTIBEEF will drive improvements in the productivity, quality and the sustainability of beef production by improving the accuracy of current methods of abattoir ...
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News£6 billion pledge to UK farming and fishing industries from Tory contender Jeremy Hunt
Just days after a heartfelt plea for urgent action needed to support the British beef sector, Tory contender, Jeremy Hunt has said he would make £6 billion available to support the farming and fishing industries, in the event of a no-deal Brexit.NFU president, Minette Batters: “While this sum of money ...
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NewsUrgent action needed to support British beef sector, says NFU
With beef farmers experiencing markets at a three-year low, NFU Vice president, Stuart Roberts, is calling for urgent and united action to re-establish sustainable returns.Roberts said that at such a critical time for the British beef industry, farmers, processors, retailers, Defra, and the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) need ...
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NewsPossible October No-deal Brexit a huge risk for Welsh Meat Industry, says HCC
Trading patterns in the red meat sector mean that a chaotic Brexit at the end of October would be the worst possible timing, Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) chief executive Gwyn Howells has warned.HCC chief executive Gwyn Howells: "It’s completely unrealistic to expect this business to replace ...
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NewsWinners of the Meat Management Awards 2019 revealed
The 2019 Meat Management Industry Awards winners were announced during a glittering celebratory dinner at Hilton Birmingham Metropole, attended by 400 guests.The 2019 best of the best!Some of the top names in the UK meat industry were presented with their winners trophies by British magician and TV presenter Ben Hanlin, ...
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NewsNCB to launch Charcuterie Assured Advice
National Craft Butchers (NCB) will launch its ‘Charcuterie Assured Advice’ to supplement its ‘Primary Authority Food Safety Assured Advice’, next Sunday 30th June 2019 at the Grand Hotel, York.NCB and Primary Authority Partner, Horsham District Council, has produced the ‘Assured Advice’ specifically to explain how complex preservation methods, which do ...
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NewsAuctioneers head-to-head in culinary showdown
The shoes were off as well as the gloves in the Scotch Kitchen on the Quality Meat Scotland stand at the Royal Highland Show when two auctioneers went head-to-head in a culinary showdown.Primrose Beaton, head cattle auctioneer with Lawrie and Symington, and Ellis Mutch, trainee auctioneer with ANM Group.The “ringside” ...
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NewsRed meat industry urged to unite to cascade positive messages
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) says it remains totally focused on supporting the Scottish red meat industry during this period of continued political uncertainty and unprecedented challenge on many fronts.L-R: Mairi Gougeon MSP, Fergus Ewing MSP and QMS chairman, Kate Rowell.Speaking during her first Royal Highland Show at the helm, QMS ...
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NewsQMS urges industry to back 'Meat with Integrity' campaign
Four farmers have been unveiled as among the 'faces' of Quality Meat Scotland’s new 'Meat With Integrity' campaign, which launches next month.First Minister with industry leaders and Meat With Integrity Farmers.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon met three of the farmers – Hazel McNee from Tealing, Joyce Campbell from Sutherland and Fraser ...
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NewsHouse of Lords discuss EU proposal to ban use of words like sausage or burger to describe foods that don't contain meat
The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee recently invited a roundtable of experts to discuss a proposal from the European Parliament to ban the use of words like ‘sausage’ and ‘burger’ to describe foods that don’t contain meat.BackgroundIn early April, the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development agreed to ...
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NewsQMS to host Japanese cooking challenge between Scottish rugby stars
Two Scotland rugby stars are set to compete in an oriental cook-off hosted by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) at the 179th Royal Highland Show on Saturday 22nd June.In a nod to the upcoming tournament in Japan this year, prop Simon Berghan and back-row Magnus Bradbury will take part in a ...
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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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NewsScottish Government to set max limits on consumption of red processed meat in schools
Scotland is to become the first part of the UK to set maximum limits for consumption of red processed meat over the course of the school week, which, it claims, will also reduce exposure to harmful nitrites.Bearsden Primary School pupils helped to launch the new QMS “Meat the Facts” booklet ...
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News92% of Northern Ireland adults continue to enjoy red meat
An omnibus survey completed on behalf of the Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC) has shown that the vast majority of local consumers continue to eat red meat.Out of 1,024 respondents representative of the population and completed in April this year, 92 per cent said they still incorporate ...
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NewsFour-point strategy to reboot Scottish livestock numbers
Scotland’s meat wholesalers have developed a four-point strategy, designed to reboot the country’s falling livestock numbers, along with a plea for Government action to be taken immediately rather than waiting for post-Brexit pilot trials to be run in 2022 or 2023. SAMW's Andy McGowan.“The latest figures show calf registrations down ...
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NewsFinal call for Welsh red meat sector to apply for HCC Scholarship travel fund
The deadline to apply for a £3000 travel fund to enhance understanding of the red meat sector is fast approaching, and interested parties are being urged to apply as soon as possible.2018 scholars Peredur Owen and Dafydd Huw Evans receive their prizes from Gwyn Howells and James Ruggeri of HCC, ...
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NewsAberdeenshire butcher provides tips during national BBQ week
John is director at Davidsons Specialist Butchers.Scots in need of barbeque inspiration this summer have been given some hints and tips courtesy of renowned Inverurie butcher and barbeque enthusiast, John Davidson.A self-taught butcher, John is director at Davidsons Specialist Butchers which has won countless awards culminating in UK Butcher Shop ...
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NewsQMS's chair, Kate Rowell, urges industry to seize opportunities to communicate with the public
People working in every part of the Scottish red meat industry have been urged by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) to support forth-coming campaigns and seize every opportunity to communicate the industry’s positive messages.Kate Rowell, chair of QMS.Speaking at a briefing to announce QMS’s ambitious activity plans for the year ahead, ...
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NewsMultivac Group invests in a new centre of excellence for meat portioning in Germany
As part of an official celebration, the first spadeful of earth has been turned for the construction of a new factory at TVI Entwicklung und Produktion GmbH in Bruckmühl/Germany. Multivac has held a majority share in TVI since 2017.L-R: Peter Urban (authorised officer PEM), Thomas Ennsberger (managing director PEM), Alois ...
