All Red Meat articles – Page 10
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NewsAHDB report highlights online opportunities for red meat sales
A new report from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) highlights opportunities to tempt more online shoppers to buy red meat.Consumers still reluctant to purchase high-value products like roasting joints online.Online is one of the fastest-growing channels in grocery retail, rising by 30 per cent in the last five ...
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NewsFarmers and Butchers better equipped to 'Meat the Market'
Butchers and farmers may now feel better equipped in their livestock and carcase selection to meet the demands of consumers and processors after the Meat the Market workshops hosted Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).The meetings held in August were the first of the 2019 ‘Meat the Market’ events and since the ...
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NewsNFU calls for trade and standards commission to uphold food values post-Brexit
With only two months to go until the UK leaves the EU, the NFU is urging the government to back up its assurances to uphold British farming’s high production standards post-Brexit with firm actions.Theresa Villiers, Secretary of State for the Environment has been asked by the NFU for a clear ...
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NewsDunbia reports significant progress towards 2025 sustainability goals
Dunbia, (a division of Dawn Meats), one of Europe’s leading meat processors, has cut its CO2 emissions by 33% just four years into a ten-year strategy to reduce the company’s environmental impact.Dawn Meats has been awarded ISO 50001 energy management certification for its work in Ireland to hit sustainability targets ...
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NewsAIMS responds to former Defra minster Eustice’s U-turn on religious slaughter
AIMS, the UK trade association which represents the majority of abattoirs, has said it was amazed to hear that the previous Agriculture Minister, George Eustice, now believes that stunning immediately after the cut in religious slaughter should be encouraged to mitigate the adverse effects of slaughter without stunning.Former Agriculture Minster, ...
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NewsNew president and new Charcuterie Assured Advice service for National Craft Butchers
Craft butchers and guests met for the launch of the eagerly awaited Charcuterie Assured Advice at the National Craft Butchers (NCB) Annual Meeting in York recently.NCB's new president, Tony Luckhurst, said: “We have been working with our Primary Authority partner Horsham District Council to produce this assured advice to specifically ...
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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 ...
