All Red Meat articles – Page 21
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NewsChina to import ten million tons of meat by 2020
The 21st International Meat Secretariat World Meat Congress held in Punte Del Este, Uruguay saw over 700 delegates from 36 countries discuss issues such as global trends, trade and policies, animal care and health, consumer trust, sustainability, human health and nutrition and governance.Presentations at the congress each shared a global ...
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NewsQ Guild launches redesigned website
The Butchers Q Guild website has been redesigned to better serve both its 120 members UK-wide and the general public.The new Q Guild website.Gordon Newlands, Q Guild manager, explained: “Not only has it been transformed with a fresher look and feel, but the site has also been purpose-designed to be ...
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NewsIndustry urged to get behind Red Tractor campaign
Red Tractor Assurance (RTA) is calling on the industry to get behind its on-pack promotion campaign for its remaining few weeks to help raise awareness of the standards behind the Red Tractor scheme.The autumn on-pack promotion on Red Tractor assured products including meat and poultry, as well as dairy, cereals, ...
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NewsReport reveals meat consumption of adults
The average British meat-eater will eat 2,771 sausages, 1,491 steaks and 1,469 burgers during their adult years, according to new research commissioned by sausage company, debbie&andrew’s.The new research reveals the average British meat-eater will eat 2,771 sausages in adulthood.The research, which was based on 2,000 meat-eaters, also found that, as ...
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NewsFSA and industry work to deliver better health and animal welfare
The Food Standards Agency (FSA), in partnership with the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) and other key industry players, is continuing its work to improve public health and animal health and welfare by ensuring there is robust animal traceability in processing establishments.FSA programme lead Ramon Romero.The FSA’s work with ...
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NewsChicken shows volume growth
The latest Meat, Fish and Poultry (MFP) figures from Kantar Worldpanel for the 12 weeks ending 9th October have revealed that chicken is the only major category still showing volume growth, with beef and turkey moving from growth in the last period to decline.According to Kantar Wordpanel chicken volumes grew ...
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NewsFMT Food Awards Judging – behind the scenes
The Food Management Today Industry Awards product categories have now been judged and the winners and finalists are being selected, as the countdown to the prestigious Awards ceremony and industry lunch starts in earnest. All is set to be revealed on 3rd February 2017 at the five star Royal Garden ...
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NewsAdvanced Butcher Apprenticeship launches
The Butchery Employer Trailblazer Group (BETG) has received final Government approval for the Advanced Butcher Apprenticeship – only three months on from its original submission.Following a successful appeal led by the Food and Drink Training and Education Council (ftc), the Advanced Butcher Apprenticeship will also attract increased funding. The maximum ...
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Game meat project launched to help boost Welsh economy
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has recently teamed up with a communications agency in Wales in order to boost the value of game meat in the country’s economy by 2020.BASC and Four Cymru are joining together to bring game meat to the attention of consumers in Wales.The ...
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NewsGreat Yorkshire Competition deadline fast approaching
Butchers have until the Saturday 22nd October to submit their postal entries for the 2016 Great Yorkshire Pork Pie, Sausage & Products Competition, which takes place on 30th October at the Cedar Court Hotel in Bradford.The 28th annual Great Yorkshire Competition will feature pork pie, sausage, black pudding and beef ...
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NewsParalympic success for athlete sponsored by meat firm
Paralympic bronze medallist Melissa Reid has praised Cornish meat business, the Brian Etherington Meat Company, for its sponsorship and support in the build up to the Rio Paralympics this summer.Mark Etherington and Paralympic bronze medallist, Melissa Reid.Reid, who is visually impaired, competed alongside her guide Nicola Walters in the PT5 ...
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Meat sector acquisitions generate £74 million
Oghma Partners' latest T2 Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Review of the UK Food and Beverage Sector has recorded two significant deals within the meat industry: BRF Invicta’s purchase of Universal Meats (UK) Ltd and Cranswick’s purchase of CCL Holdings (Crown).Global food company BRF Invicta Ltd acquired Universal Meats (UK) Ltd ...
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ABP and Fane Valley's acquisition of Stanley business approved
The European Commission has cleared the proposed acquisition of Slaney Foods JV and Slaney Proteins (Ireland) by meat processor ABP Group and agri-food company Fane Valley after concluding that it would not adversely impact effective competition in the EU’s single market.An investigation under the EU Merger Regulation was carried out ...
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Launch of stun-free halal certification scheme
Traditional Halal Limited has launched a halal certification scheme which has been developed for meat and poultry that is produced without the use of stunning.According to news site Halal Focus, the scheme, which has been developed to enhance welfare standards, training and skills in the non-stun meat sector as well ...
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Norwich butchers target of meat theft
Archer’s Butchers in Norwich was the target of a theft in which nearly £2,000 worth of meat was stolen.In total 160 packs of burgers, 60 packs of bacon, eight turkey butterflies and nine sets of ribs were taken from the shop, said to be worth approximately £1,800.Speaking to the Eastern ...
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NewsGoatober comes to the UK for the first time
Goatober, a month long festival and campaign celebrating the billy goat meat industry, is coming to the UK this October for the first time.Goatober supports the use of kid goat meat being used for foods.This festival is already well established in the USA and has been taking place each October ...
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NewsNew method for testing meat fraud developed
A new method for testing meat fraud has been developed at the Institute of Food Research (IFR) in Norwich.The method is said to be able to exploit subtle differences in a key meat protein so that the addition of just 1% of horsemeat into a beef burger or of beef ...
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Butcher fined for selling meat unfit for human consumption
A Northampton butcher has been fined after pleading guilty to selling meat which was unfit for human consumption and falsely labelling foreign meat as British.Peter Salmons of The Meating Place in Billing Garden Village, Northampton, has been fined £14,000 for the offences.Northamptonshire County Council Trading Standards retrieved samples of meat ...
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NewsFMT Food Industry Awards judging kicks off
The product judging for the Food Management Today Industry Awards is currently taking place at Harper Adams University with over 300 products being cooked, tried and tested by the expert judging panel.Product judging is taking place at Harper Adams University.The judges will work their way through the products over the ...
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NewsDanish Butchers Union members visit Complete Meats
A group of 30 Danish butchers visited Devon butchers, Complete Meats, recently to learn about UK practices.Danish Butchers Union members received a tour of Complete Meats in Devon.The visit included a tour of the Complete Meats unit on the Millwey Rise Trading Estate in Axminster in Devon, where members of ...
