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NewsQMS launches red meat toolkit and new ad campaign
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has launched a toolkit featuring facts and shareable statistics that promote red meat consumption.Kate Rowell, QMS chair.QMS said that the toolkit ‘Celebrating the positives of red meat’ is designed to give quick and easy access to vital information about livestock production, with key points to help ...
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NewsWelsh Craft Butcher of the Year returns for 2024
The Welsh Craft Butcher of the Year final will be held at the Welsh International Culinary Championships (WICC), taking place from 22nd-24th January 2024 at the International Convention Centre Wales (ICC Wales), Newport. Welsh Craft Butcher of the Year 2023 winner Adam Jones in front of his display.The free event ...
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NewsMeat industry exporters explore global trade opportunities in West Africa
Red meat exporters, supported by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), have developed further opportunities to "satisfy the appetite for red meat" in West Africa during a trade mission to Ghana and the Côte d’Ivoire.Dr Awal Fuseini, lead on exports to West Africa for AHDB.10 exporters from nine UK ...
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NewsProjects to reduce red meat emissions backed by Welsh Government
The Welsh Government has said it is making £1 million available to support new projects which can help reduce ammonia emissions produced by livestock.Minister for Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths.The focus of this Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) is the agriculture sector in Wales. The challenge will aim to help businesses ...
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NewsRed meat to be championed at TasteWales event
BlasCymru/TasteWales is set to return between 25th-26th October, with Welsh organisations highlighting the importance of red meat at the food and drink trade fair.Minister for Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths.The fair will be held at the International Convention Centre (ICC) Wales, Newport, and is to be sponsored by a range of ...
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NewsScottish red meat and offal exports reach high of £93m
A QMS report has revealed Scottish exports of red meat and offal "rocketed" to a new record high of over £93 million in the year from August 2022 to July 2023.Iain Macdonald, QMS market intelligence manager.The figures are up 16% on QMS’s survey statistics from the same period last year, ...
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NewsValue meat sales grow steadily despite cost concerns
Supermarket private-label value items are performing well in both the red meat and dairy sectors, despite cost-of-living concerns continuing to restrict overall consumer spend.Mince sales were up 179.8% YoY.Products within a specific money saving/value for money supermarket own label range are known as value tier products. These items have performed ...
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NewsProfessor David Hughes to deliver the 2023 City Meat Lecture in November
This year's City Meat Lecture, organised by The Worshipful Company of Butchers will be presented by Professor David Hughes, on Thursday 23rd November at Butchers' Hall.Professor David Hughes will give this year's City Meat Lecture.Sponsored by Pilgrim's UK the substance of the lecture is Postive Directions for the British Meat ...
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NewsBritain's 'finest' red meat to be showcased at Anuga 2023
Anuga 2023, a global trade fair for over 100,000 influential figures in the food industry, will feature some of Britain's "finest" red meat, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).AHDB will showcase British red meat at Anuga 2023.AHDB has announced that 13 red meat exporters will join it's ...
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NewsSheep meat exports increase in 2023, says HCC
Fresh and frozen sheep meat exports from the UK performed well in the first six months of the year, recording a 14% year-on-year increase as imports fell "considerably".Sheep meat exports totalled 43,400 tonnes in the first six months of 2023.Some 94% of volume went to markets within the European Union, ...
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NewsWe Eat Balanced campaign to champion ‘British’ meat and dairy after rule change
The term 'British' will be included in an Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) marketing campaign for the first time, when consumer campaign 'We Eat Balanced' returns on 8th September. As part of the campaign, consumers will be educated on the nutritional benefits of eating red meat.The campaign is back ...
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News"Simplistic conclusions": meat industry responds to Nature Food dietary study
[IN-DEPTH READ] Trade bodies across the UK and Irish meat industries have responded to a study published in the journal Nature Food on the impact of diets - including meat eating - on the environment.The Nature Food study claimed that 'high meat eaters' have a significant impact on the environment ...
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NewsHCC chair calls for "new social contract" to promote Welsh red meat products
Plans to boost the international branding of Wales’ sustainable red meat products were unveiled by HCC chair Catherine Smith at the Royal Welsh Show on Monday 24th July 2023.HCC chair Catherine Smith.Smith explained that HCC continues to operate in a crowded consumer marketplace, where red meat products are “surrounded by ...
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NewsOver 2,300 pupils take part in LMC cookery demonstrations
Primary school pupils across Northern Ireland (NI) swapped textbooks for culinary treats as they took part in interactive cookery demonstrations led by the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC).Schoolchildren learned about how to include red meat a part of a healthy balanced diet.More than 2,300 pupils from over 95 schools attended ...
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NewsSainsbury's discounts meat and poultry products
UK supermarket Sainsbury's has introduced meat and poultry products across its Nectar Prices scheme, bringing the total number of products on offer to around 3,500.Around 3,500 products are now included in Nectar Prices, with all offers available in store and online.For the first time, Nectar customers can make savings on ...
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NewsMinister tells BMPA conference he is listening to the sector's challenges
Speaking at the annual BMPA (British Meat Processor Association) conference Minister of State at Defra, Mark Spencer MP told delegates: “My door remains firmly open to the meat industry.”Minister Mark Spencer addresses BMPA annual conference at Butchers' Hall.Association president and board member of the ABP Food Group, Tom Kirwan, opened ...
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NewsQMS launches five-year strategy to make Scotland the choice for premium red meat
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has launched its new five-year strategy to make Scotland the choice for premium red meat across the world.The new strategy was launched at an annual industry breakfast briefing at the Royal Highland Show. Its mission is to lead the development of Scotland’s red meat sector by ...
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NewsGlobal meat consumption to grow by 1.8%
Global meat consumption is expected to grow by 1.8% from 2023 to 2024, while UK red meat exports hit record levels in 2022 with a value of £1.7 billion.Nicholas Safir, chair of AHDB, addresses delegates at the levy board's recent Export Conference.This was part of the message from Agriculture and ...
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NewsSAMW raises concern about declining Scottish cattle numbers
The entrenched reduction of cattle numbers in Scotland overshadows every other issue impacting the country’s red meat sector at present, says the Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers (SAMW).Ian Bentley, president of the Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers.SAMW president Ian Bentley said that, even in the midst of soaring feed, fuel ...
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NewsDawn Meats to sell its minority shareholding in Elivia to Terrena
Dawn Meats has decided to sell its minority shareholding in meat processing business Elivia to farming co-operative Terrena, its majority shareholder.In the period since 2015, significant investments have been made at Elivia and improved performance has resulted from the collaboration of the two companies. Following ongoing discussions and a review ...
