All Meat articles – Page 141
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NewsOstrich ‘alternative to everyday meat’
Ostrich is set to move from expensive niche product to affordable everyday meat with a new range of free-range ostrich meats that's 20% cheaper than beef. Meat wholesaler DB Foods is launching the Mossell Bay ostrich products in a bid to...
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NewsFred back from dead for Coronation Street food debut
TV's most famous butcher - Coronation Street's Fred Elliott - is to have his own range of fresh meat after a groundbreaking licensing deal was struck between ITV and meat supplier Aurora Food Marketing.
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ProfilesMercurial Marco goes mainstream
Marco Pierre White, the Godfather of Gastronomy, feeds Liz Hamson some Bernard Matthews turkey steak and talks about his new passion for the masses
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NewsBirds Eye has a fresh stab at natural frozen seafood
Less than a year and a half after axing its natural seafood range Naked & Natural, Birds Eye is entering the fray once more, with Catch Fresh, a range of frozen prawns it believes could become a £15m brand within three years. The...
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NewsPicture This... Rugby gets even beefier
A Highland bull calf, pictured with Scots rugby players Chris Paterson and Ross Ford, made its way to Murrayfield last week to celebrate a tie-up between Quality Meat Scotland and Scottish Rugby that will see top Scottish Rugby players inspire...
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NewsBattered mackerel hits the multiples
Young’s has unveiled details of its new battered mackerel as it announced the first listings in Tesco and Morrisons.
Young’s latest offering was revealed in January following Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Fish Fight series on Channel 4,… -
Analysis & FeaturesHugh won his fish fight. But how will discards ban work?
Brussels responded with uncharacteristic speed to the chef’s campaign to ban fish discards, but how will the new system work, asks Richard Ford
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NewsCall to back UK meat as EU/Mercosur deal looms
Retailers and consumers are being urged to show their support for British beef and poultry as a new trade deal threatens to bring in floods of cheap imports from South America. The NFU this week said it was important that consumers were...
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NewsPrinces promises tuna will be shark-friendly by 2014
Princes has vowed to improve the sustainability of its tuna with a new four-year plan. The company said that from 2014 it would use only pole and line-caught fish, ditching ‘aggregation’ methods that risk catching sharks and other species along with the tuna.
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NewsTönnies offers its second take on fast meat snacks
Tönnies, the German meat giant behind the Toast Me! range of savoury pop tarts, is gearing up to launch its second product in the UK a range of barbecue pork products that can be grilled straight from frozen. BBQ Me! is made from pork...
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Analysis & FeaturesRed meat good, red meat bad... confused, anyone?
Last week saw the publication of two apparently contradictory reports on the health risks of red meat. Julia Glotz assesses their potential impact on sales
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NewsPoultry sector works on CSR plan to boost image
The poultry industry is looking to launch its first corporate social responsibility strategy in a bid to boost the sector's reputation and increase its say on issues such as GM and sustainability. Modern, efficient poultry production was...
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NewsDepartment of Health warns of red meat cancer risk
The Department of Health has waded into the row over the health risks posed by eating meat, advising consumers for the first time that cutting consumption of red and processed meat could reduce the risk of bowel cancer.
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NewsSalmon prices not likely to fall before end of 2011
Shoppers will have to wait until the end of the year before one of the UK's favourite fish will finally become cheaper again, as salmon prices are not expected to come down until the fourth quarter of 2011. The price of salmon has surged...
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News2 Sisters lifts the lid on new £30m plant
Poultry processor 2 Sisters Food Group has unveiled plans to open a £30m prepared food division in Thetford, Norfolk. The facility on the site of an old Tulip factory that 2 Sisters acquired last year will open in the spring. It will...
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NewsChristianity takes on Cadbury as religious Easter egg hits Morrisons
Jesus is taking on the Cadbury’s Caramel Bunny and Aero’s Luvabubble Lamb as a religious-themed Easter egg hits shelves for the first time.
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NewsTulip gets the Gist of £50m distribution deal
Pork processor Tulip has handed a £50m distribution contract to logistics provider Gist. The five-year deal will see Gist transport both raw pork products to Tulip’s factories and finished pork products from the processor’s sites to wholesale and retailer customers.
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NewsAnother PGI application for Newmarket sausages
An application to get protected EU status for Newmarket sausages is back on track following a five-year delay. Newmarket butcher Musks originally sought Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status, which is also held by Melton...
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News‘Eat underused species - but proceed with caution’
Fish industry experts have played down claims that increasing consumption of underused fish such as the bycatch species championed by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is not sustainable. Christopher Leftwich, chief inspector of the...
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NewsWelsh milk on shortlist for protected status bids
Welsh milk and butter could join Champagne, Parma ham and Melton Mowbray pies as protected food names, with the Welsh Assembly looking to submit the principality's finest products to the EU protected food names scheme. Nine Welsh foods...