All Meat articles – Page 159
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Lean times for farmers despite store price hike
The retail price of pork products has risen by more than 10% in the past five months but the price paid to farmers remains unchanged. New figures from the Meat and Livestock Commission have revealed that the average retail price for a...
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Beef tenderness trial set to shake up sector
A trial is under way to discover which cattle produce the most tender meat - in a move that could transform the beef supply chain. The trial, which is being carried out by a collaboration between industry and genetic specialists, uses...
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The big bacon quiz: is that your final answer?
It's Farmhouse Breakfast Week soon, so it's time for another pointless survey designed to show that young people are stupid and the world isn't as good as it used to be.Apparently a poll of 1,950 adults found that many young people...
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Rivals acquire UK sausage producers
Two UK sausage producers have been bought out this week by European rivals. WA Turner, a Kent-based producer of sausages and savoury bakery products, has been acquired by beef processor Irish Food Processors. Turner will operate alongside...
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Seafish hikes project fund to £1.2m
Seafood industry support organisation Seafish has announced it will be almost doubling the amount it puts into its Industry Project Fund for 2008. The scheme, which is in its second year, has a revised budget of £1.2 million, up from the...
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Eco-friendly prawn packs
Compostable packaging, described as a first for the UK seafood industry, has been launched by Dawnfresh Seafoods. Easy-peel, jumbo, ready-to-eat prawns, sourced from Thailand, have gone on sale in Asda stores under a six-month...
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Report calls for hike in organic beef price
The UK organic beef sector's days are numbered if supermarkets and processors do not start paying farmers enough to cover the cost of production, claims the Soil Association. The association has called on supermarkets to increase organic...
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'Multiples should pay more for beef'
The National Beef Association is urging slaughterers to ask multiples for extra payments. It claims cattle are more scarce than usual due to growing world demand, combined with the record value of the Euro against Sterling, which is...
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Turkeys fly off shelves despite avian flu fears
British turkey sales were much higher than expected over Christmas. There had been fears that last year's outbreak of avian flu would damage the crucial festive period, but many retailers have reported sales figures above those of 2006,...
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WWF claims EU deal is jeopardising cod stocks
The WWF has slated the EU Council of Ministers for not including compulsory measures in the final fisheries agreement thrashed out in Brussels in December. The WWF warned North Sea cod were still under threat and criticised EU ministers...
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Waitrose develops surplus calf scheme
Waitrose has developed a cross-sector initiative that it hopes will revamp the home-reared veal and beef market.Under the Calfline project, every surplus bull calf produced on Waitrose's dairy farms will be reared for the beef and veal...
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Christmas turkey trade resilient after avian flu
Fears the November avian flu outbreak would have an adverse impact on the Christmas turkey trade are beginning to recede.There had been widespread concern that the cull of thousands of birds in Suffolk would cause major shortages over...
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Chitty back to full capacity after fire
Chitty Food Group has announced business as usual just weeks after a fire gutted offices at its Guildford boning plant.The beef and lamb business, which supplies M&S, independents and foodservice operators, said it had switched...
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GLA urged to increase surveillance activities
The treatment of seasonal workers looks set to come under closer scrutiny next year as the Gangmasters Licensing Authority steps up the number of unannounced visits it carries out. More inspections and more staff were among the...
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Killer jellyfish threaten Scottish salmon farms
Smoked salmon could be off the menu this Christmas if a plague of killer jellyfish reaches the Scottish coast.The mauve stingers have already destroyed Northern Ireland's only salmon farm at Glenarm Bay, Co Antrim, killing more than...
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Jamie cries fowl play over TV documentary
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has reacted angrily to claims he plans having a pop at the chicken industry in a Channel Four programme to be made in the new year.Last week Channel 4 said he intended to expose "the hideous realities of...
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Grampian axe falls on Attleborough
Grampian Country Food Group is reviewing its unprofitable chicken processing business at Attleborough in Norfolk.Although the company said there would be no redundancies before February, closure is the most likely outcome, as plant...
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spotlight - High quality air dried meats , Deli farm house Charcuterie
There are lots of UK producers of chutneys and cheeses and sausages, but very few who produce air-dried salamis and hams. We eat them when we go abroad, but struggle to get proper ones that aren't factory-processed in this country. Yet the taste is...