All Meat articles – Page 171
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Worker disputes rife as industry pressures rise
Relentless price pressure on meat processors is leading to more disputes with workers, according to the T&G.Following last week's stark warning from the NFU over livestock farmers' income, pay disputes at Grampian Country Food Group,...
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Young's to transform demand forecasting
Young's Seafood is launching a £1m overhaul of its demand forecasting system in a bid to react more swiftly to consumer demand and halve its long-term forecast error rate.The move would enable the company to cut waste and ensure retail...
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Schwartz cuts salt from new range
Seasonings with no added salt are joining Schwartz's portfolio as part of a shake-up targeting health-conscious consumers.Salt Free Seasonings, in chicken, steak and season-all flavours, hit shelves next month. The company is also...
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In the can - 28th April 2007
Meat Brazilian corned beef producers warn that prices will have to rise to claw back losses from the weakening dollar. As they trade beef in US dollars, the continuing strength of the local currency, the Brazilian real, is undermining their returns....
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FSA to shame stores for mislabelling fish
Food fraud is under the spotlight again as the FSA prepares to name and shame retailers that sell farmed fish as wild.In a report due in the next ten days, the FSA will identify sea bass, sea bream and salmon as having been mislabelled....
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'Farmers will go under if incomes don't rise'
The NFU has admitted it is struggling to communicate the challenges faced by farmers to meat processors and retailers.After more than two years of it trying to explain the impact of CAP reform, chief livestock adviser Peter King said...
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New Zealand plans lamb super co-op
New Zealand lamb producers are considering forming a 'super co-op' to drive up prices in the $2.2bn per year export market.Agriculture minister Jim Anderton said the government would help the industry get round anti-monopoly legislation....
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Court-Johnston returns as commercial director
Neil Court-Johnston is returning to Northern Foods as commercial director of ready meals after its recent sale of Pork Farms to Vision Capital. Court-Johnston first joined Northern Foods as group customer director in March 2005 after...
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Buyers lift lid on best of own-label
Supermarkets and symbol groups don't christen their own-label ranges The Best, Finest or Healthy Choice without good reason. But they need to be confident that their ready meals, premium snacks and ham live up to expectations. And they wouldn't...
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Barramundi farm to expand output
The UK's only barramundi farm, near Lymington in Hampshire, is to invest £5m in expanding production.Aquabella's plans to open at sites in London's Docklands and South Wales have been put on hold in favour of expanding the facilities for...
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Farmers want the Tesco treatment
Tesco's move to raise milk prices and work directly with dairy farmers looks set to open the floodgates for similar demands from other farming sectors.Livestock farmers are already talking about securing retailers' support by the end of...
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A caviar that doesn't dent sturgeon stocks
A Polish company claims it is now possible to enjoy the authentic taste of caviar without damaging stocks of sturgeon.Warsaw-based Instade Group has launched a product called Tzar Caviar, which is made with mashed fish fillets and...
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Britain rules the roost in salmonella testing
Poultry bosses have hailed the UK's top results in a Europe-wide survey of salmonella levels in broiler hens.In tests on every commercial British holding last year, only one was infected with either of the two most common forms of...
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Hilton Food Group eyes flotation
Meat processing and packaging company Hilton Food Group could be planning to list on the stock exchange for up to £110m next month.The firm, which packs half of Tesco's beef and lamb, is planning the flotation to fund expansion, with plans...
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New Macrae plant services Waitrose
Macrae Edinburgh is to open a new seafood processing plant in Livingstone, Scotland, dedicated to Waitrose.The Young's Seafood-owned company said its £10m factory in Starlaw Park would produce more than 100 product lines for Waitrose,...
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Suppliers look to Easter to rescue post-flu sales
Turkey producers are banking on a successful Easter to put sales back on track after February's bird flu scare.Data from Nielsen shows that total fresh turkey sales were still 24% lower in the week ending 17 March than they had been at...
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Bernard Matthews escapes prosecution
Bernard Matthews has escaped prosecution for leaving bins of scraps uncovered at its Holton cutting plant. The FSA had been looking at evidence the turkey producer breached rules on disposing of animal by-products after BBC news footage...
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Top Defra man to take helm at NBA
Stuart Roberts is replacing Robert Forster as the chief executive at the National Beef Association. A senior Defra livestock specialist for many years, Roberts is known for his work setting up the BSE testing regime that led to the...
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Cumberland set for sausage PDO bid
Cumbrian butchers are to ask the EU to trademark the Cumberland sausage. The Cumberland Sausage Association said it was finishing off the paperwork on its bid for Protected Denomination of Origin status. If successful, qualifying sausages...
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Merger's got balls to target UK barbecues
A newly merged meat company is poised to bombard the UK retail market with a range of Scandinavian foods aimed at barbecue fans and partygoers. HK Scan, formed from an amalgamation of Scan Foods of Sweden and HK Ruokatalo of Finland, is...