All Meat articles – Page 183
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M&S stops selling white veal in-store
Concern over the welfare of calves has led Marks & Spencer to stop selling white veal.Calves' liver is also being pulled as it comes from the animals reared on the Continent for white veal, often in small crates, which restrict their...
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Hula Hoops get starry Christmas ambitions
United Biscuits is changing the shape of Hula Hoops for the first time in its 34-year history, with a star-shaped crisp for Christmas. It is also bringing out a festive sausage and bacon 'pigs in blankets' variant to the range, in a move...
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Bluetongue controls spark supply fears
The meat industry was facing a minimum of three months of crippling movement restrictions after Defra confirmed that the Bluetongue virus was actively circulating among cattle in East Anglia. With 19 cases of the midge-borne disease...
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Tulip swoop forms British pork giant
Dutch-owned Tulip has taken over the pork processor George Adams, creating the UK's largest pigmeat supplier.The deal, for an undisclosed sum, will leave Tulip with almost a third of the national pig kill and sales of £1.2bn if it clears...
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Marine Harvest urged to move salmon farms
The world's largest seafood company is coming under pressure to relocate hundreds of salmon farms after its biggest shareholder said it was harming wild stocks. Billionaire John Fredriksen, who holds a 29% stake in Marine Harvest, told...
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Bluetongue no threat to supply, say leaders
Retailers and consumers have little to fear from Britain's first-ever cases of the Bluetongue animal virus, meat industry leaders insisted this week.They rubbished media scaremongering about the disease and said it posed no threat to...
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FSA proposes stricter rules on origin labels
The FSA has launched a consultation on the country of origin labelling of meat and other food products in a move welcomed by the National Beef Association."If you're in a high-cost producer country, the only way to compete with cheaper...
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Benn to urge stores to back meat trade
In the next few days, Defra secretary Hilary Benn will call on retail bosses to support the British beef and lamb industry in the wake of the latest foot and mouth outbreak.NFU livestock adviser Peter King, who has been asked to brief...
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spotlight - Organic livestock farmer Steve Ramshaw
Organic livestock farmer Steve Ramshaw of Northumbrian Quality Meats is on a mission to show that small farms can be sustainable if they aim high and try to produce top-quality meat I was born in a city and brought up in a council house on an...
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Galtee hit by protests over pigmeat imports
Retailers in Ireland are facing a wave of damaging protests by pig farmers as the spotlight on low meat prices shifted away from Britain. Campaigners in the Republic have called for a consumer boycott of pork and bacon made by Galtee...
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BPEX: public will pay more for pork
The British public has come out in support of pig farmers campaigning for better prices from processors and retailers. The £500,000 campaign was launched last week by BPEX as a last-ditch effort to keep Britain's pig industry afloat in...
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Top-Up shop
How they performedAlthough the Weetabix was sold out and only 6-packs of bacon were available, the Co-op shop in the village of Longridge near Preston impressed our shopper who said it was clean, well stocked and had attractive...
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Ham kept fresh for up to 39 days
The life of cooked ham from factory to plate could soon be extended from between 21 and 28 days to 39 days thanks to a common bacterium. Scientists at a meeting of the Society for General Microbiology said the life of both cooked and...
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Pig farmers in last call for higher pork prices
British pig farmers have said they will spend £500,000 next month in a "last ditch effort" to publicise the need for a major price rise on pork. BPEX launched the campaign this week by publishing an open letter in the major broadsheets...
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South west close to meat trademark
Meat industry bosses in south west England have come closer to securing a 'trademark' for beef and lamb in the region this week. They have submitted a formal application for Protected Geographical Indication status to Defra. They expect...
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Prices crash as market opens
Liveweight lamb prices have crashed following the reopening of English and Welsh livestock markets last week. The markets were closed as a precaution when foot and mouth was confirmed on a Surrey farm last month, but they have been...
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Meeting tough demands
T he meat industry is under pressure across the whole of the UK. Recent challenges have included export bans on meat and dairy products, imposed after an outbreak of foot and mouth disease; and the ongoing threat of avian flu. However,...
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Farmer plans to rear England's first Kobe
A farmer has revealed plans to create an English version of the world's most expensive beef. The first English-reared Kobe beef could be available in 2009 as Northumberland's Steve Ramshaw has imported 12 Japanese Wagyu cattle embryos...
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Bluetongue virus may create meat shortage
Defra has announced a new strategy to control the BTV8 Bluetongue virus, which is spreading through cattle herds and sheep flocks in north-west Europe.Industry figures fear that an outbreak in the UK would have a serious effect on the...
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Pig industry in crisis as price of wheat soars
Supermarkets hold the fate of the British pig industry in their hands as wheat costs spiral out of control, BPEX has warned.Many farmers are crying out for a price rise after feed suppliers hit them with a 60% wheat cost increase forcing...