National Farmers Union (NFU) Cymru and the British Meat Processors’ Association (BMPA) have issued a joint call to the Welsh Government to ensure that domestic red meat production is fully recognised in the design of future agricultural policy.
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has launched a new partnership with technology company Oritain to create a traceability programme for PGI Welsh Lamb.
Poultry processor 2 Sisters Food Group has reversed its decision to close down its Wolverhampton processing plant, protecting up to 180 jobs at the site.
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) Committee has expressed “satisfaction” that 2 Sisters Food Group has delivered on all of the food safety commitments set out by Ranjit Singh Boparan.
The Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) and the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) have signed an agreement to develop a new multi-species livestock traceability service for England.
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has successfully completed a pilot using blockchain technology in a cattle slaughterhouse, claiming that the data tool offers ‘great opportunities’ for further development.
Young’s Seafood’s US export growth, as well as UK foodservice and retail wins, helped boost its sales over the past year, but the performance still failed to prevent its profit slide.
Meat processor Tulip has become the latest food business to sign up to the UK Plastics Pact, as part of its commitments to tackling plastic usage and food waste as part of its new CSR policy.
Aldi, Asda, Tesco and Waitrose have all been forced to recall their own brand soy and soya sauce, after it was discovered they might have been contaminated with small pieces of glass.
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has decided to grant a temporary derogation to allow some pigs which would have been processed at Brechin to be processed at a plant south of the border and remain eligible for the Specially Selected Pork brand.
2 Sisters Food Group is pumping £5m into its Coupar Angus chicken processing plant near Perth in Scotland, resulting in the creation of more than 250 jobs.
The next week is “crunch time” for the British meat industry as C02 supply shortages edge closer to critically low levels, with processors forced into falling back on contingency plans.
Spain’s food export trade could give the UK a run for its money, as a business consultancy report reveals the UK’s overall international sales growth is flagging, while Spain’s growth has overtaken it.
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has criticised Michael Gove for his statements regarding non-British vets, and warned that personnel shortages in the industry could lead to more incidents of food fraud.
Young’s Seafood is to lose a contract to supply the UK’s third largest supermarket, Asda with whitefish and shrimp, as it continues to find a buyer for the business.
ABP has entered into a new licensing agreement with Warner Brothers Consumer Products to launch a new range of DC superhero fresh and frozen sausages and frozen burgers.
The National Farmers’ Union Scotland (NFU Scotland) has written to Aberdeenshire councillors, asking them to back planning proposals for a Scotbeef development at Thainstone, Inverurie.
Morrisons has the upper hand in the war against campylobacter, with none of its shop-bought chickens testing positive for the highest levels of contamination of the food poisoning pathogen in the latest quarterly figures.
In 2014, a dentist and a scientist joined forces to disrupt the world of halal meat and create new concepts for the ‘millennial Muslim’ – and, so far, it seems their initiative is reaping strong rewards.
In an update to their review of cutting plants and cold stores, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) have identified inconsistencies in training of inspectors.
Meat firm Tulip has appointed Mike Wijnberg as managing director of its Fresh Division, responsible for Tulip’s abattoirs and butchery operations across the UK.
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