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EU scrutiny of Brazil’s controls
European Commission officials will fly to Brazil next week to assess the controls the country has in place to prevent the spread of foot and mouth.The EU banned some Brazilian beef imports in October following an outbreak of foot and mouth in...
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The assurance facts fast
Assured British Meat has launched an online checker to enable buyers to verify the assurance status of red tractor-approved beef and lamb producers in England.The system searches the membership lists of all recognised red tractor farm assurance...
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PGI bid sets a precedent
The High Court ruling defending the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association’s claim to Protected Geographical Indication status could greenlight campaigns for products such as the Cornish pasty and Cumberland sausage.Angie Coombs of the Cornish...
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OTM beef set to make impact
Meat executives are braced for an upturn in sales of domestic Over Thirty Months beef.Meat and Livestock Commission marketing director Richard Lowe said that, following the lifting of the ban on OTM British beef entering the food chain, the...
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Lean, meanmachine
The Red Meat Industry Forum has published a whole chain analysis project undertaken by Asda, its beef supplier Dawn Meats and producer Wold Farm.The companies studied ways of reducing waste in the chain using beef brisket joints. Measures...
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Tesco goes British for Finest bacon, gammon
Tesco is to switch to UK sourcing for all of its Finest bacon and gammon.The retailer said the move would be a boost to struggling British pig farmers. Finest bacon was one of its bestselling premium meat ranges, with volume sales up 58%...
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Avocado served with everything
Avocados are practically a national dish in Chile and are served with everything from sandwiches to McDonald’sAvocados are to the Chileans what spuds are to the Brits. Thick, gloopy mashed avocado is served with everything from ham...
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Irish sound added-value alert
An Irish farmers’ leader has called for a radical new approach to the marketing of the country’s beef and lamb and warned against cut-price tactics. Malcolm Thompson, president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association, told members...
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Call for chain to cut out the waste
Only a small proportion of the beef supply chain is properly organised with fair returns for all three participants – farmers, processors and retailers, says the National Beef Association.The farmer body says the current system is...
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Buoyant return for OTM beef
The first OTM beef prices are significantly higher than the price being paid on the Over Thirty Months Scheme, almost a month after the rule change that now sees OTM cattle entering the food chain – subject to a rigorous BSE test.“It’s...
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Iddison will ensure the pork pies have it
Melton Mowbray Pork Pie producer Dickinson & Morris has appointed Lucy Iddison as its new brand manager.Iddison joins Dickinson & Morris from Northern Foods where she was the Tesco category manager for its chilled pastry savoury...
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Buoyant return for OTM beef
The first OTM beef prices are significantly higher than the price being paid on the Over Thirty Months Scheme, almost a month after the rule change that now sees OTM cattle entering the food chain – subject to a rigorous BSE test.“It’s...
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Bringing it home cheaper
Feverish promotional activity has robbed the bacon market of buoyant sales growth. Richard Clarke reports on a far from sizzling pictureIt hasn’t been a great year for bacon. In fact, it wouldn’t be too wide of the mark to say that...
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Research Notes
Lifestyle changes are affecting salesThe UK’s take-home bacon market is down 0.4% to slightly more than £1bn for the year to September 11, with UK households buying 200,000 tonnes of bacon annually.Bacon rashers represent 75%...
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Tasting and looking better
Retailers agree that the value of the market could be raised by an emphasis on premium linesMany believe one way to haul bacon out of the doldrums would be to put more emphasis on premium lines. Get shoppers to trade up and pay more...
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The value of tradition
Smaller players are confident they can differentiate themselves in the face of the enormous Vion, which now produces the majority of bacon from the NetherlandsThe received wisdom among many suppliers today is that to face up...
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What cure for the evils of salt?
To what extent will bacon suppliers have to tackle salt levels in their products in the light of public health concerns and the targets requested by the Food Standards Agency?Diet and health are high up the political and social...
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Controversial tertiary brands feel the heat
Are tertiary brands flags of convenience for poor welfare standards? Or a way of supporting British prices?As part of its campaign against imports of pigmeat the British Pig Executive has declared war on bacon labelling that does not...
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A bit of problem with the joints
Joint sales have been doing well according to the statisticians, but Asda for one feels that a younger generation is turning away from them and they need to be made more appealingIt’s been a flat year for bacon rashers, but joints and...
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A recipe for thinking outside breakfast
Bacon, both raw and cooked, has considerable untapped potential as an ingredient in a wide range of recipesBacon suppliers are keen to see their product considered as an option beyond the breakfast and bacon sarnie occasion.The...