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Comment & OpinionHow government can solve the meat industry’s Brexit border checks problem
The government must act quickly to rectify its mistakes, says John Longworth, chairman of the Independent Business Network
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NewsOrganic sales hit 15-year high as locked-down shoppers flock to category
Soil Association Certification’s 2021 Organic Market Report revealed a 12.6% increase in organic food and drink sales to £2.79bn last last year
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NewsWaitrose launches app that tracks emotional wellbeing of its animals
The app has been developed in collaboration with Scotland’s Rural College and is designed to give its animals an ‘enriching life’
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NewsAHDB begins beef DNA traceability scheme
The pilot project will investigate the viability of a DNA traceability system for the UK’s beef supply chain
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Comment & OpinionCarbon taxes could help the UK achieve its net zero aim – but there’s a catch
If a carbon tax makes British-reared animal products unaffordable, the market will simply shift towards cheaper imports
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NewsTight supply set to keep farmgate price of beef high in 2021
The GB all-prime average deadweight beef price ended 2020 some 5% higher year on year, and is expected to remain high
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NewsCheap food is driving destruction of the natural world, says Chatham House report
Food production is the main driver of biodiversity loss with the ‘cheaper food paradigm’ playing a key role.
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NewsExport costs force small food businesses to abandon EU sales altogether
Some companies are finding the new bureacacy to be insurmountable
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NewsLamb suppliers warn export cost hikes may threaten future
Lamb exporters are seeing significant increases in costs and bureaucracy
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NewsPig sector calls for government help amid supply chain crisis
The NPA’s letter to Defra secretary George Eustice speaks of higher costs, falling prices and a dwindling market
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NewsBernard Matthews launches Turkey Twizzlers into the chilled aisle
The poultry brand said the new products will compete with the sausage market
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NewsIrish food and drink exports to UK ‘buoyant’ in 2020: Bord Bia
Volumes exported to the UK did fall ‘marginally’, according to a new report by the food board
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Comment & OpinionSeafood ‘sticking plaster’ is welcome but it’s not the only sector that needs post-Brexit support
A £23m fund is better than a slap in the face with a wet kipper. And it’s more than the UK meat sector has been promised
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NewsMeat sector warns long-term export trade could end amid ongoing border chaos
’Archaic’ paper-based customs was threatening ’serious and sustained loss of trade’ with EU, warned the BMPA
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NewsPig supply chain faces border chaos and feed pricing threat
Delays at the border, alongside absences, feed price increases and plumeting pig prices are all piling pressure on the sector
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NewsJolly Hog moves into chicken with launch of new sausages
The chipolatas are on sale now in Sainsbury’s and echo roast chicken dinner taste cues, the brand said
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NewsHeck to make debut in plant-based mince
The Yorkshire-based sausage giant will launch the pea protein-based mince into Tesco in April
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NewsYoung’s & Karro register big sales growth after addition to Eight Fifty Food Group
It was the first time both companies had filed financial results since the creation of the ‘surf and turf’ umbrella group
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NewsRed Tractor proposes improvements in core standards revamp
A consultation into the changes to upgrade areas such as animal welfare has been launched by the scheme
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NewsFood exporters welcome post-Brexit EU third country listing
It comes as the UK was poised to sign a trade deal with the EU on Christmas Eve