All Meat articles – Page 126
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NewsRed Tractor logo expands to include ready meals
The new ‘Made with Red Tractor Assured Beef’ mark will start appearing on Asda chilled beef ready meals Shoppers are to be given greater reassurance over the provenance of meat in their ready meals following the launch of a new Red Tractor logo for more highly processed ...
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NewsThird of food products fail authenticity tests, report finds
More than one third of samples indicated the foods were not what they claiemd to be or were mislabelled…
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NewsSerious Pig gets cash to expand pork snacks range
Posh meat snacks supplier Serious Pig has secured £75,000 finance to expand its business…
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NewsAsda celebrates meat trader Jim Viggars
Asda senior meat trader Jim Viggars has been awarded the retailer’s Peter Asquith Award for Outstanding Achievement…
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NewsPork was the big Christmas winner in terms of volumes
Pork was the big winner meat-wise over Christmas, with aggressive promotions and low prices boosting sales.
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NewsSomerset floods could have ‘long-term’ impact on livestock
Flooding in Somerset could affect the health of the region’s livestock long term, experts haved warned.
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NewsDawn Meats buys Cornish beef processor Jaspers
Dawn Meats has bought Cornish beef processor Jaspers (Treburley)
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NewsTesco strikes two-year contracts with British lamb farmers
Tesco has struck two-year contracts with 200 British lamb farmers.
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NewsElliott eyes monitoring role for Efra over horsemeat
The Efra committee of MPs should take on a monitoring role to keep tabs on commitments made by government, retailers and suppliers, Prof Chris Elliott has said.
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NewsDefra consults on EU minimum meat regs
Defra has launched a consultation on the regulations governing minimum meat content…
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NewsCranswick calls for clarity as it exits DAPP pig price scheme
Cranswick has defended its decision to stop supplying data to the UK’s major pig pricing scheme…
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NewsCranswick sales rise 14% as consumers tuck in to pork
Cranswick has posted a 14% increase in third-quarter sales after benefitting from the low relative price point of pork versus other meats.
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NewsNo new horsemeat cases in latest FSA DNA results
The FSA has published its latest quarterly update on industry horsemeat testing, confirming no new beef products have tested positive for horse DNA.
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NewsMarfrig hires World Cup 'co-ordinator' Vincent Gaillard
Marfrig has kicked off its 2014 FIFA World Cup sponsorship plans by appointing a ‘global co-ordinator’…
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Comment & OpinionFarmageddon digested
Billed as a “wake-up call to change our current food production and eating practices”, the book Farmageddon makes the case against ‘factory farming’. What issues does it raise?
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NewsCranswick and Tulip buy 18,000 pigs from Dent
Administrators of Dent Limited have sold 18,000 pigs to Cranswick and Tulip.
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NewsFSA data project takes the fight to horsemeat-style food fraud
The FSA has commissioned a major ‘data mapping’ project that it hopes will help prevent another Horsegate…
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NewsWaitrose and Horsegate: a clarification
Waitrose has asked us to make clear all its beef was already from the UK when the scandal happened…
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NewsMacsween boxes up a haggis with sauce
Macsween is looking to boost haggis sales ahead of Burns Night with a new ‘Burns in a box’ haggis kit…
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NewsWest Country beef and lamb win protected food status
West Country Beef, West Country Lamb and Anglesey Sea Salt have gained protected EU status…