All Meat articles – Page 172
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Morrisons refuses to stock fresh NZ lamb
Morrisons has ditched fresh New Zealand lamb and promised to stock only British product until at least 2009. Chief executive Marc Bolland made the pledge last week at a conference hosted by English Farming and Food Partnerships in London....
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It's a cracking yarn
At the height of the BSE crisis in the mid-90s The Observer predicted that by 2016 CJD caught from eating BSE-infected beef would be killing half a million Britons every year. National Euthanasia Clinics would be "struggling to help 500 people...
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Bad weather helps red meat sales rise
Red meat sales soared during the cold, wet summer, according to new consumption data from the MLC. Shoppers spent an additional £50m on roasting joints and steaks during the summer, taking overall sales for beef, pork and lamb to £641m in...
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Less reliance on meat sends exports towards record high
The August outbreak of foot and mouth may not hit exports as hard as feared - because Britain has widened its exports to such a degree it is no longer as reliant on beef, according to Food from Britain. Exports in the first half of the...
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Outrage as Asda puts full halal meat on sale
Halal meat from animals that have not been stunned before their throats are slashed will go on sale in Asda for the first time next month in a move that has infuriated animal rights activists.
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Debbie & Andrew's sets up fair trade first
Sausage-makers Debbie & Andrew's has launched the UK's first fair trade scheme for British pig farmers in a bid to end the crisis in the sector. The Yorkshire-based company has agreed to pay pigmeat suppliers a 15% premium over the market...
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Pork Farms moves within PGI pie zone
Pork Farms, the former Northern Foods business, is to close its Trowbridge factory in an attempt to ensure it can continue making Melton Mowbray Pork Pies after they are given EU protected status. The company said that following a 90-day...
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Marks pledges higher prices for lamb farmers
M&S has guaranteed its core lamb producers a mould-breaking base price of 240p/kg deadweight, beating an earlier commitment from rival Waitrose. The retailer said it would also pay a premium of 35p/kg on top of the base price for carcases...
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Cornish fishermen in tuna price plea
Cornish tuna fishermen are in crisis talks with retailers after achieving very low prices for this season's albacore through local markets. They want a supermarket to rescue the fishery, which was only set up this summer, by agreeing to...
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spotlight - More people will be eating exotic meats such as crocodile, camel and kangaroo this Christmas
More people will be eating exotic meats such as crocodile, camel and kangaroo this Christmas, which means business is booming for Shropshire company Alternative Meats says co-director Jeanette Edgar (above left) The 2001 outbreak of foot and mouth...
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Asda recalls lamb with vet drug taint
Asda has been forced to recall thousands of packs of fresh lamb because they might have contained meat from sheep not fit for the food chain. The sheep had been treated with a veterinary drug called Doramectin, which experts say causes...
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Just 26% eating two fish portions a week
Only one in four people is getting their recommended two helpings of fish per week - though consumption is rising, research from Seafish has revealed. Twenty six per cent of people eat the amount recommended by the Food Standards Agency,...
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It's business as usual post-FMD say Kiwis
New Zealand lamb bosses have ruled out any lessening of competition in the UK when the New Zealand lamb season opens in January - while insisting they won't take advantage of the export restrictions imposed by FMD and bluetongue on British...
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Irish fury as FMD export ban lifted
An Irish farm leader has described as "incredible" the EU decision to sanction UK exports of fresh beef and sheepmeat from last weekend, when the lifting of an earlier ban had to be reversed within days. Malcolm Thompson, president of the...
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Asda backs British beef in plan to double sales
Asda has revealed the scale of its ambitions in the beef category following the launch of its quality-focused Beef Link scheme last week. Senior beef buyer Jim Viggars said that Asda planned to more than double the volume of beef it sold...
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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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Talking shop - Heritage Prime Meats
One week into the first Biodynamic Food Fortnight, veteran biodynamic meat producers Ian and Denise Bell, of Heritage Prime Meats, explain what's wrong with supermarket meat Does anyone out there want to stop the world for a while, step back and...
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Retailers rally to boost British light lamb sales
Hill farmers have welcomed a strategy by Sainsbury's to boost lamb consumption, but called on retailers to take further steps to clear the glut of light lamb - smaller animals that are usually exportedSainsbury's is introducing two ...
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Task Force exposes £200m meat losses
The red meat industry in Northern Ireland is losing more than £200m per year, according to a new report for the Red Meat Task Force.Retailers and processors in the province make an annual profit of £20m each from sales of red meat, but...
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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...