All Meat articles – Page 176
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Stores under fire over New Zealand imports
Farmers have accused UK retailers of turning their backs on British lamb.More than half of the 24 English and Welsh stores inspected by NFU members in a snap survey last week were still stocking between 50% and 100% New Zealand lamb,...
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insight - mackerel eaters
There were 38 million meal occasions for chilled mackerel last year and there has been no change year-on-year. Ninety-five per cent of mackerel consumption is by adults. Unlike total fish, the majority of mackerel is not eaten on a Friday. Health is...
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Tesco meets NBA's labelling demands
The National Beef Association is claiming victory over Tesco in the row about separating retail beef displays according to the meat's country of origin.The dispute has been smouldering for months, after the NBA said it was considering a...
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Chitty recruits top suppliers for M&S
Marks & Spencer has set its sights on selling Britain's highest quality organic beef.The retailer's beef supplier, Chitty Food Group, is launching a producer club to recruit the nation's best organic livestock farmers for M&S. They will...
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Lamb industry to meet with NZ importers
The British lamb industry is meeting New Zealand meat importers next week for a showdown over prices.Representatives including the NFU and the National Sheep Association are furious because the season for imports has lasted longer than...
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Jobs lost as Galtee Meats plant closes
One of the Irish Republic's best-known food plants, Galtee Meats in Mitchelstown, County Cork, is to close with the loss of 70 jobs.The plant, owned by the Dairygold Co-op, has supplied pork products including ham, sausages and bacon...
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Farmers protest over NZ lamb sale at M&S
Irish sheep farmers have attacked Marks & Spencer for stocking New Zealand lamb at a time when their income is plummeting.More than 200 angry Irish farmers protested outside Marks & Spencer's flagship store on Dublin's Grafton Street to...
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Shoppers will pay more for meat, claims Eblex
The red meat industry is losing out on millions of pounds a year because retail prices are too low, new research suggests.Analysis of price elasticity on meat products suggests shoppers would keep buying most cuts of lamb and beef even...
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Hilton stake is acquired by Goodman
Irish beef baron Larry Goodman has acquired a 5% stake in the recently floated Hilton Food Group, one of Tesco's largest beef suppliers. His company, Irish Food Processors, spent around £5.5m on the deal but, with shares in just 50% of...
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our man from drip Don Pumsey - 2nd June 2007
Dear, dear Sir Ken famously once said that he, like a fine wine, does not travel well. Unfortunately for the Pumster it would be nearer the mark to say that Sir Ken, like a chambré party six of Yorkshire Bitter or one of his ridiculous pork pies,...
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Price Survey - 2nd June 2007
Tesco has only just stopped Sainsbury's from becoming our cheapest retailer for the second week in a row. Tesco's £38.74 basket was only 4p less than Sainsbury's but it did itself a huge favour with the beef steak mince that was £1.58 less than last...
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Talking shop
Contrary to what some would argue, Britain needs to buy meat from different countries around the world, says Guy Odri, CEO of French poultry producer Groupe Doux
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Shadow of Chernobyl lies over Welsh sheep
Sixty-nine British sheep were rejected from the food chain in 2005 because they were too radioactive, according to new FSA figures.
Some 19 years after Chernobyl became a household name as the world’s worst nuclear accident, the Welsh… -
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Suppliers furious over deli hygiene breaches
Meat and fish suppliers have blasted the supermarkets following revelations of serious breaches of hygiene rules in two stores.Consumers who watched the BBC's Whistleblower exposé of lax standards would be put off buying food at deli...
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Asda changes mind and sells monkfish
Monkfish is set to return to Asda shelves just three months after the supermarket removed it because it was not considered a sustainably caught species.Scottish fishermen hailed the u-turn as a victory and a vote of confidence in the way...
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'Clean after slaughtering'
Abattoirs could improve meat quality and cut costs by cleaning animals after they've been slaughtered, not before.US cattle expert Temple Grandin claimed the UK habit of washing and clipping dirty animals live was "terrible...
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Farmers dismiss new chicken welfare rules
British poultry growers have panned new EU chicken welfare rules agreed last week by farm ministers.They say the directive from Brussels could lower welfare standards in the UK and won't create a level playing field with producers in...
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Scientists sound alert over bluetongue risk
After mad cow disease and foot and mouth, livestock farmers are bracing themselves for another major animal health problem.Scientists are warning that a hot summer could bring the bluetongue virus to the UK for the first time ever, with...
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Sainsbury's probed on 'wild' fish from farms
The Marine Stewardship Council has launched an investigation after it emerged fish sold by Sainsbury's as MSC wild salmon was farmed.The case has been referred by MSC chief executive Rupert Howes to the scheme's auditor, Accreditation...