All Meat articles – Page 188
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Turkey at top end this year
Suppliers and retailers say it is shaping up to be a bumper year for premium turkey. "The specialist turkey producers are reporting that orders are rising year-onyear," said Richard Griffiths at the British Poultry Council. Top-end...
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Defra signals u-turn over pollution fees
Defra is considering an eleventh-hour climbdown on how much farmers pay for pollution controls coming in next year. At the British Poultry Council awards last week, food and farming minister Jeff Rooker raised concern about the high...
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Top Campaign: Seeing the funny side of Fridge Raiders
Kerry Foods got its knuckles rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority over an advert for its Mattessons Fridge Raiders meat snacks range because it upset younger viewers, and ruled it couldn't be shown before 7.30pm. However, not...
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Buyer's View
There's been good growth in the cooking sauces category with Dolmio and Uncle Ben's doing particularly well for us. We dropped Chicken and Beef Tonight and Sharwood's sauces, though, because they weren't performing. Our customers...
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No risk to humans from BSE failures, says FSA
More than one in 10 beef cutting plants is failing key BSE checks, according to a nationwide FSA audit. Banned vertebral column from beef carcases has entered the human food chain as a result, although none is thought to have gone for...
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Industry blasts Defra welfare labelling plan
Defra proposals for a good-better-best welfare label on food products have come in for flak from the industry. Following the launch of a 12-week consultation period last week, the proposed bronze, silver and gold labelling system has...
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Scientists battle over organic chicken taste
Organic chicken is fattier and less nutritious than standard chicken, new research claims. The University of Strathclyde's scientists said tests on supermarket-bought chicken breasts showed organic ones contained fewer Omega-3 fatty acids...
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Price Basket
The price of our basket of meat and fish fell for only the third time this year, recording its biggest change since July and its biggest fall since March. It's now 0.9% cheaper than in the previous survey four weeks ago, but still 9.7% more...
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In the can
Meat. Pork prices tend to decline at this time of the year but warm summer weather and stronger-than-usual demand have combined to help them remain stable. Pig stocks are low throughout Europe and processors are having...
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In the can
MeatPork prices tend to decline at this time of the year but warm summer weather and stronger-than-usual demand have combined to help them remain stable. Pig stocks are low throughout Europe and processors are having...
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Here's the Trojan Pig to challenge imports
Pig producers have launched a two-pronged attack on imported pork in the run-up to Christmas. In an effort to encourage consumers to pick British pork, a six-foot-high Trojan Pig has been let loose on the country. Creators at the National...
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Christmas dinner: a nice bit of carp...
Retailers are trying to woo Britain's large Polish community with seasonal fare. Carp is the centrepiece in the Polish offer, as the fresh water species is traditionally eaten on Christmas Eve. It is also expected to appeal to...
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Russian ban threatens disruption to EU meat
Russia and Poland are firing the opening salvos of a meat war that could cut prices across the EU. Russia has threatened it will no longer allow traders to import meat from the EU as of 1 January. The ban is on the pretext that...
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Talking shop
Tara Garnett, director of the Food Climate Research Network, University of Surrey, says we could be paying too much attention to food miles and missing the real culprit. The Stern Report has rewritten the economic agenda. Ignoring climate...
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Farmers struggling to adapt to subsidy loss
Even England's most efficient beef and lamb farmers are making big losses, new figures from EBLEX show. Only the top third of intensive beef finishers make any sort of profit. And suckler producers, vital in producing calves finished for...
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Abattoirs air big beef on price-fixing claim
Abattoirs have denied allegations by the National Beef Association that they are engaged in cattle price manipulation. The NBA said some farmers were "allowing themselves to be conned by a handful of influential abattoirs into thinking...
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Most British livestock farmers unprofitable
If you picked a random UK sheep or beef farm, the chances are it would be making a loss, EBLEX says. The end of direct farming subsidies and the true cost of farm labour make most livestock producers unprofitable, according to figures to...
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Recall jitters 'won't hit verdict on bone-in beef'
Analysts say the recall of a batch of Northern Irish beef from supermarkets on safety grounds should not affect public confidence in the meat. But it could not have come at a worse time, days before the EU Food and Veterinary Office...
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Argentina points its beef at Britain
Argentine beef is back on the menu, and producers are planning to carve out a share of the British market. After a year of self-imposed export restrictions, the country is back up to 95% of its 2005 exports and planning to relaunch its...