All Meat articles – Page 199
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Imports to get quality mark
The prospect of imported pigmeat carrying the Quality Standard Mark is just months away, according to the British Pig Executive.Outgoing BPEX marketing manager Chris Lukehurst told The Grocer he expected Dutch producers to adopt the mark soon,...
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Retail price of pigmeat to rise
Retail prices for pigmeat products are poised to go up from this weekend to reflect rising market values.Pork leg prices are expected to increase by at least 10p/kg in supermarkets from Sunday, while bacon prices are set to rise by 44p/kg a...
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Findus returns to sweeter stuff
Findus is making a return to the sweet frozen category with the launch of Flips filled pancakes.The line is being launched in six flavours – Choc ‘n’ Roll, Super Strawberry, Really Raspberry, Cheese & Ham, Mexican Cheese and Chilli Beef...
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Consumer Insight
When cold beef is eatennCold beef was eaten on 51 million occasions last year, a decline of 29% on the previous year n47% of cold beef is eaten at the evening...
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FSA insists: ‘Cut salt in bacon’
The Food Standards Agency remains committed to forcing through a cut in salt levels in bacon and ham produced in the UK. FSA officials have told manufacturers to look at ways of achieving salt reduction in cured meats without compromising...
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Commodities Update: dried fruit, fish, canned fruit, beef
Sultana trade buoyantTrade in Turkish sultanas is buoyant, with exports expected to have reached 200,000 tonnes by mid-June.“Export levels have been running at a faster pace this year than last,” said one source.Specially cleaned No...
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Supplier Spotlight
Welsh farmers’ co-operative Celtic Pride believes the success of its premium Welsh beef and lamb products is due in part to its absence from the shelves of the major multiples.Supplying only independent retailers and butchers with its carefully...
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Tesco is ‘beef’s best customer’
Tesco’s commitment to British beef is great news for the UK’s livestock farmers, according to John Dracup, producers’ club manager at St Merryn Foods.Dracup, speaking at Beef Expo 2005 in Wales this week, said: “I am convinced that St Merryn...
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Beef supply prices set to rise
A major shake-up in the beef supply chain throughout the EU over the next decade is expected to tip the balance more in favour of primary producers, according to industry analyst David Evans.While not going the whole way towards the National...
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Consumer Insight
When cold ham is eatennIn the past 12 months, 2.6 billion meals included cold ham, the same number as in the previous yearnSeven out of every 10 meals including cold ham are at lunchtime,...
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Breeders focus on nicer-looking pork
A livestock genetics company said this week it had identified gene markers that could be bred into pigs to dramatically improve the appearance of fresh pork in supermarkets.The Pig Improvement Company (PIC) said it could provide breeding stock...
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Bells steak pies get better
Scottish company Bell Bakers has improved the health credentials of its bestselling steak pie range.It has reduced fat and salt content by a quarter for the relaunch of its Bells branded chilled steak pie range. The move was aimed at supporting...
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Scottish beef heads south
The face of Scottish beef, Glen, is to venture south as part of £1m promotional drive in England. The kilted Scot – played by actor James Devlin – will appear in TV ads aired from August in London, the south east and the Midlands.This will be...
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Drive to end beef ban
The government believes it has done enough to halt the spread of BSE to warrant a speedy resumption of beef exports.Chief veterinary officer Debby Reynolds said in a report on animal health published this week that gaining ‘moderate risk’...
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Two Morrisons products withdrawn
Two own-label products from Morrisons have been withdrawn from sale.The products – Morrisons Bettabuy chicken casserole and Morrisons Bettabuy stewed steak – were withdrawn after routine tests detected traces of peanut that aren’t mentioned...
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Scotland to quit BPEX
Scotland’s pigmeat producers will pull out of BPEX, it has been confirmed.This means all levies paid by Scotland’s pig farmers will now go to Quality Meat Scotland. The decision followed a consultation exercise in which Scotland’s producers...
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Commodities Update: beef, pork, salmon
Corned beef prices risingPrices of corned beef are continuing upward as Brazil wrestles with a weakening currency, the real, against a stronger US dollar.A Brazilian packer said: “Traders believe the industry is making excessive profits....
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Co-op deal for Dungannon
Dungannon Meats Group has won a contract to supply additional fresh beef to the Co-operative Group.The deal will create 30 new jobs involved in added-value work in Dungannon’s Northern Ireland factories.Dungannon has now won £55m of new...
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Legal action threat over pork pie protection bid
Northern Foods has written to Defra threatening it with High Court action for supporting an application to the EU to protect the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie name. The bid for protected geographical indication was made by the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie...
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BPEX ups pressure on imports
Britain’s pork producers have ramped up the pressure in their war on imports of pigmeat.In January, the British Pig Executive (BPEX) began a consumer press advertising drive claiming “two-thirds of imported pork comes from farms that operate...