All Meat articles – Page 216
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Sheepmeat: Trade fears support action could backfire
The market has the potential to slide into a bottomless pit' Official announcement of an EU-approved scheme for subsidising the storage of surplus home-killed lamb to prevent an autumn market collapse was expected as The Grocer went to press, but...
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Lamb: Why PSA sparks objections
Subsidised private storage of meat, as proposed for stabilising the lamb market when output approaches the seasonal peak in the next few months, is less contentious politically than intervention. That's because the budgetary commitment is more...
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MLC outlook conference: DEFRA hints at lamb price support he
UK facing oversupply of up to 1.7 million home produced lambs Emergency official measures to prevent a lamb market meltdown in the coming autumn are regarded in the industry as inevitable, and a strong hint of price support action being planned...
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MLC outlook conference: BEEF: Higher imports will be needed
National herd shrinking faster than most observers realised even before FMD Sharply increased imports of beef will be necessary to meet demand in the UK during the next couple of years, as home production is sure to remain severely depressed long...
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NBA call for price reporting service
Sir; The National Beef Association is happy to pass out bouquets to any processor who resists the temptation to take advantage of the supply movement restrictions forced on producers by a range of anti-FMD control zones hence our praise for the St...
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Beef: Output falling but prices will feel import pressure
Buyers will be offered plenty of product from Ireland, Europe and Latin America British beef production is now almost certain to remain sharply reduced next year and could fall further in 2003, but the lower output will not necessarily keep prices...
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Scotch beef or Scottish beef?
What is the difference between Scotch beef and Scottish beef? Only the latter is sure to be from cattle born north of the border; much of the rest is from store stock bought in England and Wales. The distinction is a longstanding source of tension...
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Beef: NBA sees opportunity as controls relaxed
Restrictions denied producers access to slaughterhouses of their choice Increased supply causing prices to rise is an economic paradox surprisingly common in food commodity markets. It is about to happen again in the British beef sector if...
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BRUSSELS BEEF REFORM: Backlash on intensive
Political correctness clashing with production reality is creating a dilemma for the British meat industry, demonstrated by the muddled responses to the EU beef reform package. "Suddenly everybody wants grass-fed beef and that's precisely what...
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Dragon stirs it up
Pan-Oriental specialist Blue Dragon aims to spice up its stir-fry portfolio with the launch of three new additions. Black Pepper Stir Fry Sauce for pork or beef and Chow Mein Stir Fry Sauce for chicken, vegetables and noodles join the...
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Meat: Chains fear lamb sector unrest
Mike Ingham Fear of violent protests by lamb producers against retailers has helped prompt the National Farmers' Union to ask DEFRA and the European Commission for a subsidised storage scheme to prevent a market collapse during the coming autumn....
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PIGMEAT: Catalonian swine fever gives traders a fright
Prices blip but optimistic outlook for containment Cynics in the pork and bacon trades have long regarded livestock disease as the most reliable form of pig price support, and sure enough an outbreak of classical swine fever in Catalonia has...
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Avocados: Andalucian growers go down the organic route
South Africa selling a record proportion of fruit in ripe and ready to eat packs Increasing numbers of Spanish growers in Andalucia are converting avocado Hass, Fuerte, Bacon and Reed varieties to organic production to meet UK supermarket demands....
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Pork and bacon: Instability set to persist for EU pigmeat ma
European industry depends on recurrent BSE crises to pull demand from beef Another BSE scare in France last weekend [June 9-10] sent fresh tremors through the EU pigmeat markets. This disturbance is the latest in a quick succession of unpredicted...
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Meat supply: Beef shortage fears
Short-term supply looks good but trade concerned about longer term New outbreaks of FMD are prompting more warnings of a severe shortage of home produced beef next year, despite the present softening of the market as abattoirs kill almost normal...
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Steak-loving Americans will soon have a new word to add to t
Quorn got the go-ahead from MAFF in the UK back in 1985 when the first product to hit the shelves was Sainsbury's Quorn pie. The myco-protein now turns over $150m in the UK and Europe including the Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden and extends its...
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CANNED MEAT: Corned beef appealing to high protein' consume
Foot and mouth disease in South America fails to disrupt export operations Importers are confident there will be no disruption to supplies following the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the south of Brazil. In spite of stringent border...
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New product development: Cranswick confidently adds value in
The proof it is possible for a meat product manufacturer to profit by adding value Pork processor Cranswick's confident launch of a range of premium sausages using entirely home-produced raw material highlights the unreliability of common...
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Sheepmeat: Severe squeeze may be in store for supplies of la
Irish Food Board forecasts much tighter availability than MLC analysts Abundant cheap lamb next autumn is no longer the safe bet it seemed a few weeks ago. Supplies may even be severely squeezed in early 2002. The odds still favour softening...
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Pigmeat: Dutch hope foot and mouth over
In UK, talk of pig slaughterings returning to normal rates is misleading Dutch pork and bacon suppliers had more good news for customers on Monday, reporting further easing of FMD controls and cautiously expressing hope the disease crisis was over...