All Meat articles – Page 218
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Lamb: Longer tail looms to FMD than predicted
In Cumbrian hotspot cases more than doubled in week to August 4 Leaflets from the Co-Op promoting fresh lamb shoulder at half price, £1.99 per kg, dropped into household letter boxes at Penrith, Cumbria on Monday, a day after the announcement by...
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Household meat consumption: Where's the FMD effect?
Gossip among major retailers and wholesalers is of demand for most meats rather soft, but trade talk does not give quite the same impression as these latest figures from Taylor Nelson Sofres. The beef purchase and spending shortfalls in particular...
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The Grocer focus on food on the move: Trends and development
Simplifying the fixtures is one of the challenges taken up by Pork Farms Bowyers. The company has recently colour coded its products to help consumers find what they want. All pork products are in green packs, beef products are in red, chicken in...
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Pigmeat: Japanese gate price rise means Danish surplus
Danish product likely to become cheaper Pork buyers who were trading in the turbulent conditions of the mid 1990s will remember the Japanese gate price' as a powerful influence on the EU market, and can probably look forward to a favourable...
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BEEF: NBA vents fresh fury over imported beef
Imports certain to rise sharply over the next two years due to FMD Supermarket operators are allegedly denying consumers the opportunity to pay more for beef, instead using misleading labels and packaging to trick shoppers into buying meat at...
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Lang's beef: G8 at Genoa
Tim Lang, professor of food policy at Thames Valley University The trouble that erupted at the G8 in Genoa last weekend appeared initially to have nothing to do with the modern food world. Food began to globalise millennia ago and certainly five...
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Smith is in for a second term
The Provisions Trade Federation re-elected Andy Smith chairman at its annual meeting this month. Smith is md of European dairy company Lactalis UK, which owns the President butter brand. John Howard of the Danish Bacon and Meat Council is the...
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The Grocer focus on Scotland: Meat
Wild scottish venison Balmoral Estate Wild Scottish Venison from the Royal Family's Balmoral estate is now available from Scotch Premier Meat, recently appointed sole distributor. Deer taken from the hill during the stalking season will be hung in...
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The Grocer focus on Scotland: Food from Scotland Excellence
Overall Winner The undoubted pick of the bunch this year were the Scallop and Bacon Brochettes from Dawnfresh. This won the fish and seafood category and took the Supreme award by unanimous decision of the judging panel. The product is part of...
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Pork and bacon: EU pigmeat output set to stay on an upward t
More pig disease outbreaks, but latest supply forecasts favour buyers Total EU pigmeat output will continue rising for at least the next couple of years, implying UK purchasers should have no trouble finding extra imported product to supplement...
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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...