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Four ways horsemeat crisis will benefit UK food industry

17-May-2013 - The horsemeat crisis is bringing four benefits to the UK food industry, despite all the adverse publicity that followed in its wake, said speakers at Food Manufacture’s webinar – Horsemeat, learning the lessons of an avoidable crisis – held yesterday (May 16).

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Horsemeat lessons learned webinar airs today

16-May-2013 - There’s still time to sign up for the Food Manufacture Group’s free one-hour webinar dedicated to learning the lessons of the horsemeat crisis, which takes place at 11am GMT today, Thursday May 16.

Meat packer Hilton’s ‘broad geography’ to pay off

15-May-2013 - Specialist meat packing business Hilton Food Group is benefiting from its “broad geographic reach” despite the tough economic conditions, said City analyst Pamure Gordon.

Horsemeat fraud blamed on big organisation, says Freeza Meats

15-May-2013 - Horsemeat contamination, which has plagued Britain’s food sector in recent months, was clearly fraud perpetrated by a large organisation over a long period of time, according to one meat supplier at the centre of the scandal.

Meat processor’s £5M investment to create 179 jobs

15-May-2013 - Northern Ireland food manufacturer Linden Foods has invested £5M to create 179 new, mainly production, roles in response to demand from the convenience food sector.

BLT is Britain’s favourite sandwich

14-May-2013 - BLT (bacon, lettuce and tomato) tops a somewhat conservative list of Britons’ favourite sandwich fillings, with prawn mayo and ham and cheese featuring highly on the glamour-free list.

Food firm ordered to pay £32k for severed fingertips

14-May-2013 - A Derbyshire food company has been ordered to pay more than £32,000 after an employee severed the tip of his finger in a mincing machine.

Horsemeat prompts dumping of 18M processed food packets

13-May-2013 - Nearly 18M packets of processed food were dumped by British families after the horsemeat crisis, according to a new survey commissioned by kitchenware manufacturer Tefal.

Pie maker aims to create hundreds of jobs

13-May-2013 - A Wigan food manufacturer is aiming to create hundreds of jobs and grow turnover to £100M from an almost standing start.

Pork DNA in halal lamb burgers ‘disgraceful’: Council

09-May-2013 - A Leicester Council official has slammed as “disgraceful” news that pork has been discovered in the halal lamb burgers served in the city’s schools.

Horsemeat scandal – in pictures

08-May-2013 - The horsemeat scandal has proved to be the biggest crisis to afflict the UK food industry since the BSE furore of the 1990s. Here, we chart in photographs how the crisis unraveled.

BPEX launches pig welfare assurance database

08-May-2013 - The British Pig Executive (BPEX) has launched a new online database to showcase pigs that adhere to the Red Tractor welfare assurance scheme.

Poultry processor Moy Park reports strong recovery

02-May-2013 - The UK’s largest poultry processor Moy Park has announced a strong recovery in trading performance for last year, with pre-profits up to £24.4M for 2012 for 2012, compared with £4.8M in 2011.

Butchers are the ‘mistress’ of the high street, says sausage manufacturer

01-May-2013 - Small, high quality meat suppliers and the butchers which sell their products are like “a mistress” in the mindsets of many consumers.

Cut costs and boost appeal of dried sausages

30-Apr-2013 - Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has developed its Arcon functional soya concentrates to optimise cost savings and boost the appeal of dried fermented sausages

'World's first' functional chicken protein launched

30-Apr-2013 - Global protein manufacturer BHJ Ingredients says it is introducing 'the world's first functional chicken protein' at this month's international trade fair IFFA in Germany.

Maternal vitamin D levels 'not associated with child's bone health', says research

30-Apr-2013 - A study of nearly 4,000 pairs of mothers and their children has shown that maternal vitamin D levels during pregnancy are not associated with the child's bone health in later life.

Europe shouldn’t over-rely on food imports: top scientist

29-Apr-2013 - A top food scientist has warned Europe against over-reliance on food imports, as China and other Asian countries imported more food and stock feed to cater for their increasingly affluent consumers.

Greggs issues profits warning as sales slump

29-Apr-2013 - Bad weather and the pressures of the high street have hit Greggs’ sales, leading the retail baker to issue a profits warning.

2 Sisters’ proposal could create more than 200 jobs

29-Apr-2013 - 2 Sisters Food Group has proposed the creation of a second shift at a Welsh chicken processing site it bought from Vion, which could create more than 200 jobs.

Freedom Food meat hits ‘McDonald’s watershed’

29-Apr-2013 - The success of Freedom Food-accredited meat breaking into McDonald’s – following entries into discount retailers Aldi and Lidl – could prove a watershed for high animal welfare meat becoming a mainstream choice in retail and foodservice. 

Horsemeat webinar to chart shoppers’ reaction

29-Apr-2013 - Consumers’ reaction to the horsemeat scandal will be a key feature of a free one-hour webinar dedicated to learning the lessons of the horsemeat crisis to take place at 11am GMT on May 16.

Horsemeat was ‘effing horrendous’: Sainsbury boss

26-Apr-2013 - The food industry has “no idea” where the next food fraud scandal will come from, not least because so many resources are being ploughed in to tackling the horsemeat crisis.

Four steps to recover from horsemeat scandal, says ex-Northern Foods boss

25-Apr-2013 - More rigorous supply chain management, transparency, accountability and proportionality are the four factors that will help the food industry clear the hurdles of the horsemeat scandal, according to the former boss of Northern Foods.

Targets for cutting poultry Campylobacter will be missed

24-Apr-2013 - Targets set for Campylobacter reduction in poultry for the end of 2013 are unlikely to be met and new techniques of process treatment will be needed if the targets set for 2015 are to be achieved, the chief executive of the British Poultry Council (BPC) has claimed.

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