The EU’s proposed trade deal with Australia in the Spring threatens to undermine UK exports, but Welsh meat could play a part in supporting future export strategy, according to the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE).
Iceland Seafood has announced plans to exit the UK value-added market as it reports challenges in the region impacting its quarter three financial results.
Pilgrims UK, the food business and pork producer, has confirmed the closure of its two factories in Bury St Edmunds and Coalville, with 650 jobs at risk.
Pilgrim’s UK, the pork producer, is launching a Butchery & Abattoir Academy to recruit new talent into the industry and creating dedicated facilities at its sites.
Pork processor Pilgrim’s UK has announced an £800,000 investment in its Bromborough site as part of its continued efforts to increase operational efficiency across its UK operations.
Poultry processor Bernard Matthew’s Food Ltd has been fined £400,000 following two separate incidents where employees were seriously injured, including one worker who was left paralysed.
Former Co-op chief executive Steve Murrells has joined egg processor Noble Foods as non-executive board director, as Kingsland Drinks Group and Bulk announce senior appointments.
Training UK workers to be butchers or fruit pickers “won’t fix” the labour crisis if those workers don’t want to do those jobs, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has said.
Consumer trust in plant-based, developing meat-like flavour and texture and the rapid development of new fermentation technologies are all driving the continued rise of alternative proteins.
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) forecasts a stable long-term outlook for production in the beef sector in Wales despite current inflation issues affecting both farmers and consumers.
Banham Poultry (2018) Ltd has been fined £300,000 for failing to stop odour pollution from its slaughterhouse that affected the lives of people living and working in and near Attleborough, Norfolk.
There has been a marked increase in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to certain antimicrobials but no significant increase in resistance since 2014, a report from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) on Campylobacter from retail chicken has revealed.
Chicken will be the best-positioned protein due to its low price position in times of pressure on consumer spending power but rises in production costs and the long-term impact of COVID-19 threaten to disrupt the sector, according to Rabobank.
Maelor Foods, the Welsh poultry processor, is looking to increase operations at its Pickhill Lane facility in Cross Lanes, Wrexham with the creation of 125 jobs.
Pilgrim’s UK, the pork producer, is proposing to close its Bury St Edmunds and Coalville sites, as well as a shift to a four-day week at its Ashton plant, which could see the loss of 675 jobs.
Skyrocketing energy bills and a ‘cost of production crisis’ threaten to put small meat firms out of businesses unless new Prime Minster Liz Truss steps in to curb the price hikes, warned the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS).
The UK faces a food security crisis while consumers are ‘held hostage’ by further price rises as the cost of supplies of CO2 skyrocket overnight, warned 2 Sisters Food Group and Bernard Matthews owner Ranjit Singh Boparan.
Strict new controls at the border to curb the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) have been implemented by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
Health authorities have issued a wanting for vulnerable consumers in relation to the risks of Listeria monocytogenes infection linked to an “ongoing outbreak” of ready to eat smoked fish.
Three people who exploited and abused a vulnerable poultry processing plant worker in South Wales have been convicted of modern slavery offences, the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) has revealed.
As extreme weather and drought ravage the UK, we look at the challenges the record temperatures and potential water shortages have had on the food and drink industry.
UK meat producers will be 'negatively impacted' by its trade deal with New Zealand (NZ), particularly if the country's trade with China is disrupted, according to levy board AHDB.
Avara Foods's Wednesbury factory illustrates the company’s parallel priorities of investing in people and transformative technology, both of which are essential in the middle of the skills crisis, operations director Phil Davidson explains.
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has called on the Government to prioritise the ‘wild catching sector’ when allocating money from its UK Seafood Fund.
2 Sisters Food Group operating loss, Premier Foods’s overseas sales success and Barry Callebaut’s sales volume growth are all covered in this round-up of food financial results.
