O’Brien Fine Foods, one of Ireland’s leading producers of cooked meats, including the Brady Family, Homebird, and Green Farm brands, has acquired food producer Bearfields of London.
Labour shortages – particularly a lack of Official Veterinarians (OVs) in abattoirs – continue to create chaos and uncertainty for meat processors, but opportunities could soon present themselves to help them reshape their future.
Supermarket chain Morrisons has revealed that more than 1,000 food and drink companies have applied to its Growing British Brands programme since its launch in May.
Meat processor Cranswick has revealed the acquisition of plant-based Ramona’s Kitchen and Atlantica UK has created 'exciting opportunities' for further growth in its rapidly expanding Continental Products business.
British poultry producers have already been forced to cull birds after four instances of bird flu were identified at their commercial premises since the start of November.
Over the last few weeks, the pig sector has been in crisis as a shortage of butchers, a shortage of lorry drivers and an increase in pig numbers came together at the worst possible time.
Recent struggles to hire official vets at meat processing plants and abattoirs will not lead to shortages over the Christmas period, according to Food Standards Agency (FSA) chief operating officer Colin Sullivan.
2 Sisters Food Group president Ranjit Singh Boparan has praised the Government's temporary visa scheme for seasonal poultry workers, claiming it has helped source up to 900 EU workers in the run-up to Christmas.
Former Sainsbury’s aquaculture and fisheries manager Ally Dingwall has joined the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) as its new senior director of technical operations.
More than 35,000 people have signed a petition urging supermarkets to stop importing eggs for use in British products, according to the British Lion Egg Processors.
UK lamb producers could be vulnerable to a breakdown in relations between Australia and China following the UK-Aussie free trade deal (FTA), levy body the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) claims.
