Many aspects of normal life have been disrupted by COVID-19, but meat in the retail market has proved resilient and adaptable, standing strong throughout the vicissitudes of 2020 and beyond.
Banham Poultry has begun a £500,000 overhaul of its odour abatement system at its Attleborough processing plant as part of a multi-million pound programme of improvements at the Norfolk-based production hub.
MPs have pressed food and farming minister George Eustice for details on Government aid for meat and seafood firms hit by Brexit-related border delays and launched an urgent inquiry into their impact.
Workers union Unite has demanded 2 Sisters Food Group provide full pay to workers at its Coupar Angus factory that are self-isolating amid a string of COVID-19 cases there.
Midlands-based Salisbury Poultry has unveiled a major three-phase expansion plan for its poultry processing facilities in Wolverhampton, which is set to create up to 100 jobs.
An automated core temperature measurement system that boosts food safety is being considered by food firms including a major Irish poultry processor following the signing of a worldwide licensing agreement to market it.
Finnebrogue Artisan apprentice automation engineer Henry Greer offers thoughts on food industry apprenticeships in 2020 and being shortlisted for Apprentice of the Year at the 2021 Food Manufacture Excellence Awards.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned consumers about meat deemed unsafe marketed via Facebook sites by an unregistered and unapproved Wiltshire based vendor.
The Scottish seafood sector hits ‘rock bottom’ as continued delays at the ports, technology failure and an increase in bureaucracy threaten to make British export undesirable to EU customers.
The biggest challenges the food industry currently faces from Brexit include delays caused by the 'impenetrability of paperwork', the shortage of vets and customs officials and dealing with the island of Ireland.
UK seafood producers are being priced out of export markets by European competition, following continued delays at EU ports and poor preparation from Government, according to Scottish food trade bodies.
Post-Brexit disruption over paperwork and procedure is hitting supplies to Northern Ireland as well as seafood exports, with the Scottish industry saying it faces a perfect storm that could cripple its international trade.
The UK could face food shortages if key workers in the meat industry are not given priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the British Meat Processor Association (BMPA).
A trade deal has been agreed with the EU that sees the UK granted ‘third country’ listing status for exports of meat, dairy and other products of animal origin.
The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has repeated a call to the government to place meat factory workers on the list of early vaccine recipients.
A range of “unique and complex factors” were responsible for strong livestock prices in 2020, according to Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC).
The red meat industry will be faced with inevitable and permanent change whatever the outcome of any Brexit negotiations, warned Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC).
Meat processors have more freedom to set their own shelf life for vacuum- or modified-atmosphere-packed (VP/MAP) fresh beef, lamb and pork products, according to updated Food Standards Agency (FSA) guidelines.
British consumer spending on beef totalled £551m in the 12 weeks to 1 November 2020, according to figures from research organisation Kantar Worldpanel.
Food factories could become ‘super spreaders’ of COVID-19 in the run-up to Christmas, according to the Trades Union Congress (TUC), but it has been challenged by the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA).
A total of 106 workers are self-isolating at Kepak Group's Bodmin red meat processing plant in Cornwall after testing positive for COVID-19, with most showing no obvious symptoms.
2 Sisters Food Group has secured a £475m bond and an £80m revolving credit facility, representing a successful refinancing of the business and enabling it to boost financial performance and generate further cash.
Ireland’s agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue has raised concerns over the processed meat trade between Northern Ireland (NI) and the UK, after the UK Government proposed a two-way ban.
Meat industry workers should be given priority to receive a COVID-19 vaccine or risk damaging the food and drink supply chain, according to key industry bodies in the UK.
A long list of questions about exports to the EU from 1 January 2021 remain unanswered, according to producer body the National Pig Association (NPA), which is calling for 'more urgency' from Government.
