A Wiltshire-based meat trader has been fined more than £150k and given a custodial sentence after pleading guilty for placing unfit meat on the market and other associated hygiene offences.
Moy Park, the poultry processor, together with a consortium of UK manufacturers from other sectors, has secured £4m in match funding to progress research into sustainable smart factory projects.
Calls to end ‘fundamentally unfair’ compensation rules for producers affected by the UK’s longest and largest outbreak of bird flu have been made by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee.
The poultry sector needs “more permanent fixes” to address the mountain of issues it is facing, the boss of 2 Sisters Food Group has told the Food Manufacture sister title The Grocer.
A project to tackle pollution on UK farms is one way in which the UK’s largest egg supplier Noble Foods is hoping to lead the way on sustainability, with insights into the project to be shared at tomorrow’s free webinar from Food Manufacture.
Meat and poultry processors have faced another challenging year, with rising input costs, inflation and Brexit putting pressure on margins, consumer spend and exports. Yet positives are also emerging with growing recognition the market for meat alternatives...
Hertfordshire-based charcuterie firm The Greek Farmer has boosted production and created new jobs after sealing a major supermarket deal on a ‘primetime’ Channel 4 TV show.
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.
