Meat & poultry

Meat packaging: waste not, want not

18-Sep-2009 By Carina Perkins

Legislative and consumer pressure are coming to bear on the packaging used by industries, including the meat sector. Carina Perkins looks at the most recent efforts made to tackle packaging and food waste

Cut to the bone

27-Apr-2009 By Rick Pendrous

With consumers eating less red meat, rising costs and margins under pressure, meat processors need to be cut some slack. Rick Pendrous reports

Packing a punch

01-Dec-2008 By Paul Gander

Offer your customers a step up in quality, shelf-life or variety with the latest meat and poultry processing and packing options, says Paul Gander

Natural casing price hikes hit producers

15-May-2008

Premium sausages have been an industry success story over the past few years. Sales in the sector continue to see double-digit growth year-after-year - and certainly show no signs of slowing down.

Smokin' hot chamber for meat, fish

26-Nov-2007

New from Union Food Machinery & Equipment is the Mauting UKM Junior-02 smoking chamber, suitable for small to medium-sized meat processing firms....

Slovenia's natural defence

26-Nov-2007

Vitiva of Slovenia has launched SyneROX 4, a natural solution to provide triple protection for fresh meat against rancidity and undesirable...

Automated tracking beefs up Canadian meat producer

26-Nov-2007

Automation and radio frequency identification (RFID) equipment from Omron in the UK has been the key to tracking and transporting beef at Rancher's...

Irish firms turn to UK expertise

26-Nov-2007

Three meat processors in Ireland have invested in the latest food processing and cooking equipment from Interfood Technology. McCaughey Foods, Brady...

Bone up on waste

26-Nov-2007 By Nicola Cottam

For a sector that is under the cosh, new controls on handling waste are making life even more difficult for meat processors. Nicola Cottam reports

Sausage makers get the cutting edge

27-Nov-2006

Union Food Machinery and Equipment has launched a high-speed sausage cutter. The WT05 cutter can process 1.85m of sausage per second, in any casing,...

Nisa-Today's buys British

27-Nov-2006

Meat supplier, Chitty Food Group, has secured a contract to supply 28 pre-packed British beef, pork and lamb lines into Nisa-Today's, the independent...