All news articles for April 2017

Russia is battling a number of livestock disease infecting chickens, pigs, cattle and deer

Russia battles diverse livestock diseases

By Vladislav Vorotnikov

Russia is facing numerous biosecurity problems, as African swine fever (ASF) challenges the pig industry, poultry farmers battle bird flu, the first outbreaks of nodular dermatitis hit cattle farmers, and venison breeders combat anthrax.

The Latvian meat producer wants to increase poultry production

Latvian meat business to invest up to €7m next year

By Jaroslaw Adamowski

To expand and modernise its facilities, Latvian meat producer Putnu Fabrika Ķekava (PF Ķekava) plans to invest between €6 million and €7m in its next fiscal year, according to senior company representatives.

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Changing Easter eating habits may benefit industry

By Louis Gore-Langton

Easter eating preferences in the UK have changed dramatically, according to research which shows consumers now plan multiple celebratory meals and are moving away from traditional lamb.

Food safety recall round-up

Food safety recall round-up 7-13 April 2017

Recalls: Listeria, Sudan IV and PAHs

By Joseph James Whitworth

Food alerts have been made by USA, England, Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Austria, Norway, Netherlands, Greece, Finland, Luxembourg, Germany and Denmark.

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Health risk from pesticide residues is low, says EFSA

By Niamh Michail

The health risk from pesticide residues in food is low, according to a report by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), with 97% of samples within legal limits - but this is an "upbeat" interpretation which ignores the cocktail effect, critics...

German group buys two meat companies

German group buys two meat companies

By Oscar Rousseau

Private equity group Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) has swooped on two family-run meat firms in a bid to create a chilled foods "market leader" in Europe.

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JRC finds 14% of honey samples to be adulterated

By Joseph James Whitworth

More than 14% of tested honey samples have been found to be adulterated, according to a long-awaited report by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC).

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‘We have a tremendous opportunity to use our global scale to influence positive change’

PepsiCo launches Nutrition Greenhouse incubator: ‘The latest food innovation is coming from both big & small players’

By Rachel Arthur

PepsiCo has launched an incubator programme to help nurture the ‘best and brightest’ entrepreneurs in the nutrition, health and wellness sectors. Eight ‘breakthrough brands’ will benefit from a €25,000 ($26,500) grant each, and access to experts from...

Brazil meat scandal

Meat The News

Watch: Brazil meat scandal

By Oscar Rousseau

Brazil’s rotten meat scandal sent shockwaves through the animal protein industry – so naturally it is the best place to start in a new series of videos titled ‘Meat The News’. 

Silvio Berlusconi's appearance in the 'Defend life - choose a vegetarian Easter' ad has angered many

Italian butchers blast Berlusconi over lamb video

By Oscar Rousseau

Former Italian prime minister and billionaire businessman Silvio Berlusconi has angered the country’s meat industry by joining a vegetarian campaign and adopting five lambs that were destined for slaughter.

Arla is investing in its AKAFA facility in Svenstrup, northern Denmark.

Arla to invest €12m in infant milk formula production

By Jim Cornall

Arla is investing approximately €12m ($12.7m) to upgrade its AKAFA production site in northern Denmark, which will allow it to add infant milk formula (IMF) production to its existing powdered milk capacity. 

Irish PM Enda Kenny officially launched the Irish Beef Truck in Germany

Ireland’s prime minister in Germany for beef push

By Oscar Rousseau

Ireland’s Taoiseach, or prime minister, Enda Kenny, was in Germany to promote a new five-year beef campaign as the government steps up export efforts against the backdrop of Brexit. 

Picture: FBR-DLO. A positive result of specific amplicons (via a sandwich approach resulting from use of tagged-primers in the multiplex PCR) that encode genes of E. coli O157 virulence factors

Dutch project scaling up multi-analyte methods

By Joseph James Whitworth

An institute of Wageningen University & Research is part of a project to improve multi-analyte diagnostic assays for rapid (on-site) detection of food safety issues.

Demand for pork and beef is Asia prevented meat prices from slipping into decline

Meat defies decline of global food prices

By Oscar Rousseau

Meat is the only one of five major food commodity groups that saw an increase in the Food and Agricultural Organization’s (FAO) pricing index last month.

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