The Government has been warned against a “race to the bottom” in food standards, following the US ambassador’s suggestion that the UK embrace practices such as chlorine-washed chicken.
The Pasture-Fed Livestock Association (PFLA) has agreed that any Irish farmers and processors interested in gaining third-party assurance for grass-fed meat can now be certified.
Noble Foods and Cranswick, as well as some UK retailers, have been praised as global leaders for their farm animal welfare practices in The Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW)’s latest report.
The European Commission is set to offer farmers greater “flexibility and efficiency” in times of crisis, with funds of up to €25,000 as part of the new state aid rules.
Russia’s Federal Customs Service (FCS) has proposed extending the 2014 food embargo to prohibit imports of all kind of meat and breeding stock supplied to the country by the US, the European Union, Canada, Australia, Norway, Ukraine and a number...
Spanish meat organisation Interporc is set to make Japan its “priority destination” for Spanish pork trade, following a trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Japan being finalised at the beginning of the month.
Despite the rapid growth of the meat alternative sector, market research firm Euromonitor has revealed that there is still a way to go to compete with some of the major international meat markets.
The Association of Poultry Processors and Poultry Trade in the EU (AVEC) has created a program informing consumers about the production methods of poultry meat in the European Union.
The European Plant Based Foods Association (ENSA) director Vinciane Patelou will speak at GlobalMeatNews’ Plant-based Protein Conference in June this year.
Spanish-based frozen food business Fripozo is to invest €41m to construct a production centre as part of an industrial expansion of its Torres de Cotillas headquarters in Murcia.
UK-based halal food brand Haloodies is set to extend its offering to the British retail sector by gaining a listing with Iceland for its halal burger range.
A study has revealed that the production of cultured meat could increase the risk of global warming over some types of cattle farming if energy systems remain dependent on fossil fuels.
Russian agricultural holding Miratorg has manufactured its first commercial batch of lamb at the sheep cluster launched in 2018 and is ready to expand the project, the company has told GlobalMeatNews.
The European Parliament has called on the EU and its member states to better enforce existing rules on protecting transported animals and penalise all offenders.
Polish meat processor ZM Henryk Kania has announced it is launching the procedure to select an advisor that will support the company in its negotiations with a potential “industry or private equity” investor.
Beef Plan - a movement put together by Irish suckler and beef farmers to fetch them better prices and more autonomy - is gaining momentum, the group’s spokesperson has told GlobalMeatNews.
More than 20 Russian poultry companies have registered to begin poultry exports to China, following the cancellation of a ten-year moratorium on shipments.
UK-based animal welfare organisations the RSPCA and the British Veterinary Association have sent an open letter to the UK’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to ban non-stun slaughtering of animals.
Saudi Arabian-based dairy manufacturer Almarai has reached an agreement with Alamar Foods, a franchise operator for the foodservice industry in the Middle East, to acquire all of its shares in its Premier Foods business.
UK levy organisation the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has outlined the potential impact of a no-deal Brexit on the meat industry.
In another round of controversies surrounding Poland’s sick cow slaughter scandal, the French, Slovak and Lithuanian Ministries of Agriculture have launched investigations into the beef meat’s distribution in their respective markets.
GlobalMeatNews is very excited to announce that we will be hosting a full-day conference discussing the rapidly evolving plant-based protein sector in the summer.
Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confiscated 3.7 tonnes of various meat products, imported into a Dublin port from Romania.
Russian agricultural holding Miratorg has closed its online store, with the company no longer planning to sell meat through the internet platform, Nina Teltsova, official spokesperson of Miratorg told GlobalMeatNews.
Polish prosecutors have launched an investigation into illegal traffic and slaughtering of sick cattle after local journalists covertly filmed workers at a slaughterhouse in Ostrów Mazowiecka, in the country’s central region.
