Denmark-based Naturli’ Foods is set to launch its 100% plant-based mince in 400 Sainsbury’s stores in the UK to fuel the accelerating demand for meat alternatives.
Leading packaging firm Multivac Group has unveiled its first Eastern European manufacturing plant just outside of Bulgaria’s capital city, Sofia, as part of its plans to increase production capacity.
Danish meat processing company Tulip Food Company has bought family-run meat products manufacturer Baconspecialist Zandbergen in a bid to extend its product portfolio.
Production of rabbit meat in Russia could rise tenfold to 108,000 tonnes (t) per year by 2025, if the federal government is prepared to redirect state support and private investment to this segment from other meat industries such as pork and poultry....
Despite the UK’s growing appetite for alternative proteins, GlobalMeatNews’ latest Twitter poll has revealed that some consumers are not so keen on the idea of swapping a beef burger for a plant-based option.
Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety (CFS) has warned traders to suspend imports of poultry meat from the Swedish county Skåne following an outbreak of low-pathogenic H5 avian influenza.
The clock is ticking and you only have the weekend to decide whether you want to compete for this year’s World Steak Challenge title, as entries for the competition close on Monday (4 June).
Growing international demand for Brazil’s poultry genetic materials, such as fertile eggs and one-day old chicks, has led to another export deal with Kenya, Africa.
Beyond Meat is set to bring its Beyond Burger to UK supermarkets for the first time after agreeing a distribution deal with leading frozen food supplier The Authentic Food Co.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has confirmed that ritual slaughter without stunning may take place only in the EU within a slaughterhouse licensed and approved by regulatory authorities.
Netherlands-based business Vivera is set to boost production “faster than planned” of its 100% plant-based steak following its first 40,000 products selling out in Tesco stores across the UK.
Copa-Cogeca has called on the EU to avoid further pressure on the agricultural sector following negotiations with Latin American trade bloc Mercosur over trade concessions.
Foreign companies have curbed their investment in Russia’s agriculture industry in 2017, compared to the previous year, according to research from EY, released during the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, held on 24-26 May.
Russian veterinary body Rosselkhoznadzor is to cull 239,000 chickens at the Nadezhdinskaya Ptitsa poultry farm in Primorsky Krai, in Russia’s Far East region, following an outbreak of low-pathogenic avian influenza (AI) H9N2.
The opening of negotiations for free trade agreements (FTAs) between Europe, Australia and New Zealand has been welcomed by the domestic meat industries.
Russia exported 50,000 tonnes (t) of halal meat in 2017, up almost twofold compared to 2016, as major agricultural holdings Cherkizovo, Miratorg and GAP Resource have shown increasing interest in this segment, according to the International Center for...
JBS has revealed that its business unit Novaprom will export its first 10 tonnes (t) of collagen fibre and collagen powder from bovine skin into South Africa.
Polish poultry meat producer and processor Drobimex has completed an investment to expand its plant in Szczecin-Dąbie, in north-western Poland, with plans to boost its slaughter capacity to about 200,000 head per day.
Kuwait-based livestock transport and trading company Al Mawashi has taken immediate action for the future of its livestock trade by beginning to build its own flock and increase capacity following alleged threats by Australia to end sheep trade.
UK-based continental meat supplier Winterbotham Darby has claimed to be the first company to gain accreditation for pig welfare across its European farms.
The Sustainable Food Trust has called for government action over the high rate of small UK abattoir closures, describing the situation as reaching “critical level”.
Brazil’s agriculture minister Blairo Maggi has announced that his country, as “the world’s second-largest producer and largest poultry exporter”, wants to contest the European Union (EU)’s restrictions on poultry meat exports at the World Trade Organization...
With grass-fed steaks growing in popularity, could this be the year that the grass-fed steak sizzles its way to its first overall winner accolade at the World Steak Challenge competition?
Growing volume sales across its Brazilian, Turkish and Chinese units has helped BRF increase its net revenue by 5.7% to R$8.2 billion in its first quarter results.
Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety (CFS) has advised local traders to temporarily halt poultry imports from the Danish region Holstebro following an outbreak of low-pathogenic H5 avian influenza.
Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has admitted costs associated with EID (electronic identification) tagging are a major issue for sheep farmers and must be resolved following the decision to impose mandatory electronic tagging...
Netherlands-based antibacterial development company Micreos has revealed it has two treatments in the pipeline to eliminate bacteria in meat and poultry products.
Polish meat processor Tarczyński has reported improved financial results for last year, with revenues of PLN732.8 million (€172m), an increase of 13% compared with 2016.
The Polish Government’s decision to build a 1,200-kilometre-long fence along the country’s eastern border, as a tool to fight African Swine Fever (ASF) by blocking the migration of infected wild boars, has been condemned as too little, too late by Poland’s...
With a new European Union (EU)/New Zealand (NZ) customs agreement coming into force last week (1 May), EU farm body Copa-Cogeca secretary-general Pekka Pesonen has warned that anticipated follow-up trade talks should not boost NZ access to EU meat markets....
Russia’s minister of agriculture Alexander Tkachev has supported a new bill that would authorise the federal government to end all Russia-US trade in agriculture.
