Australia saw its beef exports to the Middle East fall 13% last month, compared to January 2014, according to data from the Department of Agriculture, and compiled by Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA).
Country-of-origin labelling (COOL) for meat used as an ingredient in processed foods is one step closer to becoming a reality following a vote in European Parliament yesterday (12 February).
Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will not be able to resume supplies of pork to the Russian market for at least three years, according to Russian veterinary body Rosselkhoznadzor.
The discovery of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) in piglets in eastern England has been attributed to the bacteria being a “successful” species, rather than through overuse of antimicrobials.
Irish meat giant ABP Food Group has confirmed it is the first European company to agree a supply deal for beef to the US, since the lifting of the BSE-related ban last March.
Russian agricultural holding Miratorg has signed a contract to supply beef for the production of McDonald’s burgers from its recently created cluster of beef facilities in Bryansk and Kaliningrad Oblast, according to a report from the company.
By Emma Hancocks, senior consultant, Promar International
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The approval of non-stun slaughter in the second half of 2014 should open the doors for Lithuanian producers to increase their business with Muslim countries.
The European Commission stood by its position on Friday (30 January) that the European Union (EU) member states were united regarding talks with Russia about the possible lifting of the latter’s ban on EU food products such as pork meat.
Negotiations to agree the terms of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) are made more challenging by the differing approaches to food safety from the US and European Union markets, delegates to the International Production and Processing...
Tomra Sorting Solutions has reported that demand for its QVision 500 fat analyser has grown "significantly", with orders from leading meat processing companies.
Delegates from the British meat industry attended an introduction to wagyu seminar in London earlier this month, held by the Japan Livestock Industry Association. The association hopes to bolster sales to the European Union after import restrictions were...
Russian veterinary body Rosselkhoznadzor will re-admit imports of meat products from outside the so-called "sanctions list" from six European Union (EU) countries, it is understood.
Country of origin labelling (COOL) should apply to meat, which is an ingredient in processed foods such as lasagne, according to Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee MEPs.
Leading Danish meat processing companies, including Danish Crown, Hanegal and Skare Meat Packers, are attracting renewed acquisitive interest from industrial groups in China.
Mexico has fulfilled demands from Russian veterinary service Rosselkhoznadzor and refrained from using beta-agonists in its meat production, in the hope that it could lead to the reopening of the Russian market.
Finland’s Atria is pushing ahead with plans to reduce its cost base in the face of lower revenues that are mainly being generated due to lost meat trade with Russia, following European Union (EU) and Russian tit-for-tat sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.
Finland’s HKScan Group has announced that its pork slaughtering facility in Forssa is to gain export certification from the Chinese food authorities, following successful inspections carried out last August.
There will be no program of livestock industry support in Ukraine this year, according to the ‘State Budget of Ukraine for 2015’, published on the website of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) on Monday 12 January.
Respiratory disorders are a common welfare problem for lambs in intensive rearing systems, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said, while ewes in extensive farming can often go hungry.
Biodiesel made from animal fat could help cut the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced from processing by 85%, according to the European Fat Processors and Renderers Association (EFPRA).
ABP Food Group has confirmed that it has been in talks to supply Irish beef to the US, but has kept quiet on whether it will be the first company to do so following the lifting of the ban on EU beef.
European Union (EU) meat and livestock producers are less likely to worry that their animals have fed on fodder contaminated with genetically modified (GM) material following a European Parliament vote to allow EU member states more power to block the...
Russian veterinary body Rosselkhoznadzor has sent a request to the veterinary service of Ukraine to conduct investigations into several outbreaks of PEDv in the country.
Export volumes for US beef and pork fell in November, according to the latest data released by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), and compiled by the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF).
African swine fever (ASF) continues to hit pig farming in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, despite efforts by the authorities in those countries to contain the spread of the disease.
Lamex Food Group has announced it will merge four of its trading offices – in the UK, Northern Ireland, the Netherlands and Switzerland - to form a new division called Lamex Foods Europe.
The European Commission (EC) yesterday (7 January) published a series of legal texts and position papers, setting out EU proposals in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations with the US.
The European Commission has approved the addition of Kranjska klobasa – a Slovenian sausage product – on the register of Protected Geographical Indications (PGIs).
The European Union (EU) is to allow imports of sheep and goat meat from Ukraine, which could prove an added incentive to develop production of these types of meat in the country, market participants have claimed.
Ireland has become the first European Union member state to achieve access to the US for its beef, following the lifting of the ban on EU beef in March 2014.
