As the year draws to a close, 2018 has certainly been a period of highs and lows for the international meat industry, but what significant milestones are processors expected to face in 2019?
Romanian cooperative Tara Mea has unveiled plans to establish a slaughterhouse and a cutting facility for sheep under an investment estimated to be worth some €6m. The project is expected to increase the availability of Romanian sheep meat in the domestic...
Russia faces a big spike in lamb production, as agricultural holding Miratorg steps up a major sheep farming project and Stavropol Farmer nears completion of potentially the country’s biggest lamb processing plant.
UK-based bodies the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) and the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is calling on farmers to join its independent body The Sheep Health and Welfare Group.
A European Court of Justice (ECJ) advocate general has advised the court to allow organic labels to be fixed to meat and poultry products from livestock killed under religious rules, such as halal and kosher, without pre-stunning.
Average profitability for meat processors in Russia meat processors has hit one of its lowest levels ever, as the industry finds itself caught between high prices for raw materials and weak purchasing power among consumers.
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has launched a new corporate website designed as a one-stop shop for information on the Welsh red meat industry.
The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) chairman Sean Dennehy has said the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) needs to come to its senses to not damage the sheep sector.
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is calling on the Government to urgently clarify whether the lamb exported under the new trade deal with Saudi Arabia will be stunned before slaughter.
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has called on the Irish Agricultural Board to stop underestimating costs associated with the introduction of compulsory electronic identification (EID) tagging on sheep.
UK organisations the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Cymru and the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) have called on the country’s government to recognise the importance of Welsh meat when designing the future agricultural policy.
The outlook for European Union (EU) beef, sheep and goat meat exports looks bleak, with sales tumbling, according to an EU agricultural markets 2018 and 2019 forecast, released by the European Commission.
Hybu Cig Cymru - Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) is targeting the Asian foodservice sector to export more of its Welsh lamb and beef as it makes preparations for Brexit.
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.
Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine announced this week that electronic identification for Irish sheep would become mandatory, producing a divided opinion among the Republic’s farming sector.
Strict security measures are set to be introduced by the Russian authorities for the FIFA World Cup, which are likely to bring instability to the domestic meat market.
French politicians have voted in favour of banning food producers from labelling vegetarian-based products as a meat item to avoid confusion among consumers.
Research undertaken to evaluate a three-year European marketing campaign for Welsh lamb and Welsh beef has highlighted the importance of the PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) status that the products currently enjoy.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has released draft guidance for meat and livestock businesses seeking European Union (EU) approval for new or modified stunning methods used at slaughter.
Organic, free-range, high animal welfare standards and no hormones or antibiotics are proving to carry more weight with meat-eaters in Ireland, a study by the Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Teagasc, has found.
The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) have published details of a major review into the sites where meat products are processed and stored.
Meat and livestock companies and organisations are carefully examining a draft agreement on Brexit that was released by the European Commission on Wednesday (February 28), to see whether British meat and livestock exports can freely circulate across the...
Meat producers and exporters in Britain and Ireland have called on policy-makers to come up with more alternatives for a post-Brexit trade settlement between the UK, Northern Ireland and the EU.
The European Union’s (EU’s) development of a protein strategy, announced by EU agriculture commissioner Phil Hogan, should help Europe become more self-sufficient in animal feed, meat industry experts have told GlobalMeatNews.
