New data from the US suggests that carcinogens such as heterocyclic
amines (HCAs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), formed
when meat is cooked may be responsible for the risk of rectal
cancer and not the consumption of...
The EU has made no secret of the fact that it is now looking into
sourcing meat and dairy products from Russia. Simon Pitman
spoke to the Russian Ministry of Agriculture to find out how
discussions on the subject are progressing.
A test has been developed that can reveal the presence of meat from
32 different kinds of animal species. The DNA-based scheme is
currently being examined by European food regulatory bodies as a
possible means of ensuring that a food...
A report into the benefits of assurance for the UK meat and
livestock sector suggests that there is a need to increase the
momentum of assurance as a means of protection.
Beneficial knock-on effects of the Avian Influenza and BSE crises
could soon be felt within Denmark's pork industry, according to
some industry experts. Denmark's Bacon and Meat Council believes
that after months of historically...
With BSE rocking the North American beef industry and Avian 'flu
devastating East Asia's poultry industry at the moment,
traceability has become a buzzword in food production. No surprise,
then, that Canadian food processor...
US agriculture secretary Ann Veneman has announced a series of
e-Government initiatives in response to public fears over beef. In
a recent Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive Health-Care
Poll, over one in five American adults...
The current BSE crisis in the US has touched numerous industries
and ignited countless issues. One of these topics that the crisis
has brought back to life has been the simmering feud over
country-of-origin labelling of beef and other...
The recent announcement of a first confirmed case of BSE in the US
shows that concern about the safety of meat and meat products is
far from over, and that consumer demands for meat whose source is
traceable and quality unimpeachable...
Contamination warnings from the UK food agency highlights yet another food product containing the illegal dye Sudan 1 and issues a follow-up warning about eating venison products containing meat contaminated with the drugs immobilon and revivon.
Sygen International is to receive funding from the BIRD (Binational
Industrial Research and Development) foundation to carry out
research into disease resistance and mortality in poultry.
The recently published results of the Finnish national residue
control programme for 2002 indicate thatfoodstuffs of animal origin
produced in Finland contain very low levels ofmedicinal agent
residues and other contaminants.
A rising tide of imports of pig meat is coming into the UK but much of it which claims to be produced to UK specifications is not, according to the British Pig Executive (BPEX).
Today strict EU rules on the labelling of meat-based products enter
into force. Their aim? To provide consumers with clearer
information on the meat products they eat.
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) is one of many industry bodies to have
urged the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to exercise caution over the
cessation of the Over 30 Months Scheme (OTMS).
The UK Food Standards Agency has made recommendations to the
European Commission pushing for new measures to prevent very high
levels of unnecessary water being added to chicken and an end to
'ripping the consumer off'.
Fears that more than half the Russian quotas on meat imports would stay unallotted have proved to be unfounded, according to consultancy firm Market Advice.
Ingredients and labelling thereof hit the news again this week
following revelations in the UK that chicken has been bulked up
with water and hydrolysed beef and pork proteins - without the
appropriate labelling.
Spanish consumers appear to have shrugged off the concerns about
the safety of meat related to the BSE scandal. The meat sector
posted the biggest increase in per capita consumption last year,
according to a recent survey.
The US Government's food safety leader, Elsa Murano, has said that
despite irradiation being an effective way to maintain the safety
of meats, companies are still slow on the uptake.
Overcapacity continues to affect the organic food industry with a
new report from UK market analysts Organic Monitor that reveals
large volumes of organic meat products are coming into a market
that is showing slowing growth rates.
With the French poultry sector in decline as a result of falling prices, increased competition and overproduction, Duc is looking to foreign markets - and innovative products - to help it survive.
UK ingredients company Edlong Flavours announced this week that it
has developed a new range of authentic European Cheese flavours
designed for ready meals - food service and retail - applications
Poultry processors have been warned by a report from the UK Food
Standards Agency which shows that there is a continuing problem
with added water and animal protein in chicken supplied to
restaurants and takeaways.
A new study from Germany suggests that cutting back on meat could
help us live longer. Researchers, studying the impact of vegetarian
nutrition, highlighted the benefits of a vegetarian diet.
Five former officials at the now-defunct Japanese company Snow
Brand Foods conspired to falsely label imported beef products as
domestic beef and swindled an industry body out of millions of yen
in a government buyback scheme, so...
Shares of Surebeam, the US provider of electronic beam food safety
systems, yesterday soared more than 30 per cent after the company
won its latest grocery contract amid concern over meat safety
following several US outbreaks of food-borne...
A recent survey carried out in the UK shows that food safety is
becoming an increasingly important part of consumers' habits,
according to a report by Mintel.
The words 'food safety' are on the lips of manufacturers,
politicians and consumers across the world. In response to a
seemingly increasing preoccupation with this issue scientists are
constantly under pressure to come up...
Overcapacity has hit the British organic meat sector with
significant volumes of organic lamb and organic beef set to be sold
as conventional meat products this year, according to UK market
researchers Organic Monitor.
Irish food group Glanbia has confirmed that it has been forced to
close its UK consumer meat division as a result of worsening
trading conditions. The closure of the unit will lead to the loss
of around 717 jobs and net losses of...
DSM Food Specialties is highlighting a new range of SavorKey yeast
extract-based flavours offering a boiled beef and boiled chicken
taste at this week's IFIA exhibition in Tokyo, Japan.
ConAgra Foods, America's second largest food company, is reportedly
in talks to sell a large chunk of its fresh beef and pork
operations, a move that analysts have been urging because the
operations have been a drag on earnings.
Smithfield Foods, the largest US pork producer, said fiscal
third-quarter profit beat analysts' estimates, as results were
boosted by sales of higher-margin branded products like
ready-to-eat meats.
Up to three-quarters of a million eggs eaten every day contain
residues of a toxic drug that is widely used by intensive poultry
farmers, according to a new report published this week by the Soil
Association.
ConAgra Foods' recent move to separate financial results of its
branded foods from agricultural businesses might be more than a
bookkeeping shuffle, and could prepare the ground for an eventual
spinoff or sale of the company's...
The UK meat industry has witnessed a general reduction in
non-compliances in meat hygiene teams this year, a Food Standards
Agency report reveals this week.
Ingredients supplier Lyckeby Stärkelsen has developed a new range
of products based on potato fibre. The first to be launched is
LYCKEBY PM 50. This product is developed for injected poultry
products and has a dual-purposes.
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) announced on Monday stricter
measures, in the form of a seven point plan, to tighten the laws
preventing unfit poultry meat entering the human food chain.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a final rule that
will require manufacturers to label the source of natural sausage
casings if the casings are derived from a different type of meat or
poultry than the meat or poultry...
The Hungarian Government is pushing for a full lifting of the ban
on meat and food product shipments to Russia, according to Péter
Balás, Deputy State...
The meat and poultry industry have yet another new internet
marketplace online.Provision X opened for business on Thursday with
five suppliers including...
A process to make ground meat more tender may also make it safer to
eat,according to researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
AgriculturalResearch...
