Poultry

The second iteration Meat Attraction recently took place in Spain (Photo credit: Central de Carnes - Grupo Norteños)

Meat Attraction grows in second year

By Aidan Fortune

The leading Spanish trade show for the meat industry recently took place and the organisers took some time to explain how the event has grown.

Chicken disease vaccine progress

Chicken disease vaccine progress hailed

By Aidan Fortune

The University of Edinburgh and the Pirbright Institute have reported progress on a new vaccine strategy that could potentially offer protection to millions of chickens threatened by the infectious bronchitis virus.

Avian influenza hits Russian broiler

AI strikes troubled Russian poultry business

By Vladislav Vorotnikov

Nearly 300,000 chickens have contracted highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) at a farm owned by Russia’s major broiler meat producer Belaya Ptitsa in Rostov Oblast, Russia.

Atria invests in expansion project

Atria invests to increase capacity

By Michelle Perrett

Atria, the Finnish meat producer, has invested €3.4 million (m) to increase capacity at its poultry production plants in Nurmo and Sahalahti.

ASF indirectly impacting poultry market

Global poultry market facing challenges

By Aidan Fortune

The growing incidents of African Swine Fever (ASF) across the globe could have a knock-on effect on the international poultry market.

Cargill expands Polish presence

Cargill to acquire Konspol

By Aidan Fortune

Processor Cargill has reached an agreement to acquire Konspol, a leading Polish value-added food company.

Russian processor margins squeezed

Perfect storm for Russian meat processors

By Vladislav Vorotnikov

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.

Canned meat producer expands storage facility

Konshurt opens new storage facility

By Jaroslaw Adamowski

Polish canned meat industry player Konshurt sp. z o.o. has opened a new storage facility in Jarosław, in the country’s south-eastern region of Podkarpacie, where the company previously used a leased building for storage purposes.

AMR risk low in pork and chicken

Antimicrobial resistance levels revealed in pork and chicken

By Michelle Perrett

The risk of acquiring antimicrobial resistance (AMR)-related bacterial infections is very low in pork and chicken as long as they are cooked and handled hygienically, a new report from Public Health England has revealed.

Siam Canadian has launched a meat division

Siam Canadian expands into meat market

By Michelle Perrett

Siam Canadian, the Asian frozen seafood supplier, has expanded into the meat sector with launch of the Siam Canadian – Meat Division.

Deal signed for meat industry robotics

Frontmatec acquires 40% of AIRA

By Michelle Perrett

Frontmatec, the company that produces automation systems for the food industry, has entered into an agreement to acquire 40% of the shares in AIRA, (Assessorament Industrial Robotica I Automatitzacio) the supplier of advanced robotic solutions for the...

Kisvárda plant expansion plans

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Master Good set to expand Kisvárda plant

By Aidan Fortune

Hungarian poultry processor Master Good is to embark on a HUF15 billion (bn) expansion plan for its Kisvárda plant, aided by a Government grant of HUF3.4bn.

Scandi Standard has acquired a majority stake in poultry processor Rokkedahl Foods

Scandi Standard acquires majority stake in Rokkedahl Foods

By Aidan Fortune

European poultry manufacturer Scandi Standard has entered into an agreement to purchase 51% of shares in organic chicken producer Rokkedahl Foods through its Danish subsidiary Danpo for an undisclosed sum.

Bravcod purchases assets of Galli Gallo

Romanian investors purchase insolvent turkey meat producer for €20m

By Aidan Fortune

Romanian business Bravcod has purchased the assets of Galli Gallo, Romania’s largest turkey meat producer which has filed for bankruptcy, in a deal worth €20m. A reorganisation plan approved by company’s creditors will allow Galli Gallo to maintain the...

The US poultry sector has welcomed access to the Moroccan market

US poultry sector reacts to Morocco access

By Ashley Williams

The National Chicken Council and the USA Poultry and Egg Council have hailed the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) efforts to access new markets for the sector after securing an import deal with Morocco.

Plukon Food Group has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in L&B Wyrębsk

Dutch poultry group completes Polish acquisition

By Jaroslaw Adamowski

As part of its ongoing European expansion, Dutch poultry meat processor Plukon Food Group has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Polish poultry meat business L&B Wyrębski.

ZPM Sława is to invest in its processing facilities

Polish meat business to boost processing capacities

By Jaroslaw Adamowski

Polish meat processor ZPM Sława has unveiled plans to increase its processing capacity shortly after the company took over its plant in Poland’s western region from local meat business Tarczyński.

The legislative proposal had been protested by a number of poultry meat industry associations

Polish MPs to withdraw non-stun slaughter ban bill

By Jaroslaw Adamowski

Poland’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski has announced that Polish lawmakers will withdraw the draft bill to ban non-stun slaughter from the country’s parliament in its current version.

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