Processing And Packaging Innovation

Klöckner develops microwaveable pack solutions

Klöckner develops microwaveable pack solutions

By Aidan Fortune

German packaging manufacturer Klöckner Pentaplast's food and consumer products division has launched a complete microwaveable pack solution for fast food retailers and the convenience market in northern Europe.

German outfit K+G Wetter will display its suite of meat processing machinery at Anuga FoodTec

K+G Wetter showcases advances at Anuga FoodTec

By Aidan Fortune

Food processing equipment manufacturer K+G Wetter will present its improved bowl cutters range, as well as grinder solutions to improve meat processing efficiency at Anuga Foodtec from 2-23 March in Cologne, which will feature more than 1,700 exhibitors...

Blockchain technology could help to build transparency in the meat supply chain

Blockchain technology to ‘trigger’ disruption

By Oscar Rousseau

Supply chain disrupter blockchain technology could improve efficiency, food safety and traceability of meat, but business will need to ditch the paper trail first, a report has claimed.

Ask our experts anything related to meat packaging after the webinar

Last chance to register for packaging webinar

By Rod Addy

Time is running out to register for a free online event scheduled for tomorrow, exploring the latest developments in packaging to crack down on spoilage in meat export consignments.

Hampton Creek CEO Josh Tetrick wants help from meat processors to ramp up production

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Lab-grown meat firm in talks to license tech

By Oscar Rousseau

Hampton Creek has confirmed the Silicon Valley start-up is in talks to license its lab-grown meat technology to some of the world’s biggest meat companies.

Russia says it is only producing lab-grown meat to supply the Middle East

First lab-grown meat made in Russia

By Vladislav Vorotnikov

The Moscow-based All-Russian Experimental Veterinary Medicine Institute has produced Russia’s first-ever lab-grown meat.

State of the Industry: Global Meat 2017 provides exclusive data on trading trends

GlobalMeatNews Survey

Drive to cut meat eating had biggest impact last year

By Oscar Rousseau

Pressure from all angles to cut meat consumption for health or environmental reasons had the single biggest impact on the industry last year, according to an exclusive GlobalMeatNews survey.

Murrin: 'Our Meat Science & Innovation Centre ... is the innovation hub where we support our customers in over 40 markets worldwide'

Irish cooked meat business creates 150 jobs

By Oscar Rousseau

Dawn Farms’ multi-million euro investment in its Meat Science and Innovation lab in Co Kildare, Ireland, will create 150 new jobs over the next five years, the company has claimed.

Quiz: The month in meat

Quiz: The month in meat news

By Oscar Rousseau

A quiz on this month's biggest meat news - have you been paying attention to the global meat industry? 

A K+G Wetter engineer hard a work in the German grinding booth

K+G Wetter upgrades factory unit

By Oscar Rousseau

Meat processing machinery designer K+G Wetter has upgraded the grinding booths at its Germany factory in Biedenkopf, a move that should aid food safety.

Trade show Cibus Tec welcomed 1,200 exhibitors showcasing food-processing technology

Thousands gather at Cibus Tec 2016

By Aaron McDonald

Italy is a country renowned for its food exports – something its people are incredibly passionate and proud about – and nowhere is that more prominent than in the region of Parma. 

The mobile abattoir is capable of slaughtering around 150 cows per week

France powers up Sweden’s mobile abattoir

By Oscar Rousseau

Rising demand for ethical and traceable protein has seen Sweden’s Hälsingestintan roll out its innovative mobile slaughter unit in France, heralding a new wave of meat production.

Growth in Belarusian poultry plants has been largely down to equipment upgrades

Belarus eyes international markets

By Vladislav Vorotnikov

Poultry production in Belarus rose by nearly 70% between 2010 and 2015 and now the country has said it wants to become more competitive internationally.

Meat without murder: the lab-grown chicken breast could be ready in under two years

Lab-grown meat to ‘revolutionise’ food sector

By Oscar Rousseau

Tel-Aviv business SuperMeat has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise investment in developing technology that makes lab-grown poultry a viable replacement in the meat industry.

Vladimir Putin's trade bans on western imports have hurt the meat industry

GlobalMeatNews Survey

Russian trade ban inflicts maximum damage

By Oscar Rousseau

Russia’s politically-motivated decision to slash meat imports continues to be a bloody thorn in the side of the meat industry, according to an exclusive GlobalMeatNews survey.

Danish Crown produces 1.3 billion kilogrammes of meat every year

Danish Crown welcomes SPF-Danmark takeover

By Kitty So

Danish Crown has welcomed the strengthening of its distribution system through the acquisition of livestock transporter SPF-Danmark, after it bought out pork producer Tican’s 10% stake.

Firms caught selling low quality meat could face huge fines

Meat quality concern raised by Czech authorities

By Vladislav Vorotnikov

The labelling of tinned meat in the Czech Republic – largely imported from Germany and Poland – is misleading, according to the Czech Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority (SZPI). 

Janet McCollum: Brexit could 'limit export opportunities'

Moy Park backs Remain in Brexit vote

By Oscar Rousseau

Meat processor Moy Park has thrown its full weight behind the UK remaining in the EU eight days before the crucial referendum.

A third of Sokolow's revenue is made via meat exports to counties like Russia and the US

NY business recalls Polish meat

By Oscar Rousseau

New York business Asian Jade Customs Brokerage has recalled 762 pounds (lb) of dried pork sausages under Poland's well-known Sokolow brand imported from the country without being properly inspected.

Reforms to Pakistan's import duty could triple halal meat production in the future

Pakistan cuts duty for meat industry equipment

By Kaswar Klasra, in Islamabad

The Pakistan government has reduced custom duty on machinery imports used in the livestock and meat industry from 5% to 2% to encourage investment in the meat industry.

Kaivon Liha manufactures the burgers you could end up buying in Finland

Atria to buy majority stake in Kaivon Liha

By Oscar Rousseau

Finnish meat processor Atria eyes further expansion in its native land with plans to acquire a majority holding in the kebab and burger manufacturer Kaivon Liha.

The investment comes as the price of Atria's meat products fell by 5% in Q1

Atria to reduce labour force at meat plant

By Oscar Rousseau

A multi-million euro investment by Finnish meat processor Atria, at its Nurmo pork processing plant, will lead to an 80-person reduction in staff by the end of the year.

Zambeef runs close to 100 retail stores in Zambia, along with nine abattoirs

Huge profit growth for Zambeef

By Oscar Rousseau

Aggressive expansion across West Africa has resulted in soaring profit growth for Zambeef, but extremely strong foreign exchange headwinds have troubled analysts.

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