Cultured meat innovator Aleph Farms has successfully completed the first ‘slaughter-free meat’ experiment in space through a joint experiment on the International Space Station.
Plans by the UK’s Conservative Party to introduce a ban on live exports of farm animals and suggestions that they should be slaughtered at the closest abattoir have been heavily criticised.
Meat processing business Tönnies Holding and the Dekon Group are launching a joint venture for a slaughter and butchering centre in the Sichuan region of China.
Flavour and high costs remain two of the biggest challenges that the cell-based meat sector needs to overcome before production for everyday consumers can be realised, but its potential benefits for customisation are unrivalled, according to a recent...
Construction on a new cooling tunnel at Danish Crown’s Rønne slaughterhouse has been postponed following the discovery of a 3,500-year-old Bronze Age mound.
Polish poultry meat producer and processor Drobimex managed to expand its production by 12% in the first half of 2019, and plans to increase its capacities in the coming years, according to senior company representatives.
The labour shortage in the meat industry continues to work its way around the globe, with numerous markets attempting to attract staff and prevent a downturn caused by a lack of workforce.
Poultry processor Avara Foods has halved wastage on one of its production lines, thanks to a new automated system provided by machinery supplier Sparc.
The production of food processing and packaging machinery in Germany rose by 8% in 2018, the highest in a decade, according to VDMA (Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association).
Russian agricultural holding Cherkizovo is to install an artificial intelligence (AI) system at one of its meat-processing facilities in order to optimize production process and cut production costs.
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has ended its contract with Hallmark Meat Hygiene and is to take control of official veterinarian and meat hygiene inspection functions.
Croatian meat producer and processor Vajda has invested more than HRK 50 million (€6.8m) in modernising and increasing its production capacities in Čakovec, in the country’s northern region.
The Polish Ministry of the Environment has drafted a new bill to restrict investments in building new animal breeding facilities in close proximity to residential buildings.
The world’s largest trade show that is dedicated to the meat industry is now upon us. IFFA 2019 takes place 4-9 May in Frankfurt and will feature more than 1,000 exhibitors from 49 different countries.
Ahead of unveiling its new ‘The Future of Meat is Green’ initiative at the IFFA show in Germany, concept developer Vaessen-Schoemaker spoke exclusively to GlobalMeatNews about its hopes for the scheme and how the meat debate could become a positive one....
Bulgarian meat producer and processor Gradus AD has completed an investment worth BGN3.5 million (€1.8m) to increase its broiler breeding capacity by launching a new facility.