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Meat production in the UK makes the best use of the country’s agricultural land and greatly aids biodiversity and countryside management, according to British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) chief executive Nick Allen.
This year’s Anuga trade show will have a focus on traceability of products. Its organisers explained how consumers are placing high value on the regionality and traceability of the products and are still addressing the themes animal welfare and protection....
The food giant is expanding its Garden Gourmet range with a new ‘cook from raw’ plant-based mince, and swapping out its vegan Incredible Burger for a juicier, meatier version.
Austrian start-up Rebel Meat had developed a burger made from 50% meat and 50% plant-based ingredients. The hybrid patty will ‘reach those that purely vegan brands cannot’, CEO Philipp Stangl tells FoodNavigator.
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.
Retailer Morrisons has extended its beef supply chain in the UK to allow bull calves from its dairy suppliers to participate in the Arla UK 360 programme.
A House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee in the UK has advised that proposed regulations to ban the use of words such as ‘sausage’ and ‘burger’ for non-meat products would have an adverse effect on the food industry.
Dunbia has slashed greenhouse gas emissions by a third just over four years into a ten-year strategy to reduce the environmental impact of the meat processor, which is a division of Dawn Meats.
Poultry processor Avara Foods has halved wastage on one of its production lines, thanks to a new automated system provided by machinery supplier Sparc.
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.
Processing giant Danish Crown is to switch all of its green and black meat trays to environmentally-friendly PET materials to help reduce food packaging waste.
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.
Irish food businesses, operating as part of the Plastics Action Alliance, have set out their objectives to help reduce the use of plastic packaging in their operations.
German-based food stabiliser supplier Hydrosol will present a range of solutions for the meat and plant-based food markets at the largest international meat trade show, IFFA, in Frankfurt this year.
When you sit down to demolish a bacon or sausage sandwich in the morning, it’s very unlikely that you are thinking of the consequences it is having on your body.
Packaging provider Coveris has unveiled a £1m investment plan at its linerless labels facility in Spalding, England, which will see it increase capacity by over 20% in order to meet growing demand for the sustainable pack format.
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has launched a report into the factors driving attention to the plant-based food trend and how it may impact the future prospects of the meat industry in the UK.
