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6366 | Marfrig presented its latest progress report | Marfrig, a global leader in the production of hamburgers and one of the largest beef companies in the world, recently presented its 2022 Sustainability Progress Report to its stakeholders. in relation to environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) aspects, with highlights for advances in the six major pillars of the company's sustainability platform: source control, animal welfare, climate change, natural resources, effluents/waste, social responsibility. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">Achievements within the scope of the Marfrig Verde+ Program are also presented, which brings together the company's strategy to promote sustainable livestock and aims to make 100% of the supply chain – direct and indirect – free of deforestation in the Amazon, Cerrado and other biomes. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The Sustainability Report reveals that last year, for the first time, 100% of Marfrig's operations in Brazil (and a distribution center in Chile) offset all carbon emissions from energy consumption at the units, through the acquisition of I-RECs, international renewable energy certificates. Recognized worldwide, the I-RECs attest that the electricity consumption of these operating units came from a sustainable source of energy. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Marfrig is the only one in the beef protein sector to have targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, to control global warming by 1.5°C, approved by Science Based Targets (SBTi), an international initiative that results from the collaboration between the CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, the World Resources Institute and the World Wide Fund for Nature. In this way, based on science, the company contributes to global warming not exceeding 1.5°C, as established by the Paris Agreement. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">For scope 1 (gases coming directly from Marfrig's operations) and scope 2 (gases coming from energy purchased by the company), Marfrig's commitment is to reduce emissions by 68%. As for scope 3 (indirect emissions, promoted along the production chain), the target is a 33% reduction. For the three scopes, the reduction deadline is 2035 and the base year is 2019. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In 2022, Marfrig started a pilot project to reduce the emission of methane gas, produced by oxen in digestion processes. Enteric fermentation is one of the main sources of direct gas emissions in the company's activities. At one of the supplying farms, Marfrig began to offer the animals, in the fattening phase, Silvafeed® BX tannin, a food supplement manufactured by SilvaTeam, mixed with feed. Studies show an average reduction of 15% in methane emissions resulting from enteric fermentation. This initiative helps Marfrig to reduce the gases released into the atmosphere along its supply chain, minimizing the impact of emissions. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In 2022, Marfrig achieved indirect supplier identification rates of 72% in the Amazon and 71% in the Cerrado. Since 2010, 100% of the direct supplier properties (around 8,000) in all Brazilian regions have been monitored and tracked via satellite. They participate in the Marfrig Club Program, which disseminates good sustainability practices in the company's chain of Brazilian producers. Marfrig has already invested US$30 million in direct and indirect supply chain management. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Last year, the company completed the Social and Environmental Risk Map for all regions where it operates. With it, Marfrig is able to identify and prioritize actions in the cattle supply areas in Brazil that are more exposed to socio-environmental risks. In 2022, the tool started to cover 100% of the national territory, after the inclusion of the Atlantic Forest biome. With a pioneering approach, the map was based on a detailed risk matrix based on a broad photograph of forest areas, combining information on: livestock production – herd of cattle present in a given space; environmental conservation – areas of deforestation, pastures and native vegetation, identifying preserved areas and levels of production/degradation; human rights – incidents of forced labor or child labor, in addition to mapping indigenous lands and protected areas destined for traditional communities, such as quilombola territories. This risk matrix, converted into a geographic distribution map, makes it possible to identify locations where cattle come from with different degrees of risk, from “low” to “very high”, marked with different colors, and allowing targeted and precise actions, according to priority regions. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The number of farms reinserted as Marfrig suppliers in 2022 surpassed 2,500, after returning to operate in accordance with the company's socio-environmental commitments, demonstrating the strong commitment to the principle of socio-economic inclusion of cattle ranchers, present in the Marfrig Verde+ Program.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Associated with the reinclusion process, Marfrig – in an unprecedented way – carried out environmental diagnoses for producers in the Amazon and outlined, together with them, an action plan to restore the vegetation on the properties. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Marfrig's animal welfare area received investments of US$2.5 million last year, allocated to structural improvements at the company's units in North and South America. Also globally, there were 115 technical visits to monitor rural properties, 2,648 hours of lectures and training; 3,106 employees were trained in animal welfare. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In 2022, 100% of Marfrig's cattle and sheep slaughter units in South America (Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay) were audited in accordance with the NAMI Protocol, which determines the highest global standards of animal welfare, from the evaluation of the structural conditions and equipment, the quality and conditions of transport and handling of the animals until the moment of slaughter. By 2025 the North America Operation must also be audited to NAMI animal welfare standards.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">At the units in South America, 77% of the cattle were transported on journeys lasting eight hours or less, exceeding the target (70%). </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In Brazil, 6,611 evaluations of animal transport vehicles were carried out; 98% of the transport cages were in perfect condition; 99.9% of drivers were rated among the best levels; 88.1% of the farms met at least one animal welfare criterion of the Marfrig Club Program. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Last year, 92% of the energy used in Marfrig's Brazilian operations was purchased on the free market. All operational units have Water Treatment Stations (ETAs), which are subject to internal audit processes. In Brazil, the highlight is that 25% of the units reuse water, in routines that do not require the input to be potable. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Marfrig's global goal is to reduce, by 2035, 20% of the volume of water consumed to produce one ton of product (base year 2020). </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Marfrig's effluent and waste area also advanced in 2022. The company's Brazilian units received investments of 46 million reais, applied to the modernization and operation of Effluent Treatment Stations (ETEs). They all have ETEs. Another 39 million reais were invested in the construction and maintenance of biodigesters. And a novelty in this area was that 17% of Marfrig's Brazilian units began to adopt, in 2022, fertirrigation in their work routines. The technique, which is increasingly used to make nutrients available to the soil and subsequently absorbed by plants, provides increases in production and productivity. Fertirrigation is a sustainable alternative to the disposal of effluents and improves the soil and cultivation of properties neighboring the units.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">A novelty announced by the Report on Progress in Sustainability is that, in 2022, Marfrig became part of the Steering Committee of the Protocol for Voluntary Monitoring of Cerrado Cattle Suppliers, which will contribute to the alignment of the best socio-environmental monitoring practices for the purchase of products of bovine origin in the biome. The committee is defining responsible purchasing criteria and parameters to be followed by all companies linked to the beef sector, in order to ensure that supply chains are not linked to socio-environmental problems. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">At the end of the year, Marfrig was invited by the Harvard Business School – one of the most prestigious business schools in the world – to make the company's sustainability journey one of the cases studied in the Agribusiness Seminar program. The company accepted and the presentation, in early 2023, focused on Marfrig's actions to promote sustainable and low-carbon livestock. In front of an audience made up of leaders of companies, governments and non-governmental organizations from different countries that work in agribusiness, company representatives spoke about topics such as the Marfrig Verde+ Program and challenges in tracking suppliers. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The report recalls that Marfrig was the animal protein company with the best positions in rankings, indices, lists and reports considered a reference in the evaluation of ESG policies and practices. In the Coller FAIRR Protein Producer Index 2022 ranking, used by investors in their analyzes and decision-making, the company was classified as low risk in terms of sustainability, unprecedented recognition for an animal protein company. In the overall ranking of this study, Marfrig moved from seventh to third, ahead of other companies in the industry. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Marfrig was also highlighted in global rankings for animal welfare, water security and climate change. It remained, for the third consecutive year, in the portfolios of the Corporate Sustainability Index and the Carbon Efficient Index, both of B3, the Brazilian stock exchange. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"In 2022, Marfrig achieved real and significant advances in ESG, detailed for society in the Sustainability Progress Report, which took the company to even more prominent positions in the main international ESG rankings and reports. This coincides with periods when high rates of deforestation in tropical forests made headlines around the world. We are a multinational, with products that reach more than 100 countries, but our origin is Brazilian. Therefore, we are very pleased to show the world that environmental preservation and livestock production are complementary, and that there are companies in Brazil that are global references in practices that encourage sustainable livestock farming", says Paulo Pianez, director of Sustainability and Communication Marfrig Corporate. </p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-20 00:15:33 | 2025-07-30 12:34:00 | Details Edit Delete | |
6365 | World meat consumption will increase by 14%, according to the United Nations | According to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) report "Climate Risks in the Agricultural Sector", consumption will be driven mainly by income and population growth. In high-income countries, per capita meat consumption is expected to stabilize due to changes in consumer preferences and slower population growth. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">Poultry consumption is expected to account for 41% of global meat products, and beef for 20 %.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Meat production is also forecast to grow 5.8 percent by 2030, compared to a base period of 2018 to 2020, according to the report. The OECD projects Asia and the Pacific as the only regions where per capita beef consumption is expected to increase by 2030.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In China , the world's second-largest consumer of beef, per capita consumption will increase by about 8% by 2030, compared with a growth rate of 35% in the past 10 years.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Sub-Saharan Africa will have the highest growth rate for beef production at 15% , due to strong population growth. Meat production is also expected to grow 6% in North America and yet decline 5% in Europe.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">As for the lab-grown substitute, with continued technological advances in the field, the costs of cultured meat are expected to become competitive with those of traditional meat, and indeed, he estimates that by 2025 the meat from animals will be 90% of the total meat business and in 2040 it will represent only 40%.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">For consumers, the environmental impact of meat and dairy production is increasingly important and generates greater awareness through social networks.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-20 00:10:15 | 2025-07-30 01:50:34 | Details Edit Delete | |
6364 | Marel: Cut-up technology for Asian tastes | The Asian market for chicken parts has some very specific requirements. These result from traditional manual cuts usually done by skilled labor. Manual cut-up is, however, no longer an option given today’s production volumes and the shortage of people. In its new ACM-NT modules, the Neck Cutter HY and the Second Joint Wing Cutter HPP, Marel has really succeeded in mimicking the hand/knife movements demanded by these cuts. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">In Chinese and Asian markets, the second wing joint (also known as wing flat, center wing or wingette) is a top-quality end product with a much higher value than breast meat. For a perfect second joint wing cut, it is crucial to keep closed the tip of the skin between the first and second joints. This gives the right product appearance and the highest yield. The fully anatomic cut should respect Chinese tradition, with superb skin coverage, intact epidermis and no cartilage damage.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">As the second joint is a very complex structure with irregularly shaped bones, a simple straight cut will not give the required result. Automated cutting should involve a series of precise and consistent movements. Paul Arnts, Poultry Process Technologist for Marel says, "To ensure that the right amount of skin is harvested along with the second joint, our new Second Joint Wing Cutter HPP features a dedicated pre-incision blade. It can equal a skilled manual cut to give excellent presentation and a very high yield".</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Each wing entering the module is immediately 'caught' by its own dedicated 'active transporting unit' that moves the wing towards the blade holder. The wing joint is pushed into its optimal position and the module 'feels' automatically where the bone joint is located. The Second Joint Wing Cutter HPP is not sensitive to variations in weight or shape. The static knife makes a consistent anatomic cut precisely at the right position of the joint.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Paul Arnts continues, "By adding that extra piece of skin to the second joint, you actually take it away from the first joint. Given the high value of the second wing joint, first joints with little skin left on are acceptable to the Asian markets. In other parts of the world, however, they would be rejected. For those markets, the basic Second Joint Wing Cutter HPP without pre-incision will cut high-quality anatomical second and first wing joints.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In Chinese and Asian markets the chicken neck is a high-value product. It is eaten in many different ways, on a skewer, as a snack, as street food, or as part of a dish. When cutting up a chicken carcass, attention should be paid to the careful harvesting of the whole neck. It should be as long as possible, but without damage to valuable pieces of breast skin and meat, and without breast contamination from crop skin or crop fat.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In the evisceration process, chicken necks are cracked, trachea and esophagus having already been removed. In the cut-up department, the process is completed by harvesting the neck as a consumer product. The Marel Neck Cutter HY achieves optimal neck yield and enhances breast skin quality. It can even benefit wing cutting quality. And what is more, it does all this while saving labor. There’s no longer any need for an additional worker to remove manually any residual crop skin or crop fat in the downstream breast deboning line.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Product guides position the necks before they enter the cutting unit and bend away the wings to prevent them from being cut. Thanks to an ingenuous pulling transport mechanism, the Neck Cutter HY cuts the neck extremely effectively, carefully and tidily at exactly the right location to make it as long as possible. The module uses a non-aggressive, spring-loaded chain that adapts to every weight and size. Rotating blades then sever the neck from the product.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">All the above Marel technologies give an additional 30mm [1.2“] neck length. However, length is not everything. The neck cutter has to find a compromise between a long neck cut - up to the scapula bone - and breast skin quality. The Marel Neck Cutter HY gives processors the opportunity of adjusting settings to their individual preferences.</p> | 1 | Technology | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-20 00:05:04 | 2025-07-30 10:56:47 | Details Edit Delete | |
6363 | Tyson Foods launches new health and well-being platform | As part of a new initiative designed to build a healthier workforce, Tyson Foods Inc. has introduced a special digital tool to help its team members improve their health and well-being. | <p>Approximately 120,000 people employed by the company in the U.S. now have access to a technology platform provided by Limeade, an immersive employee well-being innovator. The platform, which is available on a voluntary basis and can be accessed by computer or through a mobile app, delivers personalized activities and resources that support emotional, physical, financial and work well-being.</p> <p>The Limeade platform is the cornerstone of the new "Living Well at Tyson Foods" initiative that infuses health and wellness into the workplace. The app includes the designation of specified team members as well-being champions across the company, monthly working wellness webinars, and other programs.</p> <p>"We started the ‘Living Well at Tyson Foods’ initiative because we care about our team members and believe the Limeade platform will enhance our efforts to promote a culture of well-being", said Dr. Claudia Coplein, chief medical officer, Tyson Foods. "Our company’s success depends on our people and this initiative will place well-being at the heart of the team member experience, infusing health and wellness into the workplace".</p> <p>The Limeade platform operates in 19 languages and serves as a centralized health benefits hub for team members. It includes information on preventative health activities, connections to internal Tyson Foods well-being programs and access to a library of educational resources. Users can choose whether to engage in a variety of activities through the platform, such as syncing the platform to their personal fitness trackers, taking interactive quizzes and connecting with other members through its social capabilities.</p> <p>The platform, along with access to full health care benefits on day one of employment, is another example of Tyson Foods’ ongoing commitment to the health and well-being of its team members. Others include:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Longer parental leave: Earlier this year, the company announced it has invested more than $20 million to offer longer parental leave, additional mental health support and other wellness and health plan benefits at no additional cost to team members.</p> </li> <li> <p>Health centers: Tyson Foods continues to pilot seven health centers that offer team members and their families easier access to high-quality healthcare and, in most cases, at no cost.</p> </li> <li> <p>Prescription drug savings: In 2021, the company partnered with Rx Savings Solutions to provide a free, confidential online tool that gives team members and their covered dependents ways to pay less for the medications covered through the company’s health plan.</p> </li> </ul> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-19 00:25:52 | 2025-07-30 13:47:45 | Details Edit Delete | |
6362 | Producer prices for agricultural products are 20.4% higher in February than last year | In February 2023, producer prices for the German agricultural products were 20.4% higher than in February 2022. | <p><span lang="DE">As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the increase compared to the same month last year weakened for the fifth month in a row. In January 2023 the year-on-year change was +25.2%, in December 2022 it was +29.8%. Compared to January 2023, prices fell by 0.7%. At +6.8%, the prices for plant products rose less sharply than the prices for animal products (+30.5%) compared to the same month last year. In January 2023 the rates of change were +10.7% for crop products and +36.0% for animal products. Compared to the previous month, plant products were 0.1% cheaper in February 2023, and animal products - 1.2% cheaper.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The price increase for plant-based products compared to the same month last year is due, among other things, to the rising prices for ware potatoes. In February 2023, these were 45.9% higher than in the same month of the previous year. In January 2023, however, the price increase was still 67.5%. At +1.5% compared to February 2022 (January 2023: +7.2% compared to January 2022), the price increase for grain also continued to decline.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The prices of animal products in February 2023 were 30.5% higher than in February 2022. The price of milk in February 2023 was 21.4% higher than in the same month last year. The price increase for eggs, which has been continuously increasing since the beginning of 2022 compared to the same month of the previous year, continued in February 2023 at +52.4% compared to February 2022. In January 2023, the change compared to the same month in the previous year was still +45.0%.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Animal prices increased by 37.3% in February 2023 compared to February 2022. In January 2023, the price increase compared to the same month last year was 35.7%. The prices for slaughter pigs rose by 73.5% in February 2023 compared to February 2022, and for cattle by 1.7%. In February 2023, the prices for poultry were 29.1% higher than in February 2022. The main reason for this was the price development for chicken (+26.0%).</span></p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-19 00:20:36 | 2025-07-30 13:08:43 | Details Edit Delete | |
6361 | AHDB will exibit at two major meat events in China | The Chinese market continues to be a major focus for pork exporters from the UK, with two of the most important meat industry shows taking place over the next month. | <p><span lang="DE">This week, AHDB will exhibit at the China International Meat Industry Exhibition (CIMIE) to help boost exports of pig meat, which are already up 28 per cent in value on the same period last year.<br />According to the latest figures from HMRC, in January, almost 11,000 tonnes of pig meat was shipped to China, worth more than £18.5 million.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Despite a number of challenges in the market, the UK exported over 126,000 tonnes of pig meat to China last year, worth a staggering £203 million - resulting in China remaining the leading market for our pork exports.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Held in Qingdao Cosmopolitan Exposition, from Thursday until Saturday, CIMIE attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world. The show will be particularly important this year, being the first dedicated meat event since China has reopened its borders since the beginning of the pandemic.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">AHDB’s export team will be returning to CIMIE for the first time since November 2019 due to Covid-related travel restrictions, to showcase pork from the UK to thousands of potential buyers. China-based representative Holly Chen, who has supported AHDB on the ground in China for many years, will join exporters on the stand.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Next month, a further five exporters from the UK will join AHDB on the British Meat Pavilion at China’s leading trade show for meat, SIAL China at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. The three-day show, which will host around 4,500 global exhibitors and over 150,000 visitors, runs from 18 - 20 May.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">AHDB’s Head of Asia Pacific Jonathan Eckley said: "We are excited to be returning to China with our pork exporters for two major events which provide a platform to promote our pork, whilst developing and maintaining relationships with buyers across Asia.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"China remains the largest export market for our pork products and it’s imperative that we continue to build all important relationships with key importers, face to face meetings are particularly important in China.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"It will be fantastic to be able to host the UK’s leading exporters in person in China for the first time since November 2019 and reconnect with our in-market stakeholders and showcase 'Quality Pork from Britain' at these professional industry shows, to find further opportunities to grow our shipments".</span></p> | 1 | Events | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-19 00:15:22 | 2025-07-30 14:49:06 | Details Edit Delete | |
6360 | Australia’s cattle herd in a state of change | MLA’s Market Information team analysed Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data from 2016 to 2021 to examine how Australia’s cattle herd is changing at a state, category and Local Government Area (LGA) level. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">Looking at the trends across the dairy and beef industry, significant changes have occurred across the national herd between 2016 to 2021.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, of businesses running cattle has increased 2% – this is an increase wholly from beef businesses.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Over the 2016–2021 period, the number of businesses running meat cattle increased 4% while the number of dairy businesses dropped 23%. This trend could be expected to continue as the number of businesses running dairy heifers fell 27% between the (2016 and 2021), equating to a drop of 83,000 dairy heifers.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Given heifers are the building blocks of a herd, declining heifer numbers indicate a structural move away from dairy cattle in Australia.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In contrast, 5% more enterprises were running beef heifers between 2016 to 2021 as producers rebuilt their herds post-drought. As a result, there were an extra 1,811 businesses running beef cattle in 2021 compared to 2016.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Total cattle numbers (dairy and beef) rose in all states bar NSW and the NT.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Cattle numbers in Tasmania grew by 20%, WA by 6%, Victoria by 3% and Queensland by 2%. Cattle numbers in SA remained the same.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The number of total cattle in NSW fell 11% or 567,446 head. Cattle numbers in the NT were back 23% or 506,668 head.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The drop in cattle numbers in NSW was driven by a reduction in cattle businesses – down 3% or 514 enterprises.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">On an LGA basis, Toowoomba saw the greatest increase in absolute cattle numbers – up 51% or 134,284 head.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The other shires that experienced the greatest growth in absolute numbers were:</p> <ul style="font-weight: 400;"> <li>Charters Towers (Queensland)</li> <li>Livingstone (Queensland)</li> <li>Derby-West Kimberley (WA)</li> <li>Halls Creek (WA).</li> </ul> <p style="font-weight: 400;">There were minimal changes in cattle numbers in Hay (NSW), Adelaide Hills (SA) and the Mornington Peninsula (Victoria) – under 100 head change.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The greatest drop in cattle numbers were experienced in:</p> <ul style="font-weight: 400;"> <li>Maranoa (Queensland)</li> <li>Central Highlands (Queensland)</li> <li>Isaac (Queensland)</li> <li>Balonne (Queensland)</li> <li>Warrumbungle Shire (NSW).</li> </ul> <p style="font-weight: 400;">All these shires experienced drops of over 50,000 head, largely as a result of drier conditions (given Queensland was the last state to emerge from drought).</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Northern Tasmanian towns Waratah-Wynyard and La Trobe saw the greatest percentage increase in the number of cattle run – each running more than 10 times the cattle they were in 2016.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In terms of cattle businesses, six shires saw more than 50 net new businesses enter cattle production between 2016 and 2021. These shires were Toowoomba (Queensland), South Burnett (Queensland), Wangaratta (Victoria), Banana (Queensland) and South Gippsland (Victoria).</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The five shires experiencing the biggest decline in cattle enterprises were Moira (Victoria), Armidale (NSW), Corangamite (Victoria), Warrumbungle (NSW) and the Snowy Monaro Shire (NSW).</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Interestingly in the shires of Corangamite and Armidale, more cattle per enterprise were being run in 2021 – suggesting rationalisation and expansion of existing businesses is more pronounced in these areas.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-19 00:10:47 | 2025-07-30 01:36:29 | Details Edit Delete | |
6359 | New investment to bring Moy Park closer to net zero goal | Moy Park has installed a new state of the art combined heat and power (CHP) unit at its Craigavon facility, bringing substantial efficiency and sustainability benefits. | <p><span lang="DE">Delivered and installed by Centrica Business Solutions, the new CHP unit uses natural gas to generate electricity and hot water at the site, with its exhaust gases also used to feed into a heat recovery generator to provide steam. It means CHP technology is over twice as efficient as conventional power sources.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">It is the latest in a series of measures Moy Park is taking to improve energy efficiency and meet its target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions across its operations by 2040. Alongside investment in emissions reduction projects in Moy Park owned facilities, the company is investing in research and development projects to strengthen and scale regenerative farming practices and is committed to reducing water use intensity by 15% by 2030 and have 100% renewable energy across the business by 2025. Last year, the company had its commitment to net zero validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Welcoming the launch of the new CHP unit, Nompilo Sibanda, General Manager, Moy Park said:</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"We have a responsibility to produce quality food in the most sustainable way and to reduce our impact on the environment. This responsibility is something we take very seriously, and across business we are taking action to make our processes more energy efficient and sustainable. This investment at Craigavon will ensure energy savings, and we are grateful to the team at Centrica for their partnership and collaboration in delivering this project.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"Our journey to net zero emissions by 2040 is ongoing and this is just one of many investments we are making to reach our sustainability goals. We are collaborating closely with partners to ensure our processes across the business and across the supply chain are more sustainable and bring us closer to our net zero target".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Justin Jacober, Director of Centrica Business Solutions UK & Ireland</span><span lang="DE">, said: “CHP isn’t just an energy-efficient solution; it’s also a smart one. It allows businesses like Moy Park to produce heat and power from the same fuel, delivering cost savings, environmental benefits and energy security, all in one package.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"With net zero commitments driving change across Moy Park’s operations, the new CHP unit is a milestone on its journey to net zero greenhouse gas emissions. And, with the food and drink industry facing challenges from increased production costs and supply chain issues, improved energy efficiency is more important than ever. We look forward to continuing to work closely with Moy Park as the business realises the full benefits of this important investment".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Centrica Business Solutions has provided a consolidated full wrap package for the industry leading food company, acting as investor, manufacturer, installer, and service provider that guarantees performance for the life of the system.</span></p> | 1 | Technology | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-19 00:05:24 | 2025-07-29 12:17:52 | Details Edit Delete | |
6358 | FRIMAQ launches a new compact thermoformer | At interpack 2023, FRIMAQ will be showing NEW EQUIPMENT and practical solutions for standard packaging. | <p>One of the new solutions FRIMAQ is offering is the TFF STAR. The STAR range defines a new line of compact thermoforming machines able to cover a wide range of packaging systems such as Sealing, Vacuum, MAP and Skin thus offering a versatile solution able to cover all needs with the best packaging results at an affordable pricing.</p> <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/files/pictures/article/TFF-STAR.png?1681800470711" alt="TFF-STAR" width="600" /></p> <p>More than Accessible: FRIMAQ knows how important it is for the customer and especially for the technical part that the machine is accessible and practical when it comes to maintenance. That is why the STAR range offers maximum accessibility and comfort for maintenance tasks thanks to a new hinged electrical panel which allows all round access to the sealing station, and also features as the new lower gates system, which offers the possibility of full or 45 degree opening for easy viewing and inspection of the underside.</p> <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/files/pictures/article/TFF%20-%20DUSELDORF%20ABIERTA_Camera_C%C3%A1mara%205.png?1681800601800" alt="TFF - DUSELDORF ABIERTA_Camera_Cámara 5" width="600" /> <img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/files/pictures/article/TFF%20-%20DUSELDORF%20ABIERTA_Camera_C%C3%A1mara%206.png?1681800630029" alt="TFF - DUSELDORF ABIERTA_Camera_Cámara 6" width="600" /></p> <p>Precision: It could be a word that would go together with FRIMAQ thermoforming machines as they have a servomotor for the displacement of the chains and drum motors for the film movements allowing to have an exact control of the movement. It also has acceleration and deceleration ramp regulations, which allows us to pack even the most susceptible products at the right speed.</p> <p>Compact to maximum performance: The STAR Thermoformer has been designed to make full use of space providing maximum performance as well as an economical and versatile solution being able to use the most common film widths and with the possibility of choosing from a wide range of formats and various packaging technologies.</p> <p>Upper Film : 320, 360, 420 , 460 or 470mm</p> <p>Bottom Film : 320, 360, 420, 460 or 470mm</p> <p>Package Depth; 120mm</p> <p>Step/index: 214, 250, or 300mm</p> <p>Material types : Flexible and rigid up to 400mc</p> <p>Sealing types : Perimetral, total polivalente e Isopack</p> <p>Possible packaging systems : Sealing , Vacuum , MAP and Skin</p> <p>12” Screen</p> <p>DIMENSIONS: Total length : 3795mm; Total width : 1065mm; Total height : 1800mm</p> <p>OPTIONS AVAILABLE: MAP; Skin +0; Photocell for printed film; Motorised exit belt; Easy-open; Rigid cut with rounded edges; Upper film: 297, 339, 387 or 437; Vacuum pumps: 250m3/h or 360m3/h; Booster pumps: 500m3/h; Scraps suction cleaner; Liquids and solid decanter; Autolobrication for chains; Rigid Cutting; Adaption from Rigid to Flexible cutting.</p> <p>FRIMAQ only works with top leading brands such as BUSCH, FESTO, SMC, SCHNEIDER, BECKHOFF among others.</p> | 1 | Technology | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-18 00:30:26 | 2025-07-30 01:48:16 | Details Edit Delete | |
6357 | Swift opens new 200 million dollars facility in Missouri | Swift Prepared Foods, a subsidiary of leading global food company JBS USA, has opened its newest facility – Principe Foods, which produces high-quality Italian meats and charcuterie. | <p>Company executives were joined by local, regional and state leaders as they cut the ribbon on their new facility today in Columbia, Missouri.</p> <p>Missouri leaders join Principe Foods' executives to cut the ribbon on the new $200 million food facility in Columbia, Missouri.<br />"We are excited to welcome Principe Foods to Missouri," said Governor Mike Parson. "More than 400 companies in the food industry are currently operating in Missouri, and that figure continues to grow thanks to world-class companies like JBS USA and Swift Prepared Foods investing in our state. This facility will provide many new opportunities for the mid-Missouri region, and we look forward to seeing the company succeed for years to come."</p> <p>The company invested more than $200 million in the new 325,000 sq. ft. Italian meats and charcuterie production facility. Principe Foods has already created 100 new jobs in the region, with plans to hire 100 to 200 more people over the next year. The company offers extremely competitive wages to attract and retain top talent. Additionally, Principe Foods offers strong benefits and tuition-free community college for team members and their children.</p> <p>"We are very pleased to celebrate the opening of this state-of-the-art Italian meats facility in Columbia, Missouri," said Tom Lopez, President, Swift Prepared Foods. "This is the culmination of years of hard work and investment by our team and our partners in Missouri. We are grateful for the support we've received up to this point and look forward to the ongoing growth of this facility and the Principe Italia brand."</p> <p>Swift Prepared Foods announced plans to build the new facility in Columbia in April 2021 to meet increasing retail and food service demand for Italian meats and charcuterie. The company selected Columbia due to its strategic location, business-friendly environment, and the ability to access raw materials and leverage synergies with existing strategic assets.</p> <p>"The City of Columbia is incredibly proud to be the home of this new facility," said Mayor Barbara Buffaloe. "Our community strives to be a great place for everyone to live and work and the many resources we have to offer allow us to attract great partners, like Principe Foods, to achieve this vision. This facility is an investment in our community and adds to our thriving manufacturing environment."</p> <p>"We're excited to see Principe Foods open for business in Boone County," said Boone County Presiding Commissioner Kip Kendrick. "Principe brings many new opportunities in this state-of-the-art facility and good-paying jobs to Boone County and the mid-Missouri region. We are confident that Principe Foods will be a good community partner and a major employer in Boone County for years to come."</p> <p>Principe is a part of the Swift Prepared Foods portfolio of products. Swift also recently opened another new facility in Missouri. In May 2021, Swift cut the ribbon on a ready-to-eat, fully cooked bacon production facility in Moberly, Missouri.</p> <p>"Missouri is a premier location for companies in the food industry," said Subash Alias, CEO of Missouri Partnership. "When a company selects your state for not just one, but two new major facilities – in two different regions – it's a testament to the pro-business environment statewide. We are proud to have Principe Foods in Columbia and Swift in Moberly, and we will support their continued growth and innovation at both locations."</p> <p>These investments in Missouri are consistent with JBS USA's long-term strategy to increase its value-added and branded portfolio with innovative, on-trend products. Globally, JBS is a major player in the value-added, Italian meats category with significant production capabilities and recognized brands in Italy, Australia and Brazil.</p> | 1 | Events | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-18 00:03:43 | 2025-07-30 09:11:39 | Details Edit Delete | |
6356 | US broiler exports set new records | U.S. broiler exports for the first two months of this year set an all-time high in volume, while egg exports registered gain in value, according to new trade data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. | <p>Mexico, Vietnam, Congo (Brazzaville), Mauritania, Iraq, Ghana, Haiti, UAE, Costa Rica, Congo (Kinshasa), Jamaica, Sierra Leone, Cuba, and Gambia registered significant gains in broiler exports from the same period a year ago.</p> <p>Broiler exports for January-February reached 617,478 metric tons, up 3.3 percent from the same period of last year, while export value was $746.6 million, down 3.7 percent (Figure 1). Of the total shipment, 54.6 percent or 337,176 tons were shipped to the top six markets, including Mexico, China, Cuba, Taiwan, Guatemala, Canada.</p> <p>Shipments to Mexico in January-February 2023 were 123,092 metric tons, up 20.8 percent from the same period a year earlier. During the same period, Brazilian chicken exports to Mexico reached 27,593 metric tons, up 16.9 percent year over year, while Chilean chicken exports to Mexico were 4,255 metric tons, up 17.7 percent.</p> <p>Exports to China decreased by 23.2 percent to 78,411 tons (of which 64.1 percent or 50,271 metric tons were chicken paws), while shipments to Cuba increased by 4.0 percent to 52,162 tons. Exports to other important markets were Taiwan, 38,387 tons, down 7.6 percent; Guatemala, 23,755 tons, down 2.2 percent; Canada, 21,369, down 10.1 percent; Angola, 20,722 tons, down 14.7 percent; Haiti, 17,920 tons, up 28.7 percent; Congo (Brazzaville), 17,700 tons, up 49.4 percent; Vietnam, 16,350 tons, up 62.7 percent.</p> <p>Broiler exports in February 2023 were 303,849 metric tons, down 2.6 percent from the same month of last year, while export value was $372.1 million, down 6.9 percent. <br />Shipments to Mexico increased by 19.5 percent year over year to 59,967 metric tons, while exports to China decreased by 25.1 percent to 37,984 tons (of which 64.0 percent or 24,305 metric tons were chicken paws). <br />Exports to Cuba dropped by 26.6 percent to 22,919 tons, while shipments to Taiwan decreased by 6.2 percent to 20,417 tons. <br />While exports to Mauritania, Vietnam, Congo (Brazzaville), Ghana, UAE, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Congo (Kinshasa), and Sierra Leone increased notably year over year, exports to Angola, Philippines, Canada, Kazakhstan, Guatemala, Turkmenistan, and Malaysia decreased significantly.</p> <p>Cumulative turkey exports for the first two months of this year were 23,404 metric tons, down 26.2 percent from the same period a year earlier, while export value was $80.3 million, down 26.7 percent (Figure 2). The decrease in export volume is due largely to tight supply of US turkey products. <br />Of the total quantity exported, 85.6 percent or 20,026 metric tons were shipped to the top six markets, including Mexico, Canada, Jamaica, Leeward-Windward Islands, Vietnam, and Benin, with Mexico alone accounting for 71.4 percent or 16,704 metric tons.</p> <p>Turkey exports in February 2023 were 11,306 metric tons, down 25.7 percent from the same month of last year, while export value was $38.3 million, down 26.2 percent. Shipments to Mexico decreased by 17.6 percent to 8,351 metric tons, while exports to Jamaica increased by 36.5 percent to 484 metric tons.</p> <p>Exports to China were zero, as compared to 1,093 metric tons for the same month a year earlier. While exports to Panama, Vietnam, Canada, Equatorial Guinea, and Ghana increased notably, shipments to Dominican Republic, Benin, Costa Rica, Colombia, UAE, Haiti, and Samoa decreased significantly.</p> <p>Total egg exports (table eggs plus egg products in shell egg equivalent) for the first two months of 2023 decreased by 404.4 percent to 20.4 million dozen. The value of those exports increased by 34.9 percent to $51.8 million.</p> <p>Cumulative exports of table eggs through February this year were 11.2 million dozen, down 9.3 percent from the same period of last year, while export value reached $30.4 million, up 96.9 percent. Of the total shipments, 89.3 percent or 10.0 million dozen were shipped to the top six export markets, namely Canada, Bahamas, Israel, Netherlands Antilles, United Kingdom, and Hong Kong.</p> <p>Table egg exports for February 2022 were 5.6 million dozen, an increase of 4.4 percent from the same month a year earlier, while export value reached $13.4 million, up 86.2 percent, thanks largely to increase exports to Canada.February exports to Canada hit 3.3 million dozen, as compared to 0.3 million dozen for the same month of last year, while exports to Hong Kong were less than 0.2 million dozen, down 93.9 percent year over year. While exports to United Kingdom, Bahamas, Netherlands Antilles, and Israel increased notably, exports to Mexico, Taiwan, UAE, EU-27, and Oman decreased significantly.</p> <p>For egg products, exports in January -February 2022 totaled 3,715 metric tons, down 29.3 percent from the same period of last year, while export value was $21.3 million, down 6.9 percent. Exports to the top six markets including Japan, Mexico, EU-27, Canada, South Korea, and Bahamas accounted for 93.0 percent or $19.8 million.</p> <p>February exports of egg products were 2,064 metric tons, down 27.7 percent from February 2022, while export value reached $10.6 million, down 18.5 percent. Export sales to Japan reached $4.4 million, up 16.1 percent year over year, while exports to Mexico hit $2.3 million, up 94.4 percent. While exports to Thailand, UAE, Netherland Antilles, and Bahamas increased significantly, exports to Canada, EU-27, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Israel decreased notably.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-18 00:02:20 | 2025-07-28 05:39:17 | Details Edit Delete | |
6355 | Iain Macdonald, QMS: Record pig prices driven by tight supply | In the week ending April 8th, the GB Standard Pig Price (SPP) reached a new record high of 216.7p/kg deadweight, according to the latest market commentary from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS). | <p>This was 37% higher than the same week last year and 45% above the five-year average. While the market has historically edged higher in March and April, the unusual feature in 2023 has been a steady upwards trend since the beginning of the year, with the SPP rising by 8.3% in thirteen weeks.</p> <p>Iain Macdonald, QMS Market Intelligence Manager, explains: “While a large part of the year-on-year change reflects the sharp increase in pig prices between spring and summer 2022, when pork processors had supported prices in an attempt to protect future security of supply, the further price lift in 2023 appears to have been driven by a sharp tightening of supply.”</p> <p>Going back to June 2022, while a census was not carried out in Scotland, the census results for England had shown year-on-year declines of 17% in the English sow herd and of 1.4% in prime pigs on farm. Recently published December census results showed that the pace of year-on-year sow herd contraction in England had reached 20%, while the year-on-year fall in prime pigs had accelerated to 7.9%.</p> <p>This lagged impact on the prime slaughter market is reflected in Defra slaughter statistics as GB abattoir throughput fell by less than 1% year-on-year between June and November 2022. However, slaughter numbers then fell by 8.7% on a year earlier in December 2022, followed by declines of 2.6% in January and 18.6% in February.</p> <p>Over the three months to February 2023, prime pig throughput at GB abattoirs fell by 10.1% year-on-year and was down by 8.4% on the five-year average. Meanwhile, data from ScotEID showed an 18.5% year-on-year reduction in pigs leaving Scottish farms for slaughter in the first quarter of 2023.</p> <p>Iain continues: “Adding to this decline in pig availability has been a rebalancing of carcase weights from the elevated levels seen over the winter of 2021/22. With abattoirs able to handle the volume of pigs ready for slaughter this year, the average carcase weight of standard pigs at price reporting abattoirs was around 6% behind year earlier levels between December and February.</p> <p>“As a result, the year-on-year decline in prime pig throughput of 10% in the December to February period at GB abattoirs turned into a 15% reduction in the volume of pigmeat produced.”</p> <p>Over and above this fall in prime pigmeat output, the volume of sow meat produced for export and further processing has fallen even more sharply, with GB abattoir throughput of sows and boars down by 24% year-on-year in the three months to February 2023. While some of this decline reflects the elevated sow slaughter levels of winter 2021/22 due to herd contraction, throughput was still nearly 14% below the five-year average, a stronger decline than for prime pigs.</p> <p>Defra figures highlight the scale of the decline in UK pigmeat production this year, with the UK producing 25,800 fewer tonnes in the first two months of 2023 compared to 2022, more than double the 12,500 tonne increase in UK pigmeat production that was seen in the calendar year of 2022.<br />Meanwhile, after adjusting domestic pigmeat production to account for import and export volumes, total UK pigmeat market supply is estimated to have fallen sharply since summer 2022. The estimated decline between July 2022 and February 2023 is enough to more than offset the previous lift in supply from the first half of 2022.</p> <p>Iain highlights: “As well as reduced trade flows, the price of pigmeat imports and exports will have been having an impact on the domestic pig market. Indeed, the average value of pork imports to the UK from the EU rose sharply in 2022, reflecting the surge in EU pig prices. In the first two months of 2023, the average price per tonne imported to the UK from the EU was 26% higher than a year earlier, while exports averaged 78% more expensive than in early 2022.”</p> <p>These external pricing pressures are likely to have continued given that EU pig prices have risen at nearly twice the pace of GB prices since the start of 2023, narrowing the difference between GB and EU farmgate pig prices to around 4-5% since the beginning of March compared to a gap of around 12% at the beginning of the year.</p> <p>Iain adds: “Looking forward, the sharp decline in pig numbers reported in England in December 2022 suggests that domestic supply is set to remain tight for much of this year. Although the steep fall in sow slaughter in early 2023 could be a sign that some producers are beginning to rebuild herds now that farmgate prices have rebalanced higher and the cost of straight feeds has fallen back sharply, any recovery in prime pig numbers will come at a considerable lag.</p> <p>“Meanwhile, external factors look set to support a tight domestic market. In the EU, the pork market continues to look tight. Indeed, EU pigmeat production reduced by 5.6% in 2022 and the EU Commission is forecasting a 5.1% decline in 2023. While the EU Commission had been expecting pork import volumes from non-EU sources to rise in 2023 to support consumption, tight supply in the UK limited the volume exported from the UK to the EU in January and February.”</p> <p>Iain concludes: “Looking further afield, the Chinese pork market has softened slightly further in recent weeks after an improvement in supply led to a sharp fall in wholesale pork prices between October 2022 and February 2023.</p> <p>“However, there are reports of a spike in cases of African Swine Fever in China and futures market pricing in China suggests that traders are expecting supply to tighten in the second half of the year, potentially supporting demand for imports. Similarly, there have been reports from the Philippines that ASF is leading to a shortage of pork.”</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-18 00:01:06 | 2025-07-30 06:07:45 | Details Edit Delete | |
6354 | UK prime cattle prices continue to increase | GB prime cattle prices continued to exceed historic levels in March, informs AHDB. | <p>The all-prime deadweight average measure moved up to an average of 485.5p/kg for the four weeks in March. This was up 16% versus the same period last year. The week ending 1 April saw prices reach an average of 488p, a jump of 4.5p throughout the month. While still on an upward trajectory, the rate of price growth has slowed during March, when compared to February’s gains.</p> <p>Steer prices remain elevated at an average of 486.9p/kg for March, with a high of 489.4p/kg in the week ending 1 April. On the month, prices were up 10.5p from February’s average. From the same four-week period in 2022, steer prices increased 67.4p.</p> <p>Heifer prices showed less change in the first two weeks of March but had an uptick in the final two weeks. Prices jumped 3.5p in the third week and ended the month at 487.7p/kg. The average for the month was 485.1p, up 9.8p on February’s average. On the year, prices have risen by 66.5p for the same time-period in 2022.</p> <p>Young bull prices climbed to a high of 472.7p/kg for the final week of March, following some fluctuations in the previous three weeks. Prices rose 7p throughout the month, with an average of 468.6p for four weeks. This is an uptick of 12.8p from February’s average, and up 65.7p on March 2022.</p> <p>Cow prices plateaued for the first three weeks of March before easing by 0.7p in the final week, bringing the monthly average to 384.1p/kg. Comparing this to February’s average, there has however been an increase of 8p. Versus March 2022, cow prices were up 55p.</p> <p>Prime cattle slaughter remained relatively equal throughout the month, reaching 128,100 head in March. This was up 3,700 head (3%) from the previous year, but down 2,200 head on the five-year average. Weekly slaughter figures averaged 32,000 head during March, being fairly consistent with February’s averages.</p> <p>Tighter supplies and strong competition continue to support firm cattle prices. As we move forwards through spring and into summer the weather will be another crucial watchpoint for demand levels and subsequent pricing. We expect data imminently for Easter performance and how the cost of living has impacted beef trade.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-18 00:00:33 | 2025-07-30 07:41:12 | Details Edit Delete | |
6352 | AHDB: Pig prices at record high in March | According to a new AHDB analysis, GB deadweight pig prices have continued climbing to new highs in March (w/e 04 Mar - 01 Apr) bringing the average price for the EU spec SPP to 213p/kg. | <p>Weekly increases between 1-2p have resulted in the EU spec SPP standing at 216.74p/kg for the week ending 08 Apr, an increase of over 16p/kg in the 14 weeks since the start of the year.</p> <p>The EU spec APP averaged 215p/kg in March (we/ 04 Mar- 01 Apr). Like the SPP, the APP has also seen weekly increases, although a little more subdued, ranging between 0.5-1.5p, with the EU spec APP standing at 217.13p/kg in the final week of the month. This has meant the gap between the APP and SPP has been narrowing, now standing at only 1.6p.</p> <p>Estimated GB slaughter was the lowest total for the month of March since records began in 2014. For the 5 weeks (w/e 04 Mar – 01 Apr) numbers stood at 758,700 head. This is 200,000 head below the record high throughputs of March last year and nearly 140,000 head below the 5-year average. Estimated slaughter numbers for the year to date stand at 2.02 million head, a significant decline of 16% year on year and 13% compared to the 5-year average.</p> <p>In Europe, markets are recording similar trends. The latest EU reference prices show that in the 4 weeks ending 26 Mar the EU-27 gained over 4p/kg to sit at 204.95p/kg. This is a substantial increase of over 25p since the beginning of the year. The difference between the EU and UK reference price is now just under 8p.</p> <p>All key producing nations have recorded significant growth in pig prices compared to the start of 2023, with the exception of Denmark, where price declines in January are equal to the price increases recorded through February and March. <br />France and Spain have seen the strongest growth, with price increases in the region of 40p/kg in the 12 weeks that have passed. The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium have recorded growth of almost 30p/kg while Poland is up 23p/kg.</p> <p>The latest EU production data shows that in January a total of 19.74 million pigs were slaughtered, a year on year decline of almost 1 million head. 2022 saw the lowest slaughter throughputs in almost a decade in the EU with production forecast to decline a further 5% in 2023 which may keep prices supported if demand is steady.</p> <p> </p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-17 00:00:11 | 2025-07-29 12:37:18 | Details Edit Delete | |
6351 | JBS opens three new Green Offices | With 18 offices in four Brazilian regions, the program has already advised more than 4,800 properties in municipalities with a large presence of livestock in the country. | <p>JBS, the largest food company in the world, incorporated three new units to the Green Offices (EV) program, which now has 18 service points. Located in the municipalities of Araguaína (TO), Naviraí (MS) and Vilhena (RO), the new EV more effectively distribute the project's service capacity by region. Since the beginning of its activities in May 2021, the Green Offices have already assisted in the environmental regularization of more than 4,800 properties in the North, Midwest, Southeast and Northeast regions of the country. In all, more than 1,000 hectares have already been dedicated to forest recovery, an area equivalent to around 1,000 soccer fields.</p> <p><span lang="DE">The cities of the three new units were chosen based on data collected in a mapping carried out by the sustainability team at Friboi, a JBS company leader in the beef segment in Brazil, which identified the regions that most requested services from the Green Offices since the beginning of the program and who need specialized technical support with the opportunity to engage new groups of producers.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The Green Offices offer free legal and environmental advice to support cattle ranchers in meeting socio-environmental criteria. EV actions allow JBS to serve the cattle rancher closely, helping in the step by step towards environmental regularization, as well as in the technical guidance of new processes. The company thus guarantees a solution for producers who wish to improve their operations in order to be able to supply animals to JBS, to other farms or beef processing industries.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Another relevant action of the Green Offices is to present and guide producers in their registration on the Transparent Livestock Platform (TLP), a free online portal, using blockchain technology, which allows producers themselves to consult the environmental compliance of their suppliers. of young animals, ensuring a production chain with greater traceability, transparency and socio-environmental regularity. The TLP is a virtual environment for monitoring socio-environmental criteria in cattle raising, providing unprecedented advances in the traceability of the production chain with data security, reliability and engagement.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"Green Offices are born out of our vision that simply blocking cattle purchases from a rancher who does not comply with our purchasing policy will not solve the environmental challenges the country faces. It is necessary to generate inclusive actions and positive impacts through the provision of free socio-environmental and technical assistance and support them in the process of regularizing their properties so that we can contribute to making the Brazilian livestock chain even more sustainable", says Liège Correia, director of Sustainability at Friboi. In addition to free technical assistance, EVs partner with financial institutions to facilitate access to credit for ranchers to carry out their environmental regularization projects.</span></p> | 1 | Technology | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-16 00:10:52 | 2025-07-29 23:47:48 | Details Edit Delete | |
6350 | AHDB: Meat dishes still a firm favourite with diners | Meat dishes still retain the lion’s share in the out of home market despite a year-on-year increase in meat-free meals. | <p><span lang="DE">According to research from AHDB</span><span lang="DE">, dishes containing meat, fish and poultry (MFP) account for the majority of spend in the out of home market, with ‘meat-free meals’, including vegetarian and plant-based, only accounting for 15.1 per cent, despite a year-on-year increase of 23.1 per cent.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The majority of top dishes are still meat driven – with 97% of burgers being meat or poultry based. Nearly nine in 10 Asian-cuisine meals and 80% of Indian-cuisine meals include MFP, highlighting its importance for driving value out of home.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">And despite the increasing popularity of Veganuary, no January increase in meat-free meals in the out of home market was recorded.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">AHDB and Kantar analysis shows plant-based may come at a price premium – the average cost of a plant-based meal out of home is £7.49, compared with £3.76 for pork, £5.52 for beef and £5.65 for chicken. The average price of a vegetarian meal is £5.06.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Rebecca Gladman, AHDB Retail Insight Manager, said: “Amidst the cost-of-living backdrop, consumers will inevitably look for ways to save money. While vegetarian meals are competitively priced, plant-based dishes do come at a premium to pork, beef and chicken.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"Therefore, the main area of risk for the meat category in the out of home market isn’t meat alternatives, but rather dishes that are vegetarian by nature, such as cheese sandwiches and meat-free pizzas".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">One of the key differences between MFP and meat-free meals in the out of home market is where they are consumed or bought. MFP meals are more likely to be bought in fast-food restaurants, whereas the popularity of vegetarian sandwiches means meat-free takes a bigger share in coffee shops.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">AHDB Senior Retail Insight Manager Kim Heath said: "Within meat-free, coffee shops and cafes have gained at the lunch occasion. However, people are still more likely to consume MFP for their main meal, which is typically a more expensive, bigger occasion. For MFP to maintain its importance in the out of home market, opportunities lie in further menu innovation".</span></p> | 1 | Retail | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-16 00:05:35 | 2025-07-29 23:20:28 | Details Edit Delete | |
6353 | Spain: GO PREVPA, a joint effort to fight ASF | It's no secret that staying free of African Swine Fever (ASF) is a vital goal for the white-coated pig industry. | <p>For this reason, the results offered by the work carried out by the Operational Group for the prevention of African Swine Fever in Spain (GO PREVPA) are undoubtedly one more step to arm the industry against this disease.</p> <p>The mere possibility of closing borders for exports to third countries in the event of the appearance of cases is more than enough reason for the involvement of the entire sector to be total in the maintenance and implementation of biosecurity measures that prevent the entry and spread of this sickness. And that is what has been achieved in this Operational Group, working hand in hand with farmers, hunters, veterinarians, scientists and public administrations.</p> <p>For two years, the GO PREVPA, in which INTERPORC has actively participated, has worked on issues as important as the sustainable management of wild boar, the main carrier of this disease.</p> <p>The elaboration of maps to zone the overabundance of wild boars or the design that has been carried out of a protocol for the sustainable monitoring of these animals, whose movement has been the cause of the majority of outbreaks that have arisen in Europe in recent years, will help us to provide essential information to quickly take action if a problem arises.</p> <p>Undoubtedly, this procedure will be very useful for public administrations and for the hunting sector, which has been involved in the work aware of the importance of its work in managing the overabundance of wild boar. For this sector, a series of documents have been published that remind its practitioners that they are an essential agent to combat the disease.</p> <p>On the other hand, actions have been carried out directly with companies and professionals in the pig sector, the most affected in the event of the entry of the ASF virus into Spain.<br />The work carried out with intensive and extensive farmers to analyze the main contagion risks on farms has resulted in the creation of a map in which the risks of wild boar-pig interaction are classified at the municipal level.</p> <p>In other words, thanks to GO PREVPA Spain has a tool that makes it possible to establish more important alert levels, as well as to know the movements of wild boars near pig farms and how they interact with the livestock resources in those areas. <br />This will make it possible to detect the main foci in which infections can be generated due to the occasional presence of animals that may arrive infected.<br />In addition, by analyzing the data from a survey carried out on 100 extensive farmers through the ITACA platform, and from a biosafety audit carried out on 40 intensive farms, standardized biosafety protocols have been created.</p> <p>In these two years, more than 1,100 participants have attended the nine online workshops given, demonstrating the concern that the ASF arouses, but also the existing interest in improving the biosecurity of the facilities.</p> <p>At INTERPORC specialists always try to remember that staying free from African Swine Fever is everyone's business, and fortunately now, thanks to the work carried out by GO PREVPA, they have it a little easier.</p> | 1 | Technology | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-15 04:01:10 | 2025-07-30 04:46:22 | Details Edit Delete | |
6349 | Chile: Reduction of the carbon footprint in the meat industry | Energy is the major contributor to climate change, accounting for around 60% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. For this reason, the companies affiliated to Chile Origen Consciente (ChOC), belonging to the poultry and pig sectors, promote the incorporation of non-conventional renewable energies, measuring their consumption and developing Energy Management plans, which directly indicate in reducing the carbon footprint. | <p>Energy efficiency has been consolidated as a tool to curb climate change, along with the development of renewable energy and the electrification of transport, allowing the same energy goods and services to be obtained, but using fewer resources. The improvement of processes, the use of less polluting products and intelligent energy consumption are some of the initiatives with significant impact.</p> <p>Within the framework of Earth Hour, which took place on March 25, the ChOC program and each of its affiliated industries and companies seek to highlight some of the most important actions carried out in terms of energy efficiency.</p> <p>In this sense, the meat sector considers that its companies measure their energy consumption and have an Energy Management Plan with scope in the establishments, which incorporates efficiency measures and/or uses of renewable energies, as appropriate.</p> <p>Poultry and pork companies that are part of the standard, in order to ensure sustainable energy management in the meat sector, must prepare an Energy Management Plan that contains a diagnosis that accounts for consumption and where the processes or areas of the company that concentrate the greatest use are identified. In addition, they define a baseline for consumption and performance indicators that make it possible to quantify the improvements obtained in the annual evaluation of this Plan. In this way, they measure their energy consumption with scope in the schools and incorporate measures of efficiency and/or use of renewable energies, as appropriate.</p> <p>"It is essential that companies in the meat sector take concrete measures in terms of energy efficiency. In this sense, ChOC helps us project, organize and measure our actions, promoting management plans that will ensure a more sustainable future for us as an industry, with consumption baselines and performance indicators known from the beginning", commented the Sustainability Manager from ChileCarne, Daniela Álvarez.</p> | 1 | Technology | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-15 00:10:49 | 2025-07-30 09:19:57 | Details Edit Delete | |
6348 | SÜDPACK and ULMA Packaging promote sustainability at interpack | SÜDPACK and ULMA Packaging will present two sustainable packaging concepts at this year’s interpack trade fair – in Hall 5, Stand C23. The flow pack and the thermoformed packaging are based entirely on mono-materials – and are therefore fully recyclable. Visitors will be able to watch the production of flow packs live on the FM 500 horizontal flow pack machine as well as the production of thermoformed packaging on the TFS 600. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">The focus is on Flow Pack mono material solutions as sustainable alternatives to conventional flow pack films. These mono-structures are designed to ensure efficient processing with a high output on standard flow pack machines. They can be equipped with different barrier properties and together with a wide sealing range, results in high process and packaging reliability. At the same time, the structure of the sealing layer allows the simple and efficient in-line application of common zipper systems.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Despite their reduced material thickness, the attractive flow packs based on Pure-Line films offer a level of product protection that is comparable to conventional packaging systems and thus prevent food from premature spoilage. They also contribute to a significant reduction in packaging weight – for example, material savings of up to 60% can be achieved by substituting rigid tray packaging with flow pack solutions.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">At ULMA’s stand in Düsseldorf, Landjäger salami will be packaged in a modified atmosphere on the FM 500 horizontal flow pack machine. This robust and reliable high-speed machine can output up to200 packs per minute and is equipped with an LD (Long Dwell) cross-sealing head, which ensures the packages are airtight even at high production rates thanks to a long sealing time combined with a rotary motion.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">This recyclable flexible film concept for the production of thermoformed packaging</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">is based on SÜDPACK’s PurePP film and is processed on ULMA’s hygiene-certified TFS 600, a thermoform packaging machine designed for the production of both modified-atmosphere and vacuum packaging for a wide variety of food products. This machine combines maximum flexibility and efficiency in the packaging process – and impresses with fast format changes, easy operation and cleaning, as well as a high level of packaging and process reliability even in high-performance mode.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Thanks to its excellent thermoforming properties and good machinability, the Multifol PurePP bottom film can be processed on standard machines such as the TFS 600 with only minor adjustments – even at high cycle rates in continuous operation. The top web, an Ecopol PurePP Peel, ensures good sealability. These perfectly matched films are a guarantee for high process and packaging reliability. This flexible film concept is suitable for a wide range of applications, such as stackable packaging, large-volume gastronomy applications and even fresh pasta. </p> | 1 | Technology | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-15 00:05:18 | 2025-07-30 10:19:49 | Details Edit Delete | |
6347 | Brazilian chicken meat exports reached 514.6 thousand tons in March | The Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA) informs that Brazilian exports of chicken meat (considering all products, between fresh and processed) totaled 514.6 thousand tons in March. The number exceeds by 22.9% the total shipped in the same period of 2022, when 418.8 thousand tons were exported. | <p><span lang="DE">As a result, the result of sales of chicken meat in the third month of this year reached US$ 980.5 million, a figure 27.2% higher than that recorded in the same period of 2022, with US$ 771.7 million.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In the accumulated result for the year (1st quarter), Brazilian exports of chicken meat reached 1.314 million tons, a volume 15.1% higher than that shipped in the same period of 2022, with 1.142 million tons.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In revenue, this year's quarterly result was 25.5% higher, with US$ 2.573 billion between January and March of this year, compared with US$ 2.051 billion in the same period of 2022.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"There was a generalized increase in purchases from the main export destinations, at a time when Brazil was prepared in terms of supply. A combination of factors influenced the atypical behavior of international sales of chicken meat in the month, such as, for example, part of the late shipments in February. Furthermore, this is a period in which, traditionally, there is an acceleration of shipments, within the sales schedule for the summer in the Northern Hemisphere. The environment of reduced supply of products in some regions, as a result of the increase in the cost of grains and energy, together with the outbreaks of Avian Influenza in the world, favored the anticipation of purchases by certain importing destinations", evaluates the president of ABPA, Richard Santin.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Among the main export destinations, China led imports, with 187.9 thousand tons imported in the first quarter, a volume 24.5% higher than the same period in 2022. Other highlights were Saudi Arabia, with 96 thousand tons (+69, 9%), European Union, with 62.2 thousand tons (+24.1%) and South Korea, with 50.9 thousand tons (+43.7%).</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"There is a market context that favors record numbers for the Chinese market. The resumption of consumption levels with the end of restrictions on the movement of people added to the drop in poultry housing levels in Chinese commercial farms, generating an increase in demand for imported chicken meat from Brazil. At the same time, other relevant markets, such as the European Union, United Kingdom and South Korea, also increased their purchases, in a movement that should continue in these destinations in the coming months. Also noteworthy is Iraq, which had been paralyzed since mid-2022, and is now positioned among the main destinations for the Brazilian product", analyzes ABPA markets director, Luís Rua. </span></p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-04-14 00:20:16 | 2025-07-29 19:19:27 | Details Edit Delete |