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| 5516 | Mixed picture in the EU beef market | Spain and Ireland increased production, while other countries are in decline. | <p>The EU produced 1.64 million tonnes of beef in the first quarter of 2022, down only 0.8% compared to 2021 and in line with the EU short-term forecast. However, production was mixed across the continent. Some nations such as Spain and Ireland saw strong year-on-year growth, however, this did not quite make up for the continued decline seen in Germany and France.<br />Slaughter numbers for the period stood at 5.58 million head, little change (+11,000 head) from the same time last year. Carcase weights are reportedly lighter than last year with forecasts expecting them to continue to lower due to higher input prices for production encouraging earlier slaughtering.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2022-06-15 13:23:23 | 2025-08-05 17:09:13 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 5154 | CP Foods develops plant-based meat | A partnership was signed with "Lypid", a startup from the United States, to create plant-based meat that has the same taste and texture as real meat. | <p>CP Foods makes a first step to the alternative protein market by signing a partnership with a US startup. Both companies will work to create plant-based meat that has the same taste and texture as real meat with the help of Lypid's innovative “vegan fat”. Dr.Lalana Thiranusornkit, senior vice president for Food Innovation and New Product Development of CP Foods, announced a collaboration with Lypid, a San Francisco-based food-tech startup and the winner of the recent Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit in Singapore. Lypid is the inventor of “vegan fat”, a line of fats made of vegan oils that make the plant-based products taste like real meat.<br />“Lypid's vegan fat will create a better experience for consumers," said Dr. Lalana, explaining that 'Fat' is a part that makes meat taste delicious. Lypid is developing 'vegetable fats' to have the same texture, melting point, and oil content as animal fats, which will be the key to more 'real meat-like' taste. Moreover, it has better nutritional value than usual animal fats.<br />The partnership with Lypid follows CP Foods’ Open Innovation approach that ready to work with research houses, universities and start-ups across the world in creating food innovations that can respond to fast-changing consumer demands and future food trends according to the 'Kitchen of the World' vision.<br />Lypid will learn and share its knowledge with CP Foods senior management and collaborate with a team of experienced researchers and product developers at the RD Center to create 'the future of plant-based meat'.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2021-12-20 07:38:37 | 2025-08-05 17:08:44 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 6451 | Tyson Foods completes acquisition of Williams Sausage Company | Tyson Foods, Inc. completed the previously announced acquisition of Williams Sausage Company, Inc. of Union City, Tenn., furthering the company’s strategy to increase its capacity and product portfolio. To ensure the continuity of business operations, Emily Billingsley, Roger Williams’ daughter, will be responsible for the company’s operations. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">"This acquisition aligns with our strategy to win with customers, augments our manufacturing capabilities, and expands our product portfolio", said Stewart Glendinning, group president, Prepared Foods for Tyson Foods. "Williams Sausage Company brings real strengths in its brand, facilities, and direct store delivery network that make this a logical and welcome addition to our Prepared Foods business".</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"Our family has enjoyed 65 years of success thanks to dedicated team members, great customers, and fantastic suppliers that have allowed us to build a quality food company", said Williams Sausage Company President and CEO Roger Williams. "We’re grateful to find a new partner in Tyson Foods, a company that understands the important legacy of family businesses and is committed to supporting a smooth transition for all stakeholders".</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"We are honored that Williams Sausage Company is entrusting us with their 65-year legacy and a portfolio of value-added brands for retail and food service customers", said Glendinning.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Williams Sausage Company employs approximately 500 team members and produces fresh and fully cooked sausage, bacon, and sandwiches for retail and food service customers.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-05-26 00:10:01 | 2025-08-05 17:08:42 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7299 | Danish Crown opens for piglet share ownership | Danish Crown will tie the chain from farm to fork closer together. One of the ways to do that is to invite the piglet producers in as share owners in a way that triggers both the residual payment and the attribution that takes place each year to the individual share owner's account. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">In the autumn, Danish Crown's board of representatives set up a committee to come up with proposals for modernizing the 137-year-old cooperative. The committee is now ready with its first proposal, which will make it possible for producers of piglets to become part-owners and receive residual payment for the piglets that are sold and later slaughtered by Danish Crown.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"This is an offer to piglet producers to ensure their sales, just as a shareholder in Danish Crown has always been guaranteed sales of their slaughter animals. Over the years, we have had a number of piglet producers who have asked if we could make a model where they also became share owners in Danish Crown and got closer to the company. We saw this most recently in the survey we did in the autumn prior to the work in our committee, and it has now led to a concrete model", says Asger Krogsgaard, chairman of Danish Crown.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The model the statute committee has come up with assigns piglets 15 A kilos, which is added to the slaughter scale. The remaining payment for the 15 A-kilo will be paid to the piglet producer, if this is a shareholder in Danish Crown.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The goal is that at least 90% of the pigs must come from piglet share owners, and there will be a transitional arrangement that ensures the pig share owners who cannot find piglets from piglet share owners. The 15 A kilos will also trigger an annual attribution to the individual unit owner's owner account, which since the introduction has been between 5 and 16 øre per kg.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">If the piglets are instead sold based on a weight of 7 kilos, they will be entitled to a subsequent payment and credit to the owner's account for 12 A kilos. As a piglet share owner, you commit to delivering a specific number of piglets per year, taking into account biological variation, and for that quantity, there is a right of delivery and an obligation to deliver, just as it is known today from the fattening pigs.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"It is the board's unconditional goal to bring together the unit owners who will ensure stable deliveries for our joint business. Danish Crown is the company for those who want to take responsibility for the Danish value chain and believe in our strategy of going from being a supplier of raw materials to the whole world to being a leading food company in Europe with a focus on processing", says Asger Krogsgaard and continues:</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"With the model for a piglet joint ownership, we create the framework for a binding cooperation between the piglet producer, the fattening pig producer and the slaughterhouse - a kind of integrator model - which can help to secure all parties against the drastic fluctuations that occasionally hit the markets.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The new share ownership means that a smaller part of the remaining payment will be redistributed in Danish Crown. For the integrated producer with his own piglets, the share in the residual payment will be unchanged, while a fattening pig producer will pay approx. 15%, which instead accrues to the piglet producer, if this is a shareholder in Danish Crown.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"It is our clear position that this model, with a long-term collaboration, will create increased stability and more value for all owners. For the current unit owners, the value lies in two places. A higher degree of - and preferably full - integration between all links in the value chain will give Danish Crown very precise insight into the number of pigs in the cooperative owners' barns. With that knowledge, it can be optimized to the benefit of all unit owners, and for the pig producers, the model can also provide a higher degree of security for the deliveries of piglets", says Asger Krogsgaard.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The specific models must take into account the variations found in the various trade agreements between piglet producers and fattening pig producers.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Danish Crown's board of representatives must decide on the proposal for joint ownership for piglet producers at a meeting on 8 May. Danish Crown's unit owners will have the opportunity to hear more about the ideas behind piglet unit ownership on April 18 at a virtual briefing. </p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-04-15 00:30:51 | 2025-08-05 17:08:15 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 3076 | Propollo and UPA react to Mercosur deal | Poultry quota for Mercosur countries may endanger the European sector, according to Spanish professional associations. | <p>The EU poultry sector may be hit hard by the Mercosur deal and many of the 300,000 jobs can be put in danger after the agreement becomes effective, according to a joint statement from the Spanish Union of Small Farmers and Cattle Ranchers (UPA) and the general secretary of Propollo, Angel Martín.<br />Both associations are showing discontent with the free trade agreement signed by the EU and Mercosur countries at the end of June and fear that the impact in the European poultry market is going to be significant. According to UPA "it should be remembered that Brazil was already introducing some 500,000 annual tonnes of poultry meat into the Union" and an additional 180,000 tonnes quota of meat is going to hit the local industries.<br />Brazil will be, most probably, the main supplier for this quota, as the country is one of the world's largest producers and exporters of poultry. "Only in April of this year, this country exported 338.9 thousand tons of chicken meat (34.9% more than in the same month of 2018). For the EU, for its part, poultry meat means today more than 300,000 jobs. Many of them are in danger after the agreement becomes effective", warned Propollo and UPA.<br />Two years ago, Brazil was confronted with one of the biggest scandals regarding food safety and traceability of beef and poultry and the echo of it still persists in the memory of the European poultry producers.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2019-07-08 09:37:53 | 2025-08-05 17:08:10 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 8411 | Britain blocks meat imports from EU | Britain has decided to "temporarily" bann imports of meat and dairy products from the EU. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">More precisely, the British government has introduced a series of measures that prohibit holidaymakers from bringing meat and dairy products from the EU into Britain. The aim is to contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) as much as possible. According to the Department of Agriculture, the restrictions only apply to arrivals in Britain from the EU and not from Northern Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man.<br /><br />From 12 April, travellers entering Britain from the EU are therefore prohibited from bringing with them items such as cured meats, cheeses, yoghurts and sandwiches, even if packaged or purchased duty free. Infant formula, baby food and special medical foods are exempt from the ban. Banned goods found in the luggage of travellers arriving from the EU will be seized and destroyed, the government said, and travellers could face fines of up to £5,000 (over €5,800). </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"This Government - stressed the Minister for Agriculture, Daniel Zeichner - will do everything necessary to protect British farmers from foot and mouth disease. That is why we are further strengthening protections by introducing restrictions on personal meat and dairy imports to prevent the spread of the disease and protect Britain's food security".</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Earlier this year, the UK had already banned personal imports of live animals and dairy products from Germany, Hungary, Slovakia and Austria due to confirmed outbreaks. Foot-and-mouth disease is a highly contagious virus that affects livestock, causing painful blisters and causing major production losses. Although it does not pose a risk to humans and there are currently no cases in the UK, outbreaks are spreading across Europe. In 2001, an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the UK led to the culling of millions of animals. </p> | 1 | Industry | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2025-04-21 00:20:00 | 2025-08-05 17:08:08 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 6667 | Australia: Young lambs hitting the market | Young lamb or new season lamb supplies follow a seasonal trend with breeding cycles, informs Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA). | <p><span lang="DE">Young lambs are generally less than five months old and from the most current season. Supplies tend to peak during the spring flush when lambs born in the current joining season are marked and brought to market. When joining occurs around March and April, the supply of young lambs reduces and by June there are hardly any available.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">This year has been quite different. Young lamb supply from last season peaked in November, with favourable conditions in 2022 leading to good lambing rates. Joining this year was later than usual as producers assessed the market and weather conditions.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Total yardings between January and July are 32% higher than 2022 numbers due to the extensive carry-over of numbers from the previous season and the significantly higher yardings earlier in the year. Compared to 2021, yardings are 122% lower when intensive restocking was holding lambs on-farm for breeding.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">When yardings are observed on a week-by-week basis, we can see the timing of lamb drops more clearly.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">By week 27 or 28 young lamb numbers generally start to pick up with consistent supply by week 31. This year, we have not seen the uplift in numbers that we normally do. In week 28 of this year, just 99 young lambs were yarded. In the corresponding week of 2020, 5,500 young lambs were yarded. The difference further increases in week 29 where, in 2020 there were over 15,000 young lambs yarded but this year only 164.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Old season lamb yardings have remained relatively consistent as producers try to clear out stock because the next cohort comes along. Forbes typically sees some of the earlier showing of young lambs in the market and although numbers are beginning to increase with 4,150 this week, there are still large numbers of old season lambs being presented. These are coming through in mixed quality which is placing pricing pressure on a market that is being selective in their buying.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">It is expected that new season lambs will be late to hit the market this year with delayed joining during the breeding season. The following weeks will reveal this trend as in previous years young lambs really ramp up at the end of July and into August. Numbers are beginning to increase with lambs trickling in in the last three weeks, but these numbers are far from what would be expected in a normal season at this time of year.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">MLA expects supply of young lambs to be strong with the milder winter supporting lambing rates. There is still plenty of feed and soil moisture on-ground to support pasture growth, so flocks have been well stocked. Processors are buying out of the paddock and are less active in the saleyard.</span></p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-08-16 00:05:26 | 2025-08-05 17:07:36 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 548 | Collective Bargaining Authorisation for Chicken Growers | The Commerce Commission has granted authorisation to allow members of the Waikato - Bay of Plenty Chicken Growers Association Incorporated to collectively bargain with Inghams Enterprises (NZ) Pty Limited. | <p>The Association, on behalf of members, asked for authorisation to collectively negotiate the terms and conditions under which its members supply chicken growing services to Ingham’s.</p> <p>After consulting on its draft determination, the Commission reached a view that while it is likely that the proposed collective bargaining arrangements would lessen competition, any reduction in competition is likely to be outweighed by the public benefits.</p> <p>Commission Chair Dr Mark Berry said the Commission did not receive any submissions in opposition to its draft decision.</p> <p>Dr Berry said, "The collective bargaining proposed interferes with the normal competitive process of individual growers independently negotiating their supply terms with Ingham’s.</p> <p>"However, there are benefits from these collective negotiations, including reducing the cost of multiple growers arranging individual supply contracts with Ingham’s.</p> <p>"We found the detriment would be limited and growers would be able to opt out of any collective arrangements and continue to contract individually if they wished."</p> | 1 | Industry | 2017-12-22 06:35:43 | 2025-08-05 17:07:31 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 707 | Hong Kong bans poultry meat imports from Afghanistan | The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department from Hong Kong has recently announced the ban on all imports of poultry meat and eggs from Afghanistan. | <p> </p> <p>The authorities from Hong Kong have imposed this restriction after receiving a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza in Afghanistan.</p> <p>A CFS spokesman said in a statement that since Hong Kong has not established any protocol with Afghanistan for imports of poultry meat and eggs, there is no import of such commodities from the country.</p> <p>"The CFS has contacted the Afghan authorities over the issue and will closely monitor information issued by the OIE on avian influenza outbreaks. Appropriate action will be taken in response to the development of the situation," the spokesman said.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-01-31 12:23:14 | 2025-08-05 17:07:12 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 2154 | Russia to launch exports of frozen poultry to China | Russia will start exporting frozen poultry and dairy products to China, following the trade agreement recently reached by the two countries. | <p>After several years of negotiations between the authorities from the two countries, Russian poultry producers will be able to launch their exports to China by the end of this year.</p> <p>On November 7, Russia's agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor and the General Administration of the People's Republic of China have signed protocols on mutual deliveries of frozen poultry and dairy products. Rosselkhoznadzor considers this "an important and long-awaited step on the path of building mutually beneficial and most efficient trade and economic relations between the two countries".</p> <p>Rosselkhoznadzor announced that poultry products, including edible offals, such as chicken hearts, liver, kidneys, stomachs and heads, as well as skin, wings, paws, cartilage, will be allowed to be exported frozen, provided that they meet the veterinary and sanitary requirements of Russia, EAEU and China.</p> <p>Furthermore, the Russian agency added that all shipments will be subject to quarantine requirements for avian influenza in accordance with the biological safety management system.</p> <p>Russia began its trade mission to ensure the approval of frozen poultry exports to China in 2014.</p> <p>According to Reuters, after the Western countries imposed sanctions on Russia over the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, Russian producers have started to increase their production. Sergei Yushin, President of the Russian Meat Association, told Reuters that the opening of the Chinese market represents a great opportunity for the Russian poultry producers to expand production as it has been stagnating because of the export bans introduced by Japan, South Korea and Europe on Russian products.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-11-07 14:59:56 | 2025-08-05 17:06:54 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 3608 | Pork prices in Bulgaria are up by a third | The market is in absolute volatility due to the ASF situation that appeared last year. | <p>The pork prices in Bulgaria have increased by 33% since the African swine fever outbreak in August last year. The country's swine population has declined by almost 30% after 8 cases of ASF have been reported in large industrial farms leading to the culling of more than 140,000 pigs, almost 20% of the national pig inventory, with the difference covered by pigs culled in the backyard and small-scale farms. "At the moment, the most characteristic feature of this market is that it is absolutely volatile. We have no equilibrium price. We have seen a lot of variability in the pricing of pork", commented Vladimir Ivanov, head of the State Commission for Commodity Exchange and Markets, quoted by <a href="https://sofiaglobe.com/2020/02/10/pork-price-in-bulgaria-has-gone-up-33-since-asf-outbreak/">Sofia Globe</a> newspaper.<br />Currently, Bulgarian meat processors are using imported pork to cover the gap in production but there are hopes for the recovery in the sector later this year or at the beginning of 2021. Last year, 42 ASF cases have been reported in the country. The pressure is still present in the area as neighboring countries such as Romania, Greece and Serbia are affected by the disease.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2020-02-14 07:44:07 | 2025-08-05 17:06:54 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 4215 | Aussie livestock exports declined | Over the first 9 months of the year, cattle exports have dropped by 12% compared with the same period of 2019. | <p>A tighter supply of cattle combined with rising oil prices, appreciation of the Australian dollar and rising Indian Buffalo Meat competition have created challenging market conditions for Australian livestock exporters. As a result, export volumes remain well below year-ago levels. Live cattle exports in September reached 78,000 head, back 28% on the same month last year, and for the year-to-September, volumes are back 12% on 2019 levels, according to Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA).<br />MLA’s Cattle Industry Projections – October update states that live cattle exports are expected to decline 16% in 2020, largely due to the contracting supply levels in northern Australia.</p> <p>The net effect of an appreciating Australian dollar and high feeder cattle prices is a challenging export scenario for South-East Asian importers, which is evident in the low export levels seen in recent months. Additionally, a recent resurgence in the price of oil, which directly impacts livestock shipping costs, is also presenting challenges.<br />Australian live feeder cattle exports to Indonesia were 373,000 head for the year-to-September, down 24% on 2019 levels. While export levels were relatively good through the first half of the year, rising input costs are weighing on import demand. Additional challenges include currency volatility and the increasing presence of Indian Buffalo Meat (IBM).</p> <p>Cattle exports to Vietnam are up 16% for the year-to-September, reaching 218,000 head. However, shipments have been low in recent months, typical for this time of year. In the lead up to the Vietnamese New Year in February 2021, cattle shipments typically lift as a strong period of holiday demand is expected. However, given the current high prices of Australian cattle, this could present challenges for Vietnamese importers. <br />Another final consideration for the Indonesian market is the recovery of Indian Buffalo Meat exports. The Indian processor industry was heavily impacted by the spread of COVID-19, however, capacity has since recovered and export volumes to key markets, such as Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia, have recently surged. Given the high prices associated with the live export channel, Indian Buffalo Meat could serve as a more affordable alternative in the coming months.</p> <p><img src="/files/pictures/article/Screenshot_2020-11-05%20Cattle%20exports%20decline%20as%20high%20prices%20impact%20demand%20Meat%20Livestock%20Australia.png?1604576611075" alt="Screenshot_2020-11-05 Cattle exports decline as high prices impact demand Meat Livestock Australia" height="100%" /></p> | 1 | Industry | 2020-11-05 09:42:24 | 2025-08-05 17:06:32 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 5236 | Week of the rabbit in Belgium | This year, VLAM, the Flemish Center for Agro and Fisheries Marketing, is challenging Belgians to make surprising recipes with rabbit, from Wednesday 26th of January to Wednesday 2 of February in the "Week of the Rabbit". | <p><strong>Liliane</strong> Driesen <strong>,</strong> spokesperson for VLAM, explains enthusiastically: <em>"When we think of rabbit, we often think of stews from grandmother's kitchen. Super tasty, but you can do so much more with rabbit. How about a spring roll, quesadilla or wrap with rabbit? rabbit'? Or an insanely tasty spring roll? It's all possible with homegrown park rabbit!"</em></p> <p>If you want to be sure of your piece of rabbit, choose Belgian rabbit, a guarantee of quality. For example, all rabbits receive only vegetable food consisting of grains and alfalfa. That promotes the welfare of the rabbit! In addition, very strict quality standards are applied during slaughtering, cutting and processing. So you can rest assured that the piece of rabbit you buy is extremely hygienic and tasteful.</p> <p>Liliane explains: <em>"When you buy a rabbit, check the origin of your rabbit meat. Belgium plays a pioneering role in the field of animal welfare standards. Our Belgian park rabbits enjoy sufficient room to move, receive only vegetable feed and are slaughtered and processed according to the rules of the art. So you don't only buy locally, but also in a more animal-friendly way."</em></p> | 1 | Industry | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2022-01-19 08:34:09 | 2025-08-05 17:05:33 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7603 | Gourmey seeks approval in five key markets for premium cultivated foods | Paris-based Gourmey, France's pioneering cultivated food company, announces it has filed applications with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Singapore Food Agency (SFA), the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the United Kingdom, the Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO), and the European Commission (EC) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to offer its flagship product to food enthusiasts, chefs, and restaurants, providing a new choice for foie gras enthusiasts globally. | <p>Regulators worldwide have established robust regulatory frameworks to assess the safety of novel foods such as cultivated foods, with the US, Singapore and Israel having already approved their sale. In the EU, this is the first time a company seeks novel food approval for cultivated food from the European Commission. Gourmey does not use gene-edited or genetically-modified cells, so their application falls in scope of the novel food regulation. To support their novel food application, Gourmey has prepared a dossier in accordance with the relevant regulations and EFSA guidance, which is widely considered to represent the gold standard in novel food safety and risk assessment.</p> <p>‍We look forward to continuing to work closely with the regulatory authorities to ensure full compliance with safety requirements throughout these procedures. We are confident that our products will meet these highly demanding standards, so that everyone who wants to can enjoy new gourmet experiences all around the world, said Gourmey’s CEO Nicolas Morin-Forest.</p> <p>‍The premium segment has always been at the forefront of food trends, where the most exciting innovations occur. We are witnessing thrilling commercial traction for our first product in many regions where chefs want to keep serving high-quality foie gras. Starting with haute-cuisine acts as a catalyst for our future product launches, with chefs serving as the best ambassadors to introduce new product categories to consumers and drive sustainability, adds Nicolas Morin-Forest.</p> <p>‍Gourmey is backed by a global network of partners to facilitate the company’s market entry, including fine food distributors, chef ambassadors, and supply chain and research partners.</p> <p>This innovation comes at a decisive time when consumers are increasingly seeking new ways to enjoy delicious culinary experiences while embracing sustainable expectations.</p> <p>With Gourmey’s global ambitions and meat consumption in Asia projected to rise by 80% by 2050, the company is actively engaged in these regions, particularly in markets like Singapore, Japan, and South Korea where there is significant momentum around cultivated foods.</p> <p>‍A study commissioned by Gourmey, anticipating at-scale production, shows that the company’s innovative technology significantly lowers the environmental footprint compared to conventional production in the same product category. In particular, greenhouse gas emissions, land and water use would be reduced.</p> <p>‍The study is conducted under the external scientific leadership of Professor Hanna Tuomisto from the University of Helsinki and the Natural Resources Institute Finland, a leading European scholar and pioneer in the field of life cycle assessments of novel foods, including cultivated food.</p> <p>‍Diversifying protein production is crucial for sustaining food security and contributing to sustainability objectives such as decarbonization and biodiversity. Integrating cultivated food production into existing agrifood value chains provides a complementary protein source that will contribute to resilient food systems, says Nicolas Morin-Forest.</p> <p>‍This important milestone for our ecosystem was achieved thanks to fabulous teamwork. Now a new chapter for Gourmey begins - the chapter of bringing French food innovation to the global stage, adds Nicolas Morin-Forest.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-07-31 00:30:37 | 2025-08-05 17:04:50 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 4312 | Bird flu hits South Korea | More than 390,000 birds culled at the end of November | <p>South Korea was forced to cull 292,000 broilers and 100,000 ducks due to an H5N8 virus outbreak reported last month, informs Avicultura magazine. The outbreak was reported on farms located in the North Jeolla region, in the southwest of the country. The H5N8 strain was confirmed on November 28 in a national reference laboratory via an RT-PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction with Reverse Transcriptase) technique. The case was reported to the OIE at the end of November. On 1/11 two cases of H5N8 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza were reported in mandarin ducks in the northwest and midwest regions of the country. The detections were made during a preventive survey carried out in resting areas of migratory birds.<br />In Asia alone, in November, the OIE reported outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Japan (330,000 broilers were affected) and Laos (1,539 birds). Since the beginning of November, the OIE has issued more than 30 notifications of outbreaks of Avian Influenza in 17 countries. The outbreaks are distributed across Europe, Eurasia, Africa and Asia, with many notifications related to wild and sea birds. In Germany alone, more than 30 outbreaks have already been reported in the states of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg, Brandenburg and Lower Saxony. The virus was confirmed also in Denmark, Ireland, Belgium and the UK.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2020-12-03 10:38:27 | 2025-08-05 17:04:39 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 6900 | USAID-funded TRANSFORM project secures additional private sector support for antimicrobial use | Poultry industry leaders unite over industry principles to reduce the need to use antimicrobials in an effort to combat antimicrobial resistance. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">Antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections can contribute to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) that spreads amongst human, animal, and plant populations, weakening our ability to prevent and treat future infections. To effectively tackle AMR and reduce its impact on global health security, the USAID-funded Transformational Farm Output Risk Mitigation (TRANSFORM) project is leveraging multisectoral interventions using the One Health approach that recognizes the interdependencies between the health of humans, animals, and the environment. As part of TRANSFORM, the International Poultry Council (IPC) is driving global change within animal agriculture by uniting poultry industry associations and private sector organizations in supporting antimicrobial use stewardship principles that guide actions to avoid the need to use, but when needed, ensure proper use of antimicrobials. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Today, 11 poultry organizations are announcing their commitment to antimicrobial use stewardship principles that reduce the need to use antimicrobials at the farm level. These organizations are commended for recognizing the importance of antimicrobial use stewardship: </p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Animal Husbandry Association of Vietnam (AHAV) </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Asociación Latinoamericana de Avicultura (ALA) </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">British Poultry Council (BPC) </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Canadian Poultry & Egg Processors (CPEP) </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Cargill, Inc., a global agribusiness </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC) </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Hoa Phat, a Vietnam-based company </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">McDonald’s, a global foodservice provider </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Srinivasa Farms, an India-based company </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Turkey Farmers of Canada (TFC) </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Tyson Foods, a United States-based company </li> </ul> <p style="font-weight: 400;">These organizations join eight others that have already adopted or endorsed the principles, including Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA), Federación Nacional de Avicultores de Colombia (FENAVI), Poultry Federation of India (PFI), Unione Nazionale Filiere Agroalimentari Carni e Uova (UNAITALIA), Thai Broiler Processing Exporters Association (TBA), Vietnam Poultry Association (VIPA), DABACO Group and Kenchic Limited. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"Each of the 19 organizations that have endorsed or adopted the antimicrobial use stewardship principles brings us closer to our goal of an industry-wide commitment", said Robin Horel, IPC President. "We’re inspired by the private sector leadership that has been demonstrated thus far, and hope others are motivated to take action to proactively reduce risks to their flocks and beyond". </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Collectively, these organizations reach over 100 countries and represent over 30% of global poultry meat production spanning all sectors of poultry production from fully integrated systems to small farms. Each of these organizations are demonstrating industry leadership in their commitment to these principles, recognizing that action starts at the farm. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">By adopting or endorsing the principles, organizations are committed to encouraging or taking action that centers around four key points. First, organizations agree to take a risk-based approach around each instance of antimicrobial use and consider why, when, which and how much to administer. Second, organizations agree to adopt farm management practices that improve animal health and would reduce the need for antimicrobial use. Third, organizations commit to using antimicrobials only in compliance with national authorizations and, fourth, that antimicrobials critically important for human medicine should only be used under a supervising veterinarian’s diagnosis and oversight. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"Through the One Health approach, we know that human health is linked with the health of animals", said Annie Kneedler, Chief of Party for TRANSFORM. "By advancing science-based antimicrobial use stewardship principles, we are able to create an ecosystem where animal health improves, the need for antibiotic use decreases, and animal production increases. These collective efforts contribute to the Global Health Security Agenda goals of reducing the risk of antimicrobial resistance and zoonotic diseases, lessening their impacts on the health of humans around the world". </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Led by a private-sector consortium that includes Cargill, Heifer International and IPC, TRANSFORM is working in Kenya, India and Vietnam to advance market-driven animal health solutions that increase global health security by combatting zoonotic disease and AMR. By working throughout the value chain, TRANSFORM aims to drive lasting, systemic change through on-farm practices, holistic animal nutrition research, antimicrobial use stewardship, and access to finance to support animal health and economic sustainability. </p> | 1 | Technology | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-11-22 00:05:02 | 2025-08-05 17:04:35 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 1614 | Icelandic company buys major UK fish supplier | Ireland's largest fishing company Samherji has acquired the UK marketing and distribution company Collins Seafood. | <p>Samherji expects to strengthen its position in UK's cod and haddock market through this acquisition. The company has not released further details regarding the transaction.</p> <p>Collins has an annual turnover of £60 million and has sold more than 10,000 tonnes of fish.</p> <p>The company is headquartered in Newton Aycliffe, Duram, south of Newcastle in England, and also has a Leeds distribution center. It sells and distributes frozen seafood in central and northern England to a large number of customers who are mainly fish and chips restaurants.</p> <p>Collins Seafood was founded 35 years ago by Richard Collins, who will continue to be the managing director at the company, according to Samherji's release.</p> <p>The company will continue to source its seafood from countries such as Norway, Iceland, Russia and the Faroe Islands.</p> <p>"Seagold, which is our main sales company in England, has been selling and marketing our products in the UK market for 21 years and will continue to work closely with Collins Seafood for these projects," Samherji's press release read.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-07-18 10:07:14 | 2025-08-05 17:04:31 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 3484 | Chinese banks offer pork for new depositors | To lure clients with 'the most wanted meat' in the market is the latest marketing move applied by several small banks in China. | <p>Make a deposit of 10,000 yuans ($1,400) or more in a Chinese bank and you will receive a nice piece of pig meat for free. That's the latest marketing strategy from small banks in China. Attracting new depositors with pork seems to work for Dushan Rural Commercial Bank, Linhai Rural Commercial Bank and several other banks in remote regions across the country, informs the <a href="https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3042638/chinas-pork-crisis-local-banks-offer-meat-new-customers">South Chima Morning Post</a> newspaper.<br />The reward for a new deposit range from 500 grams of pork to a few kilograms depending on the sum deposited and the length of the deposit. "The money is still my own, and the interest is good. I’m happy to receive a piece of pork in addition", one female client declared after opening a new account of 20,000 yuans.<br />Pork prices have doubled since the beginning of the ASF crisis in the country and the worst is not over yet for the consumers, according to experts. "It depends on what you mean on whether the worst is over because it’s already killed most of China’s pigs. There aren’t as many pigs to kill as there were before. We expect that there will be outbreaks in the wintertime because it’s very difficult to clean the trucks, particularly in the north of China, and the virus is preserved by cold weather. Plus, you have the fact that the infected pigs are continuing to go into the slaughterhouses, and everybody sends their trucks to the slaughterhouse. So the disease is being spread on the highways just as it was a year ago. There’s no reason to think that it’s over with", declared E. Wayne Johnson, a veterinarian consultant at Enable AgTech Consulting in Beijing.<br />China, the owner of the world's largest pig herd, has lost more than 50% of its swine inventory due to the ASF virus. The situation created a shortage of animal protein in the world's largest meat market with effects spreading all over the globe. Next year is expected to be the peak in the Chinese ASF crisis, with larger volumes of meat imports expected to arrive in the country.</p> | 1 | Market | 2019-12-20 07:26:01 | 2025-08-05 17:03:59 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 6993 | Vion strengthens relationship with pig farmers | To strengthen its relationship with its suppliers, Vion organised five Supplier Days at Vion’s headquarters in Boxtel this autumn. The central theme was ‘Chain cooperation in the international pork market’. All Dutch suppliers within Vion’s Good Farming Balance chain concept were invited. | <p><span lang="DE">The meetings were entirely devoted to the meaning and importance of chain cooperation and the role of the various chain partners in it. The suppliers were included in Vion’s vision and approach to this and were given a tour of the newest production location in Boxtel. There was also plenty of room for dialogue and tasty pork products were served. A total of 300 Good Farming Balance suppliers were welcomed.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Vion is proud of these successful Supplier Days and the positive feedback and looks forward to continuing the good relationship with its suppliers in 2024.</span></p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-12-26 00:10:22 | 2025-08-05 17:03:43 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 418 | Anuga FoodTec 2018 to set new exhibitor record | Anuga FoodTec, the leading international supplier fair for the food and beverage industry, which will open its doors from 20 to 23 March 2018, is expected to gather around this year 1,700 exhibitors in the Cologne exhibition halls. | <p> </p> <p>"Anuga FoodTec will continue its success story. We are once again forecasting a +13 percent increase in the number of exhibitors compared to the previous event. As such, as the only trade fair worldwide, Anuga FoodTec covers all aspects of the food production and will convince in the coming year even more than ever due to its enormous variety of offers and quality," said Katharina C. Hamma, Chief Operating Officer of Koelnmesse GmbH.</p> <p>In line with the high demand on the exhibitor side, Anuga FoodTec is again increasing its exhibition space in 2018 up to 140,000 square metres (+8 percent) and is being staged in Halls 4.2, 5.2, 6 to 9, 10.1 and for the first time additionally in Hall 10.2. Anuga FoodTec is also presenting itself in good form in terms of its degree of internationality: Companies from more than 50 countries will be presenting their new products in Cologne.</p> <p>"The high interest from abroad proves that Anuga FoodTec is the leading international supplier platform for the food and beverage industry," added Katharina C. Hamma.</p> <p>In addition to the comprehensive product show, which encompasses large-surface live presentations, a wide-ranging congress and event programme also awaits the trade visitors again. The top theme of Anuga FoodTec 2018 is Resource Efficiency.</p> | 1 | Events | 2017-11-17 06:29:58 | 2025-08-05 17:03:23 | Details Edit Delete |
