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1618	Smithfield recalls 12 tons of pepperoni products		<p>The not fully cooked pepperoni five cheese calzone products were produced on May 23, 2018.</p> <p dir="ltr">The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. M-19140” inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to retail stores nationwide.                          </p> <p dir="ltr">The problem was discovered after several consumers contacted Stefano Foods about the problem. On July 16, 2018, the company notified FSIS.</p> <p dir="ltr">One consumer reported experiencing a small oral laceration during consumption of the product. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider.</p>	1		Industry		2018-07-19 06:29:17	2025-08-12 01:58:16	Details Edit Delete
3688	Smithfield Romania joins CARNEXPO Grill as the main partner	The largest pork producer in SE Europe is going to present a wide range of products at the event.	<p>CARNEXPO Grill organizers and Smithfield Romania joined forces to create the perfect stage for the largest grilling event in southeast Europe. A partnership has been signed between the two parts, transforming Smithfield Romania in one of the main partners of CARNEXPO Grill. Two will enlarge the range of products present at CARNEXPO Grill with the novelties launched in 2019 by the company.<br />In the last 6 years, the company invested more than $600 million in expanding its presence in the Romanian and European markets. Despite the ASF situation in Romania, the pig output reported by Smithfield Romania for 2019 was 1.2 million head, stabilizing its position in the region as one of the largest pig producers in Southeast Europe. <br />Last year, the company decided to bring back in the market the brand Comtim, with a wide range of products running from Ready-to-Cook (RTC) marinated pork and Ready-to-Eat (RTE) sliced products.<br />CARNEXPO Grill is a unique event dedicated to top executives in the meat industry, modern retail and HoReCa channels meant to promote long-term partnerships between participants. Don't miss the chance to be present at one of the most important events for the meat industry on 4-5 June 2020, at Theodora Golf Club, Alba Iulia, Romania.</p>	1		Events		2020-03-13 08:42:00	2025-08-10 14:51:28	Details Edit Delete
591	Smithfield takes a step forward on animal welfare	The group has completed the task to move on to group housing systems for pregnant sows on all company-owned farms in the United States and other locations.	<p>"Smithfield's leadership in animal care is reflected in today's landmark announcement. Achieving this goal is a testament to the fact that, at Smithfield, we keep our promises. We stand committed to continue leading the industry in both animal care and transparency", declared Kenneth M. Sullivan, president, and CEO of Smithfield Foods.</p> <p>In 2007, Smithfield was the first company to engage in building group housing systems and the plan is to finish the operations in all facilities until 2022. By now, Smithfield reported completing the task into US facilities along with those owned in Romania and Poland. More than 360 million dollars were invested by now in this transition and the amount is expected to be higher as the company still has to complete a similar operation in Mexico.</p> <p>Also, Smithfield is offering guidance and expertise to contract growers when requested to help them through the conversion process, the company recommending that all of its contracts sow growers in the United States transition to group housing by the end of 2022. A virtual reality video was posted by the company to show the improvement in the housing systems for pregnant sows.</p>	1		Industry		2018-01-12 11:02:34	2025-08-13 11:40:37	Details Edit Delete
2320	Smithfield to invest $45 million into Sioux Falls facilities	Smithfield Foods has announced a $45 million investment into its Sioux Falls, South Dakota, operations, which will add 70 new jobs in the area.	<p>Smithfield will rennovate a high-speed bacon line, a ground seasoned pork operation, and the distribution center, as well as the rebuilding of a facility that houses more than 8,000 hogs.</p> <p>The company that it is taking this step in order to meet the increasing domestic demand for bacon and international demand for ground seasoned pork, a growing category in export markets.</p> <p>“At Smithfield, we’re committed to our continual investment in our facilities and farms in Sioux Falls,” said Kenneth M. Sullivan, president and chief executive officer for Smithfield Foods. “In the past five years, we have invested more than $73 million into our operations in South Dakota, which positively impacts the local economy. With these new projects, we’re proud to further strengthen our presence in this state.”</p> <p>Smithfield will upgrade its equipment for producing bacon by including high-speed lines, which will allow the company to meet the high demand for bacon in the US. The company's goal with the renovations, on track to be completed by May 2019, is to improve the volume, yield, and quality of the bacon produced by the facility.</p> <p>Changes to Smithfield’s ground seasoned pork operation will bolster its ability to support increased demand by export markets and include a renovation to the existing distribution center, which is currently underway and on schedule to be completed by March 2019. The company added that this will be the most modern operation in the industry, incorporating the latest technology for automated packaging, boxing, labeling, and stacking.</p> <p>Smithfield is also renovating its hog barn, which will be complete in early Fall 2019. The new barn’s features and design will reflect leading animal handling practices, including automatic climate control systems.</p>	1		Industry		2018-12-11 09:05:16	2025-08-12 23:41:04	Details Edit Delete
3183	Smoked food gets fit for the future	At the CleanSmoke Coalition Congress 2019, toxicologists, chemists, environmental experts, engineers and specialist lawyers will report on the possibilities for minimising the PAH content in meat products, on 3-MCPD in smoked fish and on the genotoxicity of smoke and smoke flavourings.	<p>On October 29th, Hamburg will host the fourth CleanSmoke Coalition Congress, a meeting that will gather private persons, companies and associations, that have a professional interest in smoked food and the smoking industry in an effort to address the current challenges for the processors. The aim is to make smoking future-proof and make modern smoking technologies well-known throughout Europe. "The CleanSmoke Coalition is committed to enable companies to continue smoking despite strict environmental regulations, to ensure that sustainability does not end at the smoking chamber, to guarantee that traditional smoked goods will continue to taste as they have done for centuries and are not harmful to health. Since 2017, the CleanSmoke Coalition has been inviting the industry to exchange views on how food can be produced more sustainably, how a clear declaration of CleanSmoke as smoke can be achieved and benefits for producers, retailers and consumers," sai a press release from the coalition.<br />This year, the congress will focus on consumer interests, EU law and environmental protection as the industry must find a solution to address the challenges raised by environmental requirements.<br />An insider report from Sweden, where more than 90% of smoked food is already produced with CleanSmoke in an environmentally friendly and resource-saving way is going to be presented by Peder Fischer, smoking market expert from Sweden.<br />Speakers include Jens Karsten of KWG Rechtsanwälte in Gummersbach/Brussels, Lisa Zastrow of the Max Rubner Institute in Kulmbach/ Germany and Dr Ute Ostermeyer of the Max Rubner Institute in Hamburg/ Germany. Frank Quiring from Rheingold Marktforschung will also report on the demands and potential of the "green paradigm shift" in food retailing. </p>	1		Events		2019-08-19 01:30:32	2025-08-13 11:58:45	Details Edit Delete
4525	Smoking without fine dust	CleanSmoke contributes to health protection in several ways at once.	<p>The Paris Agreement and people's health are much more interlinked than most think. Emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are not only relevant to climate. Air pollutants, especially particulate matter emissions, which are particularly harmful, have major health implications. The Corona crisis has brought this back into public focus. According to current climate models, the number of victims is much higher than previously assumed. An estimated 8.7 million people died prematurely from emissions in 2019. By about 2040, 16,000 premature deaths could be avoided in Germany alone by meeting the climate target.</p> <p>Conventional smokehouses also still emit too many emissions despite legally required air pollution control technologies. The combustion processes produce smoke, ash and fine dust particles that are considered more or less harmful to health. In contrast, smokehouses that use CleanSmoke technology easily comply with all air pollutant limits under the German Clean Air Act (TA Luft). Analyses carried out as part of the European Eco-innovation Action Plan (EcoAP) showed that CleanSmoke can reduce particulate matter by 87 percent and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by 64 percent, for example.</p> <p><strong>EU strongly endorses CleanSmoke</strong></p> <p>For years, the European Union (EU) has been requiring the manufacturing industry to use only environmentally friendly processing technologies. It therefore strongly endorses the use of primary smoke products, as these are considered less harmful to health than the traditional smoking process due to their fractionation and purification from undesirable substances (EU Regulation 2065/2003). This is one of the reasons why the EU has labeled the CleanSmoke process as "Best Available Technique" (BAT).</p> <p>CleanSmoke is smoke freshly produced from primary smoke condensate by means of compressed air. These primary smoke products are cleaned of undesirable substances such as ash, soot, tar and PAHs in a multi-stage filter process. When smoking with CleanSmoke, there is no open fire or embers, which is why no pollutants such as fine dust, nitrogen oxides or carbon monoxide are produced. "For conventionally smoking businesses in areas with residential development, this is like life insurance," says Uwe Vogel, chairman of the CleanSmoke Coalition (CSC). "They would otherwise be threatened with closure or have to retrofit their operations at great technical expense."</p> <p>But it is not only in the smokehouses that air pollution can be reduced: the consistent use of CleanSmoke also ensures fewer traffic emissions, since neither wood has to be delivered nor ash removed. Delivery of smoke condensates has to take place comparatively less frequently. Food smoked with CleanSmoke also contributes to health because no harmful substances from the smoke can pass into the products.</p>	1		Technology		2021-03-09 12:08:25	2025-08-13 15:31:01	Details Edit Delete
4779	Sokolow declared the most valuable brand in the Polish food sector	In addition to winning first place in the food industry category, this year Sokolow also lands on a strong 27th place on the overall list of the most valuable brands in Poland.	<p>For the last 15 years, the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita present a top of the most renowned brands in the country and this year, Sokolow, a Danish Crown subsidiary, received the title of the most valuable brand in the Polish food industry. In addition to winning first place in the food industry category, this year Sokolow also lands on a strong 27th place on the overall list of the most valuable brands in Poland. In total, 220 brands from Poland have been weighted and weighed by the newspaper.<br />"We are very happy to have won the honor of being the most valuable brand in the Polish food sector. It is a confirmation of our approach and strategy and a big pat on the back to all Sokolow employees, who every day ensures that our company is constantly developing and improving," said Bogus?aw Miszczuk, CEO of Sokolow.<br />Bogus?aw Miszczuk goes on to say that the award is a great recognition of Sokolow's strong market position and way of behaving like a company. He emphasizes that the award will motivate to further connect Sokolow's brand with the highest quality and good associations.</p>	1		Market		2021-06-30 09:35:44	2025-08-13 05:49:04	Details Edit Delete
1394	Sokolow Group finalizes the takeover of Gzella Meat	A production facility of 6,000 tonnes a month and 200 stores have been added as assets to the company.	<p>Sokolow Group, one of the biggest meat producers in Poland, has announced the finalization of the takeover of Gzella Meat Group - a producer of cold cuts from Bory Tucholskie. In March, Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection granted green light for this merger that adds a production capacity of 6,000 tonnes, a logistics base and a network of 200 stores of meat deli. Before the merger, Sokolow Group network of stores was of 48.<br />In this way, the Gzella Meat plant in Osie, Bory Tucholskie has become the eighth production plant detained by Sokolow Group. The company employs over 7,000 employees. The production sold in 2017 from seven production plants and three subsidiaries amounted to PLN 3.667 billion (€ 858 million). Total meat production reported last year has reached 331,000 tonnes, of which 73% was distributed on the domestic market and 27% was exported.</p>	1		Industry		2018-06-08 07:00:35	2025-08-13 15:33:50	Details Edit Delete
6458	Solid demand means progress at Danish Crown Beef	Encouraged by a boost in revenue of seven percent, Danish Crown Beef has increased the average settlement for the unit owners' cattle by almost 20 percent in the first half of the financial year 2022/23.	<p><span lang="DE">Good demand from consumers and customers in Europe, and supported by a lower supply of cattle, brings Danish Crown Beef's turnover to DKK 3.1 billion (1 DKK = 0,13 EUR), in the first six months of the financial year 2022/23. This is an increase of seven percent compared to the same period in 2021/22.</span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB">"</span><span lang="DE">We have progressed quite solidly through the first six months of the financial year. There have been reasonable sales prices both on the domestic market and on the export markets. This has helped drive up turnover, just as we are well supported by strong operations in our German slaughterhouses and stable earnings in Scan-Hide", says Finn Klostermann, CEO of Danish Crown Beef.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The increase in turnover has helped to ensure that Danish Crown Beef has on average paid the unit owners 19.8 percent higher in the first six months of the financial year compared to the same period in 2021/22. Specifically, farmers have been paid DKK 32 per kilo on average, compared to DKK 26.8 per kilo last year.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"The settlement to the Danish farmers is currently at a reasonable level in a European perspective. Here, at the entrance to our high season, the summer, we see a stable settlement, and there is reason for optimism in terms of maintaining our competitiveness in the market", explains Finn Klostermann.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">One of Danish Crown Beef's strengths is the strong value chain, from the animals being collected from the cooperative owners to the products being delivered to the customers. There is good cooperation between sales and production, which mutually understand how to support each other and show the necessary flexibility.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"We have a good team, where everyone knows their tasks and delivers a strong effort. We must constantly work to maintain and develop this, so that we are at the same time an attractive workplace and deliver a competitive settlement to our owners", says Finn Klostermann.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The ambition is to continue the revenue growth in the beef division. Among other things, this must be done through further processing and specialisation, which is the focal point of Danish Crown's strategy, Feeding the Future.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"We are in a very good place in Danish Crown Beef and therefore work can be focused on redeeming our strategy in the coming years. Because of the raw materials we have available, we can become even better at adding value, so we will have a firm focus on our objective, value over volume. That is why we want to focus our investments on innovation and marketing to a greater extent", says Jais Valeur, Group CEO of Danish Crown.</span></p>	1		Market	adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro	2023-05-29 00:30:53	2025-08-13 03:57:09	Details Edit Delete
3607	Solid growth in Turkey's red meat production	Last year, the sector has seen an output increase of 7.4% in meat and 4.7% in animal production.	<p>Turkey's red meat production reached 1.2 million tons in 2019, according to the latest report from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). The country's red meat output increased by 7.4% in 2019, from 1.12 million tons the previous year, TurkStat said.</p> <p>Production consisted of 1.07 million tonnes of cattle, 109,382 tonnes of sheep, 16,536 tonnes of goat and 73 tonnes of buffalo meat. Turkey produced 291,565 tons of red meat in the last quarter of 2019, up 9.5% versus the same quarter in 2018, according to statistical data. Another TurkStat report released last week indicated that Turkey's animal production increased by 4.7% to reach 66.6 million, mostly cattle and sheep.</p>	1		Industry		2020-02-14 04:03:36	2025-08-13 16:39:32	Details Edit Delete
4605	Solid growth is foreseen for foodservice delivery sector	Rabobank analysts are expecting delivery sales to grow by 40%-80% in 2022/2023 compared with pre-pandemic times.	<p>Foodservice delivery sector will have a larger market share in the years to come, according to the latest report from Rabobank. Global delivery sales were up 30% in 2020, with even stronger growth in North America and Europe – in the US, delivery’s share of foodservice sales doubled to over 15%. "Even as delivery takes a breather in 2021 as dine-in rebounds, we expect solid growth to resume in 2022/23, lifting delivery sales to 40%-80% above 2019 levels in most markets," the analysts believe.<br />While this unprecedented rise in delivery is unlikely to be largely incremental to overall foodservice sales, it will have huge implications for the profitability and competitive landscape of the foodservice industry. Limited-service and/or chain restaurants are in the best position to incorporate delivery in their business mix, while the shift of demand from other alternatives to delivery brings additional headwinds for those with low off-premise exposure – full service, family dining, fine dining, and independents. In response, foodservice operators will need to show tremendous strategic and operational agility to make an optimal menu and operating changes, as well as in the decision on how to partner with third-party delivery platforms.</p> <p>More importantly, these changes aren’t likely to be restricted to the front-end only. The rise of delivery will flow through the entire foodservice supply chain. With a more pronounced shift to off-premise and chained operators, many foodservice suppliers and distributors may lose leverage with their larger clients, food manufacturers may have to adjust their supply, and investments in technology and digitalization will need to accelerate at all levels.</p>	1		Retail		2021-04-13 07:03:47	2025-08-13 06:06:10	Details Edit Delete
4001	SOMMET 2020 confirmed for October	To date, organizers have reached more than 90% of last year's commercial volume: 1,380 exhibitors on 870 stands, for a total of 78,733 sqm.	<p>A recent decree allowing exhibition centers in France to host events (fairs and exhibitions) from September 1, without limiting the number of visitors was published on July 27 and organizers of Sommet de L'Elevage decide to announce the date of this year's event: 7-9 October 2020. In addition, the State services (Puy-de-Dôme prefecture) approved a sanitary plan, drawn up jointly with the fair-grounds manager. This plan includes commitments in terms of disinfection of spaces, hydro-alcoholic gel distribution and face mask use.<br />"To date, we have reached more than 90% of last year's commercial volume: 1,380 exhibitors on 870 stands, for a total of 78,733 sqm. Regarding competitions and animal presentations, the usual 1,200 breeder-exhibitors responded.<br />Regarding visitors, a survey was carried out in collaboration with the REUSSIR press group. It tells us that more than 75% of visitors from last year intend to come over," stated the organizers in a press release.</p>	1		Events		2020-07-31 09:20:02	2025-08-12 19:15:04	Details Edit Delete
1034	South Africa bans some meat products from Brazil	Three Brazilian facilities are affected by the move, their MDM products being suspected to be at the centre of the listeriosis outbreak in the African country.	<p>Since March, the South African Department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries suspended meat imports from three Brazilian production facilities under the suspicion that some meat products imported in the past 12 months could be linked the listeriosis outbreak that hit the African country.<br />The announcement came after a new episode has begun in the Weak Flesh scandal in Brazil, which started a year ago and is targeting the Brazilian meat industry. Bomikazi Molapo, the department's spokesperson, confirmed that South Africa suspended imports of meat from these facilities on March 16 when it received an official report from the Brazilian authorities, informs Mail&Guardian newspaper.<br />A number of firms, including BRF, one of the largest poultry exporters in the world, have been implicated in the scandal. Two of the recently suspended facilities belong to BRF. <br />At this time, South Africa's authorities are investigating if the listeriosis outbreak has caused by the imported mechanically deboned meat (MDM), a key ingredient for the processed meat products like viennas and polony.<br />In 2017, South Africa has imported a volume of 202,000 tons of MDM from countries in the European Union, the United States, Thailand and Brazil. A large portion of that volume came from Brazil.<br />In total, South Africa has put under the suspension a number of 21 establishments that were implicated in the wider Brazilian meat investigation. The latest phase of the Operation Weak Flesh has led to the arrest of numerous officials as well as industry players — including that of BRF’s former chief executive.<br />Still, the tests effectuated on the MDM imported by South Africa have not revealed any evidence that the ST6 string of the virus has been found on these products. Also, the Brazilian embassy in Pretoria claims that the irregularities questioned in the Weak Flesh scandal could be associated with possible cases of Salmonella and are not linked to cases of listeriosis. <br />In a recent press statement, the embassy noted that Brazilian companies export processed meat to many other countries and no outbreak of the disease could be linked to Brazilian products anywhere else in the world.</p> <p>“Processed meat is used as a raw material for different products available for consumption and it is therefore subject to industrial processes that should eliminate any risk of contamination by Listeria,” it said.</p>	1		Industry		2018-04-02 07:00:47	2025-08-13 16:52:15	Details Edit Delete
7803	South Africa mission to ‘meat’ appetite for British produce	A group of UK exporters headed to South Africa as part of a mission to help meet the country’s growing appetite for red meat.	<p><span lang="DE">Six UK export businesses joined our five-day mission to meet with leading importers and distributors of beef and pork in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">It also included a reception at the Trade Commissioner’s residence in Johannesburg, coordinated in partnership with the Department for Business and Trade (DBT).</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In the first half of this year the UK shipped 2,772 tonnes of beef, worth £2.4 million, to South Africa – up 50% in volume and 27% in value on the year. In the same period 3,167 tonnes of pig meat, worth £5.4 million, were also exported – up 34% in volume and 52% in value on the year respectively.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">AHDB’s Prospects for UK agri-food exports has highlighted opportunities to grow the export of red meat into South Africa.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Jonathan Eckley, AHDB Head of International Trade Development, said: </span><span lang="DE">"International trade development is one of the cornerstones of AHDB’s activities, working together with industry and government to expand red meat and dairy exports around the world.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"South Africa presents a number of opportunities for UK exports of beef and pork, and the figures for the first half of this year are encouraging. This mission highlights our ongoing commitment to support exporters develop global opportunities for red meat exports across a broad portfolio of international markets.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"It also provides the platform for us to continue to enhance the UK’s reputation as supplier of high-quality red meat and variety meat".</span></p>	1		Market	adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro	2024-10-10 00:15:07	2025-08-13 03:28:55	Details Edit Delete
3649	South Africa plans increased tariffs for US, Brazil poultry	That could bring relief for the local producers as the food-service sector is migrating to cheaper imports.	<p>South Africa plans to raise tariffs on US and Brazil poultry imports to support local producers, according to Capetown ETC newspaper. In mid-February, officials have mentioned that a new set of tariffs may apply soon for poultry products imported from the US and Brazil, as the local industry is threatened by the cheap prices of those items. The South African poultry industry offers 54,000 jobs for the inhabitants and could add some more if protected against cheap imports, according to the South Africa Poultry Association (SAPA).<br />“We trust that the tariff will be set at an appropriate level to bring the much-needed relief from unfair trade to South Africa’s chicken producers who have been battling to compete in a trade environment that has favoured unfair imports. Not all imports are unfairly traded and our poultry industry can compete with Brazil, the US and the EU on an equal playing field, which the tariff should ensure,” said Izaak Breitenbach, GM of SAPA’s Broiler Organisation in a statement.<br />Poultry imports from the EU will not be hit by these new tariffs as the two parts have signed a free-trade agreement. Experts are expecting tariffs to be set at 45% for the measure not to have an influence on prices. Currently, tariffs are 12% for boneless chicken and 37% for frozen bone-in pieces. In the last two years, South Africa has imported almost 400,000 tonnes of poultry per year.</p>	1		Market		2020-03-03 08:25:50	2025-08-13 04:57:11	Details Edit Delete
2781	South Africa reopens the EU market for ostrich meat exports	A ban on ostrich meat from South Africa has been imposed a year ago due to residue testing procedures which did not meet the EU's requirements.	<p>South Africa can resume its ostrich meat exports to the European Union after a one-year ban imposed for residue testing procedures which did not meet the EU's requirements. Last week, the European Commission announced that will reopen the market for South African ostrich meat.<br />The EU is the largest market for South African ostrich meat and the ban has put the sector under the pressure in the last months. South Africa currently holds around 75%  of the global ostrich market share, with 80% of the country's ostrich meat coming from the Western Cape, informs Xinhua agency.<br />"The resumption of meat trade will help ease the pressure that ostrich farmers in the country, particularly in the Western Cape province, have been experiencing in recent years," said Beverley Schafer, the Western Cape provincial minister of economic opportunities.<br />Ostrich exports are divided into meat, leather and feathers, with meat and leather being the most lucrative of the markets in the Western Cape.</p>	1		Industry		2019-04-02 10:27:03	2025-08-13 13:11:47	Details Edit Delete
897	South Africa's listeria crisis shows the first of the culprits	The disease that took the lives of 180 people was triggered by "polony", a popular type of sausage in the country.	<p>A cold, processed meat product made by South Africa’s biggest producer of consumer foods is the cause of the ongoing outbreak, which has a stunning 27 percent fatality rate, informs Food Safety News magazine.<br />According to Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, South Africa’s Minister of Health, the crisis was triggered by two unrelated brands of "polony" made by the Tiger Brands unit of Enterprise Foods and Rainbow Chicken Limited. The minister said the polony products are being recalled but the threat is still present as all processed meat products that are sold as ready-to-eat could be infected.<br />"We advise members of the public to avoid all processed meat products that are sold as ready-to-eat. While we know that polony is definitely implicated, there is a risk of cross-contamination of other ready-to-eat processed meat products, either at production, distribution or retail. Listeria on the exterior casing (packaging) of polony can be transferred to other products it comes into contact with, including viennas, russians, frankfurters, other sausages, and other cold meat products that are typically not cooked before eating", explained the official.<br />The source of the present outbreak is the Enterprise Food production facility located in Polokwane where 16 samples of polony were tested positive for the Listeria monocytogenes outbreak strain known as ST6. Since January 2017, the listeria outbreak killed 180 of approximately 900 cases confirmed. 43% of the victims were babies.<br />For now, Rainbow Chicken Limited (RCL) announced that it is suspending all production of its Rainbow polony brand. An RCL production facility is under investigation in the Listeria probe.</p> <p>Several southern African states, including Namibia, Mozambique, Malawi, Botswana and Zambia, have banned processed meat from South Africa after it said it had identified the source of a food poisoning outbreak.</p> <p>(<em>Photo source: Southern Eye</em>)</p>	1		Retail		2018-03-06 07:00:46	2025-08-13 12:51:08	Details Edit Delete
2422	South African meat imports banned in several countries	Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana have banned the imports of meat and animal products from South Africa as a result of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak with which the country is currently struggling.	<p>The disease was first detected in the northern district of Limpopo, a province which is bordering Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.</p> <p>South African authorities said the embargo and outbreak will not affect the country's meat export business and announced that the affected areas are under quarantine and that there are investigations currently taking place to determine the cause of the outbreak and to stop the disease from spreading.</p> <p>The World Organisation for Animal Health has placed a suspension on the country's FMD free status license. South Africa will receive back the status once the outbreak is fully put under control.</p>	1		Industry		2019-01-13 09:01:01	2025-08-13 11:20:29	Details Edit Delete
1160	South African pork industry to lose over $80 million after listeria outbreak	The pork industry from South Africa is expected to report estimated loses amounting to R1 billion ($81.4 million) after being hit by the listeria outbreak that took the lives of 199 people, as reported by Business Day.	<p>FNB Agri-Business senior agricultural economist Paul Makube said in a statement that the listeria outbreak caused a drop in pork product prices and a drop in demand for cold and processed meats, while prices for other meat products are currently increasing, according to Business Day.</p> <p>Mr. Makube added that South African pork farmers are redirecting the pigs for the fresh meat market and this is generating a surplus, while in the meantime there is also an increased pressure on low prices because of this.</p> <p>Earlier in April, Johann Kotzé, CEO at South African Pork Producers’ Organisation, said that the pig prices went down by 40% and 50% and that the local pork industry shall suffer a loss of an estimated R45 million ($3.6 million) a week.</p> <p>FNB says that prices for other meats increased by nearly 6% after the outbreak.</p>	1		Industry		2018-04-24 14:02:19	2025-08-13 11:46:18	Details Edit Delete
4109	South African poultry production increases by 5%	Despite the COVID-19 crisis, the Poultry Master Plan initiated by the authorities is creating its effects on the market.	<p>In the first 8 months of the year, poultry production in South Africa has increased by 5% compared with the same period last yera, according to the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition. "This is despite the challenges in the operating environment brought on by COVID-19," officials from the department commented. The achievment comes after a Poultry Master Plan was put in place in November 2019. The Poultry Sector Master Plan was signed by stakeholders at the 2019 South African Investment Conference in November 2019. It has been developed in close partnership between government and a number of stakeholders in the industry, including poultry producers, processors, exporters, importers and organised labour. The meeting reflected on the implementation of the key actions agreed on and measures required to realise the agreed vision.<br />The objectives of the Poultry Master Plan hinge on increasing local chicken consumption and growing the demand for chicken, while also addressing the exporting of locally produced cooked and raw chicken products.</p> <p>Poultry producers have pledged to invest R1.7 billion ($ 453 million) towards the expansion and improvement of productive capacity. Some of the investment projects have already been completed, including the expansion of hatchery and processing facilities. In addition, the financing model for contract farming has been developed to assist in assessing the producer's business viability and profitability. To drive exports, the poultry industry has strategically prioritised countries like Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar for the export of poultry products. The industry will also target markets, which include the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries, those within the African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA) and the Middle East.</p>	1		Industry		2020-09-21 10:21:14	2025-08-13 09:05:26	Details Edit Delete

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