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1342 | Ukraine exported 809 tons of pork between January and April 2018 | Ukraine reported pork exports of 809 tons worth $1.88 million in the first four months of 2018, Latifundist reports. | <p>Based on the data presented by the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, the main importers of Ukrainian pork in the mentioned period are Hong Kong ($1,071,000), Georgia ($355,000) and Vietnam ($354,000). Exports to these countries amounted to 641.62 tons, 152.98 tons and 152.58 tons of pork, respectively.</p> <p>In the same period, Ukraine's pork imports increase 4.6-fold to 3.31 tons with of value of $5.91 million.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-05-30 11:49:24 | 2025-08-15 23:09:30 | Details Edit Delete | ||
1341 | US organic meat, poultry and fish market reaches record high in 2017 | Sales of organic meat, poultry and fish in the United States have witnessed a significant boost last year as American consumers are becoming more health conscious and more demanding when it comes down to the contents of their food. | <p>The Organic Trade Association’s (OTA) 2018 Organic Industry Survey revealed that organic meat, poultry and fish sales in the United States have grown by 17.2% in 2017 compared to the previous year, surpassing for the first time the $1 billion threshold to $1.2 billion.</p> <p>Based on data presented by OTA, in 2017, the whole organic food sector has reached a sales figure of $49.4 billion, increasing by 6.4% compared to 2016.</p> <p>OTA's survey also indicated that the overall growth rate of the organic food sector was slowed down by the poor increase in sales in the organic dairy and egg category, which had a growth rate situated below 9% compared to the level reported in 2016.</p> <p>Still, OTA says that the growth rate of total organic food sales grew 1.1%, while organic food products are now accounting for 5.5% of the food sold in retail channels in the US.</p> <p>"Organic has arrived. And everyone is paying attention,” said Laura Batcha, CEO and Executive Director of the Organic Trade Associaion. “Our survey shows there are now certified organic products in the marketplace representing all stages of the life cycle of a product or a company—from industry veterans to start-ups that are pioneering leading edge innovation and benefits and getting shelf space for the first time. Consumers love organic, and now we’re able to choose organic in practically every aisle in the store.”</p> <p>Furthermore, OTA said that a market which faced unique challenges in 2017 was the organic egg market. Pasture-raised eggs, which clearly delineate humane practices such as outdoor access, presented stiff competition for organic eggs in 2017. <br />"Consumers perceive organic as requiring a number of humane practices including outdoor access for livestock and poultry. However, the requirements as written within current federal organic standards are unclear and inconsistently applied. The organic industry worked to advance the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rule to clarify required practices, but the rule was abruptly withdrawn by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2017," OTA's news release said.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-05-30 11:08:27 | 2025-08-16 03:34:58 | Details Edit Delete | ||
1340 | Cheap fish in Thailand is filling the country with "seafood tourists" from China | Higher prices in the domestic market are sending Chinese consumers abroad in search of less expensive seafood delicacies. | <p>Higher prices for seafood in China is developing new industries in Southeast Asia such as tourism, reports Seafood source magazine.<br />"Seafood tourists" is the new type of visitor that is often encountered in Southeast Asian countries, such as Thailand, the most popular destination for Chinese in 2017, as mentioned in a Ctrip report.<br />As China has decided to shut down domestic fishing in some areas to conserve fishery stocks, in March 2018 the average seafood prices went up by 7.11% year-on-year, according to a survey conducted by China's Agriculture Ministry.<br />In luxury restaurants in Beijing, for example, live tropical reef fish has a price tag that ranges from $100 to $300 and that can explain why the seafood importers and vendors in Bangkok are mentioning the Chinese tourism as a driver for seafood consumption in recent years.<br />Nevertheless, this situation has a dark side of the story as the seafood smuggling has intensified in the last couple of years due to the flaws existing in Hong Kong's legislation on fish&seafood imports. The local rules omit live fish imports from having to be recorded by the city’s Fish Marketing Organization, as currently, only "dead" or frozen imports are recorded. About 60% of the fish brought into Hong Kong ends up in mainland China, often smuggled over the border, according to a report published recently by the University of Hong Kong’s Swire Institute of Marine Sciences in cooperation with ADM Capital Foundation and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Coral Triangle Program. (The Coral Triangle area refers to an area of great biodiversity spanning a large part of Southeast Asia). <br />The impact of rising Chinese seafood consumption is likely having a direct impact on endangered species in Southeast Asia, according to the authors of the report, who are mitigating for a higher level of education for the Chinese consumers as they are becoming a major economic force in the region.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-05-30 11:10:34 | 2025-08-16 16:14:24 | Details Edit Delete | ||
1339 | Georgia reports bigger herds in the first part of 2018 | A strong demand from East Asian markets has encouraged the producers to increase the livestock production in the country. | <p>During the first quarter of the year, Georgia reported an increase on the number of its livestock compared with the same period of 2017. The biggest advance was reported in the flocks of sheep and goats by 35.9%, according to the official statistics quoted by <a href="https://georgiatoday.ge/news/10488/Agri-Review-May-2018%3A-The-Sector-at-a-Glance">Georgia Today</a>.<br />The growth is sustained by a strong demand from East Asian countries but there is also an increase in the number of beef cows (9.3%), pigs (7.7%) and poultry(4.1%).</p> <p><img src="/files/pictures/article/b46b9cc542f7565568640a669679a367_1.jpg?1527601967096" alt="b46b9cc542f7565568640a669679a367_1" /></p> <p>Egg production in the first three months of the year has reached 161.7 million (+10.2%) while meat production has grown by 9.5%, to 15,000 tons. In April 2018, Georgia’s agricultural exports (including food) amounted to 52 mln USD, which is around 30% of total Georgian export value. While comparing this indicator to April 2017, it is 4% higher.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-05-30 07:01:25 | 2025-08-15 18:54:04 | Details Edit Delete | ||
1338 | Australia's ban on Japanese beef imports finally lifted | Australia will once again import beef from Japan after a 17-year-old trade ban, the Japanese ministry of agriculture announced recently, Nikkei Asian Review reported. | <p>Japanese beef exports are expected to rise once again after the Australian authorities have decided to lift the ban that was imposed in 2001 because of an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease).</p> <p>Japan has been urging the Australian authorities to lift the ban since 2004. Only facilities that receive approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will be able to export their products to Australia.</p> <p>According to Nikkei Asian Review, the minister of Agriculture, Ken Saito, Australians consume an average of 20.9 kilos of beef per person each year and the Japanese government is looking to promote Japanese beef amongst them along with different preparation methods for this type of meat.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-05-29 15:44:49 | 2025-08-16 17:54:47 | Details Edit Delete | ||
1337 | VIDEO -"Business performed well, despite a negative market trend" | <p>Multivac stands out as the leader of the packaging and processing sectors and the company's CEO Hans-Joachim Boekstegers is confident about the evolution in the near future. "Business keeps on performing well, even if the market trend is somehow negative," he said during a conference at the Anuga FoodTec 2018.</p> <p><br />Present at the company's stand, Boekstegers mentioned the fact that the good evolution registered by Multivac is not always fueled by a real growth of the packaging and processing machines market but mainly by the spare parts required by clients. Nevertheles, the new technologies present in the industry gives him confidence for this year.<br />"We have an extraordinary system business. This year we expect a growth over 100%", declared Hans-Joachim Boekstegers while presenting the company's strategy and its global market outlook.</p> | 1 | Technology | 2018-05-29 15:56:03 | 2025-08-16 13:49:30 | Details Edit Delete | |||
1336 | Ingushetia plans to export poultry to Qatar | Authorities of Ingushetia want to export poultry products from the Yuzhny complex to Qatar and several other Arab countries, according to the latest statement made by the head of the republic Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, as reported by the Russian news agency Tass. | <p>"Proposals regarding poultry shipments have been prepared for the Qatari delegation and for Saudi Arabia and the Arab Emirates," the head of the republic told Tass.</p> <p>Mr. Yevkurov also stated that a delegation from Qatar will arrive in Ingushetia at the end of June to work on joint projects.</p> <p>The Yuzhny Poultry Complex is expected to launch its operation by the end of 2019.<br />The poultry complex will have a capacity production of about 10 thousand tons of turkey products, including a number of semi-finished products and sausages. The investment in the Yuzhny facility reaches 3.8 billion rubles.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-05-29 15:07:24 | 2025-08-15 16:46:48 | Details Edit Delete | ||
1335 | New Zealand to cull 126,000 cows in the next years | The largest mass animal slaughter in the country's history represents an attempt to eradicate mycoplasma bovis cattle disease. | <p>New Zealand is the first country to take severe measure in order to eradicate mycoplasma bovis cattle disease that has spread to 37 farms.<br />126,000 cows will be slaughtered in the next few years, mentioned Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at the beginning of this week. The operation's cost is estimated at NZ$ 800 million ($610 million) and large subsidies will be granted to the industry as the authorities are worried about the health of the national herd, informs The Guardian.<br />"No one ever wants to see mass culls. But the alternative is to risk the spread of the disease across our national herd. We have a real chance of eradication to protect our more than 20,000 dairy and beef farms, but only if we act now", declared Jacinda Arden.<br />Mycoplasma Bovis can lead to conditions such as udder infection, pneumonia and arthritis in affected cattle, but does not pose a food safety risk or any risk to humans.<br />The authorities are going to contribute with NZ$ 591 million ($410 million) to cover the losses resulted in the largest mass animal slaughter in the country's history. The disease was first reported on July last year but since then it has spread from the South Island to the North Island and affected 37 farms so far. Since it was first discovered, 26,000 cows have been culled.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-05-30 07:00:29 | 2025-08-16 18:23:13 | Details Edit Delete | ||
1334 | Brazil's meat industry in jeopardy for lack of feed as the fuel crisis deepens | Brazil's truckers refuse to end strike although the government recently offered a series of concessions regarding fuel prices and various Brazilian industries are struggling over lack of deliveries and transport options, Financial Times reported. | <p>Brazil's meat industry is in shambles after an eight-day nationwide strike over soaring fuel prices. The Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA) reports disruptions in the flow of products and feed for poultry and swine farming.</p> <p>According to a survey conducted by the Association with its members, trucks with feed, inputs for the production of animal feed (such as corn and soy) and other products are prevented from circulating in more than 300 points in 22 states across the country.</p> <p>The association also stated that since the strike began producers had to cull nearly 70 million birds and if the crisis goes on they may be forced to dispose of a similar number of birds. ABPA says that 1 billion chickens and 20 million pigs are not receiving the necessary amount of feed. Furthermore, because of the strike, volumes close to 120,000 tons of chicken and pork have ceased to be exported.</p> <p>According to Financial Times, the crisis cost the industry so far about $350 million in losses.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-05-29 13:04:56 | 2025-08-16 04:29:56 | Details Edit Delete | ||
1333 | Belgians have decreased their egg consumption during last year | The situation had nothing to do with the Fipronil crisis that affected the poultry industry in Europe and Asia. | <p>The egg consumption in Belgium in 2017 has decreased by 3% according to the official statistics, quoted by <a href="https://www.retaildetail.eu/en/news/food/fipronil-crisis-barely-impacted-egg-sales">Retail Detail</a> magazine. However, the market response was not generated by the Fipronil scandal that affected 15 EU countries as one could believe it.<br />Analysts from Gfk Belgium are convinced that higher prices and a continued shift to organic products were the main reasons behind the decrease in consumption.<br />On average, a Belgian bought slightly more than 71 eggs for 13.1 euro, two eggs or 3 % less than in 2016 and more than 4 eggs below the level of the record year 2013. An increase in the price of free-range eggs and organic eggs has dropped the purchase frequency from 16 to 15 times per year.<br />The segment of organic eggs was the only one to register a growth in terms of market share. The number of organic egg buyers grew from 24% to 27%, the product representing now 9% of the total egg sales in Belgium, with a turnover of 14%, according to the study.</p> <p>Gfk analysts have observed that the drop in egg sales in Belgium was already present at the time the Fipronil crisis has started, in July 2017.</p> | 1 | Retail | 2018-05-29 14:02:01 | 2025-08-13 01:29:43 | Details Edit Delete | ||
1332 | Global market for meat, poultry and seafood will be worth $7.3 trillion in 2025 | Poultry is expected to emerge as the fastest growing segment in markets such as the US and Europe. | <p>A new report from Grand View Research predicts that the global market for poultry, meat and seafood is to reach $7.3 trillion in 2025 as the world population is expected to be at 8.1 billion inhabitants.<br />Poultry will be the fastest growing product segment in markets such as the US, Europe or India, according to the analysts, quoted by <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/meat-poultry--seafood-market-size-worth-73-trillion-by-2025-grand-view-research-inc-683844731.html">PR News Wire</a>. In the US market, for example, a survey conducted by the National Chicken Council in June 2017 showed over 84% of consumers had eaten chicken purchased from a supermarket within the previous two weeks, and 67% had consumed chicken at a food service establishment - down from 87% and 72% in 2016, but about the same as observed in 2015.<br />A growth in poultry consumption is also expected to take place in Europe, where the market share for this products is expected to be at 17.4%. For the forecast period, Idia is expected to witness an increases consumption of poultry and seafood as the beef products will get more expensive. By 2025, seafood demand in India will have a market share by 27.8% in terms of volume of Asia-Pacific region. Another region where seafood consumption is expected to increase substantially is Central and South America. This market is expected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 6.4% in terms of revenue.<br />Asia-Pacific will become the largest regional market in meat, poultry and seafood market and China will be accounting for a 39.5% market share by 2025, mentions the report.</p> <p>(<em>Photo source: Facebook/Tuten's Fresh Market Meat and Seafood</em>)</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-05-29 11:03:40 | 2025-08-16 18:14:03 | Details Edit Delete | ||
1331 | Namibia exported 85% of its meat production | The main markets for beef exports are South Africa, EU and Norway, reports Namibian Meat Board. | <p>During the Fiscal Year of 2017, Namibia exported 85% of its meat production worth $160 million as revealed by the data presented recently by the country's Meat Board.<br />At the same time, livestock exports were consisting of 2,77 million cattle, 1,97 million sheep and 1,79 million goats, reports <a href="https://allafrica.com/stories/201805210610.html">All Africa</a> magazine.<br />South Africa remains Namibia's biggest market with 60 000 sheep in the small stock category being exported to that country's informal market. In terms of beef, 37 000 tonnes were exported, with South Africa receiving 9 400 tonnes and the European Union, United Kingdom, Reunion, and Norway getting 9 500 tonnes.<br />"In terms of the sheep marketing scheme, there is a need to restore the vitality of the industry. There is also a need to finance crucial directorate of veterinary services' certification functions.<br />Meanwhile, imposing South Africa's livestock import conditions such as bovine tuberculosis (BTB) requirement adds additional costs to the value chain", explained The Meat Board's general manager, Paul Strydom.<br />Some of the challenges that Namibia's meat industry is facing are competitiveness, in terms of joint value addition definition, and the need to improve the animal health status through the re-commissioning of the government-owned northern communal areas' abattoirs.</p> <p>(<em>Photo source: Wikimedia</em>)</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-05-29 07:01:57 | 2025-08-14 18:00:47 | Details Edit Delete | ||
1330 | Copese Group wants to buy a bankrupt facility in Spain | A meat processing facility in Villacastin could be reopened in the near future if the transaction is approved. | <p>Copese Group is interested in the acquisition of "Centro Cárnico de Villacastín", a meat processing facility that declared bankruptcy for a debt of €60 million, reports <a href="https://carnica.cdecomunicacion.es/noticias/27119/el-grupo-copese-se-interesa-por-el-centro-carnico-de-villacastin?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ponte-al-dia-de-las-noticias-mas-importantes-del-sector-carnico-durante-la-navidad">CDE Comunicacion</a> portal.<br />The meat processing plant is worth €26 million and it is closed by 7 years now. In order for the transaction to take place, it is only necessary that it be authorized by the Commercial Court No. 5 of Madrid.<br />The facility is built on 80,000 sqm, of which more than 17,000 is represented by a slaughterhouse. Its daily operating capacity would be 400 cattle and 1,300 pigs and the factory comes with its own sewage treatment plant and its own water supply well. Before the bankruptcy was declared there were 400 people hired at the plant.<br />Copese Group is one of the leading Spanish meat producers and the holder of the brand Eresma. At the beginning of 2018, the processing capacity of its plants was at 4,500 pigs a week.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-05-29 07:00:14 | 2025-08-15 22:12:07 | Details Edit Delete | ||
1329 | Bulgaria receives swine fever free status | The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has officially recognized Bulgaria as a "free of classical swine fever" state during the General Session of the Organization that was being held last week in Paris, France. | <p>Damyan Iliev, Executive Director of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, said that the granting of official status recognized by the OIE is of great importance for the economic development of Bulgaria.</p> <p>In 2016, the European Commission adopted a decision allowing Bulgaria to trade live pigs within the European Union after having previously had more than 10 years of ban imposed over the control of classical swine fever.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-05-28 06:00:34 | 2025-08-16 15:04:29 | Details Edit Delete | ||
1328 | Scottish lamb prices increased but volumes are low, says QMS | <p>According to Stuart Ashworth, Quality Meat Scotland Director of Economics Services, the poor spring weather and lack of grass has slowed the rate at which these new season lambs are reaching the market, with volumes considerably lower than last year. </p> <p>“Weather conditions have also contributed to the volume of hoggs on the market continuing at a higher rate than last year and they, similarly, are benefiting from firm prices,” said Mr Ashworth.</p> <p>Influencing the market place is the timing of the Muslim Ramadan festival which began on 17 May and continues until 15 June and historically provides support for sheep meat at the start and end of the festival period.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-05-28 07:00:27 | 2025-08-16 19:26:35 | Details Edit Delete | |||
1327 | Canned Pork and Chicken Products recalled in USA and Guam | More than 100 tons of meat are subject to a high-class alert due to a possible foreign matter contamination. | <p><br />Hormel Food Corp., a Fremont, NE establishment, is recalling approximately 228,614 pounds of canned pork and chicken products that may be contaminated with foreign matter (pieces of metal) the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today<br />The items were produced between 8-10 February this year and were delivered to the US and Guam markets. The problem was discovered after the firm received four consumer complaints stating that metal objects were found in the canned products. FSIS was notified on May 25, 2018.</p> <p>There have been reports of minor oral injuries associated with consumption of the products. FSIS has received no additional reports of injury or illness from consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider.</p> <p>FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers’ food pantries. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.</p> <p>(<em>Photo source: Wikimedia</em>)</p> | 1 | Retail | 2018-05-27 11:28:02 | 2025-08-15 22:16:00 | Details Edit Delete | ||
1326 | EU pork exports are 10% lower than a year before | Prices are steady but the packing plant throughout the EU does not want to freeze more meat than necessary. | <p>Europe's exports have dropped 10% compared to a year before and the regional market is trying to accommodate to the situation. China is buying 10% less in the first two months of the year to the EU, than in the same period of 2017. <br />However, the prices are balanced at around 1.10 -1.20 € / kg live weight, a little bit lower than a year ago when the average on the EU market was at €1.24. Confronted with this situation Spanish producers are increasing the weight of the pigs in order to cover the marginal losses.</p> <p>"The weight is well above the weights of the last 4 years - 1.78 kg higher than a year ago, but more than 3.5 kg compared with 2015. The slaughter weight is increasing little by little. On the one hand because of market change - consumers looking for meat quality. On the other hand, this helps to dilute the fixed costs of production. <br />There are fewer animals to sacrifice, less supply, but demand is accommodating to it. The price of meat prevents the industry from sacrificing more and maintaining its rate of slaughter so as not to worsen its exploitation account", mentions Mercedes Vega, Genesus General Director for Spain, Italy and Portugal.<br />Meantime, the packing plant throughout the EU, in general, does not want to freeze more meat than necessary. They do not see a very clear situation, which can cover the costs that this entails as the future of prices is not very clear.</p> <p> </p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-05-27 08:12:04 | 2025-08-15 13:47:00 | Details Edit Delete | ||
1325 | VASEP: China imported 43% more pangasius from Vietnam | Vietnam reported a record growth in its exports of pangasius to China. | <p>Vietnamese exports of pangasius reported an increase of 43% in the first four months of 2018 compared to the corresponding period from 2017 and reached a value of $145 million, according to the latest data presented by Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).</p> <p>The record growth makes China the largest importer of pangasius from Vietnam, surpassing the US that previously held this position.</p> <p>According to VASEP, Vietnam is currently the third largest provider of white fish for China, after Russia and Norway.</p> <p>VASEP expects that the positive trend in pangasius exports to China will be maintained.</p> <p>"As pangasius exports to traditional markets like the EU and the US are facing difficulties due to high anti-dumping tariffs and technical barriers, China is considered a good alternative market for businesses," VASEP said in a statement.</p> <p>According to a report of the Directorate of Fisheries, the pangasius output hit 1.2 million tonnes in 2017, a year-on-year rise of 5.1 percent. In the year, export turnover of this fish reached 1.78 billion USD, up 4.3 percent against the previous year, accounting for 21 percent of the fishery industry’s total export value.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-05-26 09:21:55 | 2025-08-15 19:21:48 | Details Edit Delete | ||
1324 | Weber Maschinenbau has set a new location in Asia | Weber Machinery PTE, LTD Singapore is the second office opened to serve the company's clients in South East Asia. | <p>The German company Weber Maschinenbau is expanding its presence in Asia with a new subsidiary opened in Singapore. The new firm is the second Weber location in the region, following Weber Group Japan.<br />"In order to be present with own sales and service companies in all countries where food is being processed with Weber machines, Weber is constantly advancing its international presence. Asia is one of the largest growth markets for Weber Maschinenbau", mentioned the company in a press release.<br />The latest Weber location serves customers in Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Indonesia and Vietnam. Managing Director is the Singaporean Whye Mun Yip. Yip most recently worked in sales and as a project manager for the packaging machine manufacturer Uhlmann in Singapore. <br />By now, Weber Maschinenbau has opened 25 locations in 21 countries hiring about 1,300 employees.</p> | 1 | Technology | 2018-05-25 16:01:05 | 2025-08-16 15:31:51 | Details Edit Delete | ||
1323 | Vion suspends activities at Leeuwarden abattoir | The measure was decided today and it has an immediate effect, announced the executives of the company. | <p>Activities at Vion's beef abattoir in Leeuwarden will temporarily be suspended due to certain experiences in the new abattoir over the past few months, announced the company in a press release published on May 25.<br />The company has ascertained that a few small details need to be improved at the beef abattoir, which was designed using the latest insights. The past few months have been used productively, to identify and investigate the ‘teething problems’ that can occur in a new and advanced beef abattoir such as that in Leeuwarden.</p> <p>"We see a higher number of carcasses that have been rejected compared to other beef abattoirs while we use the same process. <br />We are working with The Netherlands food and consumer product safety authority (NVWA) to find out why. Meantime, we will do small revisions in the system as this is a new facility of ours that we can optimise", declared for EuroMeatNews Nancy <span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Aschman, Vion N.V. Group Communication Director. Local sources mentioned that the percent of carcasses rejected at Leeuwarden abattoir is almost three times higher than the average one set in other abattoirs in the country.</span></p> <p>In order to solve these issues completely, Vion has decided to use the coming period to make a few technical modifications and that requires to halt the operation in the facility for an undetermined period of time.<br />"In addition to technical improvements, Vion has ascertained that the inspection results paint a different picture to those at other abattoirs in the Netherlands. The coming period will also be used to clarify the reason for this difference", informs the press release.<br />Also, the company is in touch with Dutch Food and Consumer Goods Authority (NVWA) on the subject.<br />The investment in the Leeuwarden abattoir was about 20 million euros according to a press release from February. "Vion regrets the developments in Leeuwarden and the effect they will have on its suppliers in the northern provinces and employees but sees no other option than temporary closure", specified the representatives of the company.<br />The location was fitted with a viewing gallery to make the process as transparent as possible for visitors. It was the first company in the Netherlands to show the process to livestock farmers, students, journalists, government officials and other interested parties.</p> <p> </p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-05-25 12:34:11 | 2025-08-16 15:17:17 | Details Edit Delete |