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| 1119 | In 2017, Spain was considered to be one of the important producers of poultry in Europe, accounting for 11% of the total production in EU-28, but also a consumer with a certain perspective of growth in the following years. | <p>In the last 10 years, Spain’s poultry consumption has grown by an average rate of 6%, with an accentuated pace of<br />growth by 8% registered in the last 3 years. It is a little bit unusual for a nation that seems to be addicted to pork but there is an explanation for that.</p> <p><strong>The cheaper, the better</strong></p> <p>The economic downturn in Europe has been negatively impacted the meat consumption in the region but it never affected<br />the poultry meat, the cheapest source of protein in the market.<br />As a result, the market for the poultry products expanded in the region, the trend is visible even in Spain and Portugal, two markets that were seen as a big consumers of pork. In the European Union, sales of cheaper<br />broiler cuts increased faster than sales of expensive parts like breasts or whole-bird. <br />Nevertheless, the EU’ s poultry production grew as well, Poland playing the role of the leader in broiler meat producing country in EU-28 region. A forecast made by the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service in Warsaw predicted that Poland’s poultry production in 2018 will surpass 2 million tons. The country is accounting for 20% of the<br />EU poultry production. At the same time, Spain has accounted for an 11% market share in both production and consumption of poultry. A similar rate in poultry consumption was registered in Poland, Germany and France.<br />Spanish broiler production grew in the past years but will likely stabilize in 2018 because the decline in prices paid to farmers (despite decreasing feed costs) have lowered producers’ margins and led to the closure of uncompetitive poultry farms. In addition, some producers are switching production to other poultry products such as turkey or duck, according to a USDA analysis.</p> <p><strong>New investments</strong></p> <p>Still, the steady growth of consumption has stimulated investments like the one made by OSI Food Solutions Spain, a subsidiary of American based OSI Group. The company has doubled the production capacity at its facility in Toledo, the ability to process chicken being raised to 24,000 tons per year. The total production capacity of chicken, pork and beef stands now at 45,000 tons per year, poultry being now the most representative product of the Spanish<br />branch. OSI President David McDonald mentioned that the expansion is part of a plan to increase the company’s portfolio of products and encourage the growth of their foodservice and retail account services. <br />Since 2016, OSI Group has developed a strategy of acquisitions that increased its role in the global market. In Europe, the company purchased Flagship Europe from the Flagship Food Group in 2016, renaming it Creative Foods Europe in January 2018. Last year, the company expanded its operations at its OSI Food Solutions facility in Toledo, Spain.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-04-18 06:16:41 | 2025-08-10 07:37:01 | Details Edit Delete | |||
| 1120 | China inspects UK beef sector on BSE | The inspection is seen as an important step forward to gain access to the Chinese market for British beef for the first time in two decades. | <p>A Chinese delegation is visiting Great Britain to carry an inspection on BSE that can eliminate a 20-year ban imposed on British beef by the government in Beijing.<br />Five members of the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) arrived on Sunday as part of a nine-day visit to look at the country’s BSE controls, informs Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).<br />The delegation will visit farms, abattoirs, a BSE testing laboratory and render sites as well as meet with UK government officials in order to finish the evaluation on the country's BSE control.<br />For the British part, this mission is crucial for unlocking access to the Chinese beef market as estimates made by market analysts shows that British beef exports could be worth £250 million in the first five years.<br />"This is an important next step in our ambitions to export high-quality British beef to the growing Chinese market. Unlocking access to China will bring huge benefits to beef producers here in the UK", believes AHDB International Market Development Director Dr Phil Hadley. An agreement on pork exports to China was signed in 2012 and the exports value was about £74 million in 2016, informs ADHB.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-04-18 10:28:21 | 2025-08-10 23:07:08 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1121 | EU's ban on Brazilian chicken is heading to WTO | Europe is planning to block exports five other BRF poultry plants and to revoke credentials for other producers in the country while Brazil is threatening with a WTO complaint. | <p>Brazil’s agriculture minister, Blairo Maggi, is considering filing a complaint to the World Trade Organization (WTO) is EU will extend the blockade on Brazilian chicken from nine BRF plants and to revoke the credentials for other poultry producers in the country.</p> <p>"This issue of a trade war, we have seen the United States with ‘America first’ but there is also ‘Europe first’. This is headed to a difficult place for everyone involved", said Maggi, according to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-chicken-eu/eu-expected-to-block-brazil-chicken-exports-agriculture-minister-idUSKBN1HO28S">Reuters</a>.</p> <p>The official announced that he expects a final list from Brussels of banned plants but, in his opinion, EU is masking some commercial motives under the sanitation concerns that have no technical ground. "We are suffering from a commercial embargo, it’s not a question of sanitation", declared Maggi. Still, opening a panel of discussion at WTO is a measure that has to be approved by the foreign ministry.</p> <p>A month ago, Brazil self-imposed a ban on chicken exports to EU for 10 of 35 plants owned by BRF. Rumours are now saying that the EU officials are aiming to block the exports of 15 BRF plants and other producers may be targeted as well.<br />Data presented by minister Blairo Maggi shows that Brazil sold $317 million worth of fresh salted chicken to the EU last year and $118 million worth of unsalted fresh chicken.</p> <p>(Photo source: Pinterest)</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-04-18 12:26:52 | 2025-08-09 04:28:55 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1122 | MHP reports increase in poultry production in the first quarter of 2018 | MHP, the leading poultry producer from Ukraine, has announced its pre-close trading update for the first three months that ended on 31 March. | <p>MHP's production of chicken meat increased by 7% in the first quarter of 2018, reaching 152,167 tons from 141,874 tons in the first three months of 2017. The rise is based on a decreased percent of flock thinning and increased production of bigger broiler carcasses.</p> <p>MHP's chicken meat sales to third parties rose by 9% in Q1 2018, up to 135,307 tons from 123,931 tonnes in Q1 2017. On the other hand, domestic sales volumes decreased by 4% year-on-year.</p> <p>Furthermore, the company's exports of chicken meat increased by a staggering 28% in the first three months of this year compared to the corresponding period from 2017, totaling 63,144 tons. MHP exports poultry to 53 countries. Export sales represented around 47% of total poultry sales volumes in Q1 2018.</p> <p>"During the reporting period, following its export strategy, the Company has been developing its exports mainly in the countries of the MENA and the EU," the company's statement read.</p> <p>Poultry Prices<br />The average chicken meat price through the first quarter of 2018 increased by 23% to UAH 38.78 per kg (excluding VAT) compared to the same period last year but around 5% lower than in Q4 2017. Due to the relatively stable currency ratio, average MHP’s poultry prices in Q1 2018 increased by 22% year-on-year in USD term (almost in line with a growth in UAH term).</p> <p>Exports prices increased by 17% year-on-year, mainly as a result of MHP’s export product mix change and increased sales to more profitable markets (market targeting strategy). MHP’s poultry prices on the domestic market remained almost at the same level as in Q4 2017, but 23% higher year-on-year due to low comparative basis in Q1 2017.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-04-18 10:48:21 | 2025-08-08 21:30:00 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1123 | Two Australian slaughterhouses received the green light to export beef to Malaysia | Two Australian abattoirs, one from Queensland and another from Victoria, have received permission once again to export their beef products to Malaysia after Malaysian authorities prohibited the companies' shipments in August last year due to issues regarding Halal certification, ABC reports. | <p>The two processing plants received approval to export on the 5th of April.</p> <p>In total, six facilities were banned from exporting beef to Malaysia in August last year.</p> <p>The Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC) CEO Patrick Hutchinson told ABC that the council is working hard to get approval for export for the remaining delisted abattoirs.</p> <p>The Federal Department of Agriculture has told ABC Rural in a written statement that 17 Australian meat establishments are currently approved to export to Malaysia.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-04-18 12:36:59 | 2025-08-10 15:19:13 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1124 | Rabobank predicts a tough year for Australian beef exports | Not much upside support on global markets, as Australia faces increasing competition in key export markets over the course of the year. | <p>Australia's domestic cattle prices are to set at 15% lower than 2017 and the decline will be seen in the producers' income for this year, predicts Angus Gidley-Baird, Senior Analyst - Animal Protein at Rabobank.<br />The latest analysis released by the bank confirms an earlier Meat&Livestock Australia (MLA) forecast of 3% increase in slaughter and an overall increase in production of 3% thanks to the steady average slaughter weight.<br />Nevertheless, "global markets are not expected to provide much upside support, as Australia faces increasing competition in key export markets over the course of the year", said Angus Gidley-Baird.<br />One of the strongest competitors is Uruguay, the only South American Nation that has access to many of Australia’s key markets, with the exception of Japan and Indonesia. Also, the competition for the Chinese has increased lately with Argentina and Uruguay shifting their beef exports from Russia to China over the last 4 years.<br />"This isn’t forecast to change, with China likely to continue to be the main destination for both Argentinean and Uruguayan beef in the coming years", mentioned a snapshot published by MLA.<br />Compared with Brazil or India beef quality or market sanitary status, Argentina and Uruguay have a serious advantage and that could represent a greater risk for Australia in some markets.<br />In fact, China's direct beef imports for the last two years shows that Uruguay has already a bigger market share than Australia in this country.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-04-18 15:32:33 | 2025-08-08 03:05:42 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1125 | Russia bans pork imports from Belarus due to ASF fears | The Russian agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor has imposed a temporary ban on imports of live pigs and pork from Belarus after the detection of African Swine Fever virus (ASF) in products. | <p>Rosselkhoznadzor said it was forced to introduce restrictive measures for Belarusian imports after the FGBU's "Bryansk Interregional Veterinary Laboratory" and the Federal Center for Animal Health found the genome of the ASF virus in the samples of finished meat products belonging to the Belarusian enterprise "Gomel meat-packing plant" (Republic of Belarus, Gomel, Ilyich str., 2) and in sausages "Krakovskie" and sausage boiled "Garlic Smack".</p> <p>The Russian agency also stressed that on March 5 they sent a letter demanding to clarify the epizootic state in the country, but they did not receive a response from the national veterinary service. Belarusian authorities, in turn, noted that there were no outbreaks of the disease in the country.</p> <p>The press secretary from Rosselkhoznadzor Yulia Melano said in a statement that the Russian department believes that in Belarus there is a large-scale spread of the ASF disease.</p> <p>The Russian authorities said that these restrictions will remain into place until the epizootic situation in the Republic of Belarus is clarified, negotiations and implementation of regionalization by the veterinary service of the Republic of Belarus.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-04-18 15:16:19 | 2025-08-10 05:49:00 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1126 | Aldi ranks as best retailer for sustainable fish | Aldi has reported the highest proportion of sustainable-certified seafood compared to any other retailer in the UK, according to a survey published by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). | <p>German retailer Aldi has a 79% share of seafood certified sustainable. Meanwhile, all supermarkets have increased their sustainable seafood sales by 60% in the last two years, The Sun reports.</p> <p>The second place was occupied by Sainsbury's with more than 200 certified products that made up 76% of its whole seafood range. Lidl came on the third spot with 72% of its range being certified sustainable.</p> <p>Waitrose's range is 67% MSC certified, while Coop's is 61% and Tesco’s is 48%.</p> <p>The Marine Stewardship Council is an international organisation that sets the standards for sustainable fishing all around the world.</p> | 1 | Retail | 2018-04-18 16:32:03 | 2025-08-09 16:56:38 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1127 | Japan's imports of squid are decreasing | The trend is expected to continue as the global production is declining and the prices are growing. | <p>In 2017, Japan' s imports of cephalopod decreased compared to the prior year. Only 59,000 MT were imported last year, down 32% from the figures reported in 2016. In terms of value, the volume is estimated to be worth $356 million, down 41% compared to 2016.<br />Japan is still the fourth largest importer of cephalopod in the world but the volume of imports is declining since 2012 due to a reduced global production of octopus and the trend is expected to continue in 2018, informs Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).<br />Processed squid worth $274.3 million, followed by processed octopus ($80.3 million), frozen squid ($1.4 million) and frozen octopus ($82,000.) were the main cephalopod products imported by Japan. From 2016 to 2017, the value of processed squid has seen a dramatic increase by 619%. On the other hand, froze squid and frozen octopus have been confronted with a decrease of value by 99% and 100%, respectively.<br />Only 12 countries exported cephalopod to Japan in 2017, while the figure in 2016 was 17. According to the statistics from the International Trade Center (ITC), in 2017, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Peru, South Korea, Philippines, Indonesia, Spain, India, Chile, Myanmar and Malaysia were 12 countries supplying cephalopod to this market. Only China, Peru, South Korea and Spain posted the positive growth of 62%, 896%, 2,757% and 66%, respectively in the export value to this market over 2016.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-04-18 16:48:06 | 2025-08-10 20:56:00 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1128 | The Spanish market - a perfect business hub for the German meat producers | German Meat, the joint export promotion organisation of the German meat industry, is participating for the first time at the Spanish trade fair Alimentaria with six companies, which will be presenting themselves at the exhibition's hall dedicated to the meat industry Intercarn. During 2017, the German meat exports towards Spain increased by 10% compared to the previous year. About how the organisation is planning to support the German producers to further acces this market EuroMeatNews talked with German Meat's managing director Steffen Reiter. | <p><strong>German Meat will attend Alimentaria for the first time this year. What are your expectations from this trade fair? </strong></p> <p>Spain is developing more and more as a meat business hub. Within the last years it has successfully build up it`s meat industry – especially in the pork sector. Nevertheless, there was further room for exports from Germany. In 2017, the German meat businesses exported more than 80.000 tons worth €290,7 million to Spain. Which is an increase of more then 10% compared to 2016.</p> <p>Poultry had the largest export share of all meat types with 30.621 tons, followed by beef with 25.000 tons and pork with nearly 18.000 tons. German sausages are also very popular in Spain. Totalling exports of 8.239 tons (€32,6 million) in 2017 it was one of the main export markets for the German meat processing industry.</p> <p>Alimentaria with the dedicated Intercarn area seems to develop more and more as an import gathering of the meat industry. This is why we decided to attend the fair this year for the first time. </p> <p><strong>What is German Meat's promotion strategy for Alimentaria? </strong></p> <p>German Meat organized a group participation for different German companies in the meat sector. In our group participation 6 companies will present their products. High quality products, reliability and high technical and hygiene standards characterize the companies belonging to German Meat. The whole range of meat and meat products like beef, pork, poultry and processed meat products can be found on our booth in D 423 in hall 4 (Intercarn).</p> <p><strong>How does German Meat support the meat industry? What is the promotion strategy in the following years and what markets are you targeting? </strong></p> <p>German Meat offers a wide range of B2B services to the Germany meat exporting companies. These include market information like country- and product reports, B2B platforms like fairs and buyers meetings, business trips, seminars and PR activities. Regularly we are present in the main meat markets using well known platforms like ANUGA, SIAL China, Foodex Japan etc. and other trade fairs as framework/backbone of our worldwide program. In addition to this, we are exploring and developing our meat exports to other countries that are not on the list of the top export markets but seem to have a high future potential such as countries in Asia and Africa.</p> <p><strong>How was 2017 in terms of volume and turnover across all categories of meat produced in Germany?</strong></p> <p>In 2017 meat production by commercial slaughterhouses declined following a recent slight increase. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), meat production decreased by 2.0% compared to 2016 (-167 100 tons) to a total of 8.11 million tons.</p> <p>With just under 57.9 million slaughtered animals in 2017, slaughterings of pigs fell by 2.6% (-1.5 million) compared to the previous year.</p> <p>The number of slaughtered cattle also fell by 3.1% (-110,600 animals) compared with 2016 to 3.5 million. In summary, this means a slaughter volume of 1.12 million tons of beef produced, 2.3% (-26 100 tonnes) less than in the previous year. Slaughter of young cattle within the beef sector increased in 2017 by 5.2% to 38,900 animals.</p> <p>Poultry meat production also decreased in 2017. Compared to the previous year, the amount of poultry produced decreased by 12,600 tonnes or 0.8% to just over 1.5 million tons. This is the second decline in poultry meat production in the last 10 years, in addition to 2015.</p> <p><strong>Which are Germany's main export destinations? What are the challenges encountered by meat producers on these markets? </strong></p> <p>Germany exported more than 3.95 million tons of meat and meat products all over the world last year. The largest contributors to this are pork and pork products with an export volume of 2.87 million tons, followed by poultry meat and preparations (674,000 tons) and beef and veal (380,000 tons).</p> <p>Main export markets in 2017 were the Netherlands (570,000 tons) followed by Italy (434,000 tons) and China (349,000 tons), which is the biggest market outside the EU.</p> <p>The EU countries still account for more than 75% of all meat exports from Germany, but exports to third countries are growing. Especially pork is exported to third countries. China, South Korea, the Philippines and Japan are the most important. For beef and poultry, Germany is still working on market access issues in main importing countries.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-04-19 06:17:17 | 2025-08-10 01:08:24 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1129 | Portioning, packaging, preparing and selling the final product is now regulated directly by the consumer as the lifestyles embraced by different generations are setting new trends for the whole meat industry. | <p>“Experience from the German market shows that consumers are getting older; eating more outside the home; eating<br />ideologically or in line with religious beliefs, and their diets reflect individual values as they attempt to optimize their physical and mental performance”, concluded Carola K. Herbst from the DLG’s (German Agricultural Society) Food Competence Center after Anuga FoodTec 2018.</p> <p><strong>Back to the roots</strong></p> <p>Is not only the Germans that are setting new trends for the industry, a reshape of the global market is underway<br />and businesses must adapt to the consumer’s desire or they will disappear. Convenience, eco-friendly and healthy,<br />along with the search for new experiences, are the new requests that producers and retailers are forced to respond.<br />“The supermarket chains are going back to the roots, even in Germany. That means they increased their in-house<br />production of fresh meat and fresh products”, explained Thomas Hagmeier, Managing Director at Kolbe Foodtec, in<br />an interview for EuroMeatNews. <br />Globalisation and urbanisation processes are now shaped by the specificity of each region and even if the young<br />generation is copying a western lifestyle in its eating habits, the products must respond to some other characteristics than a decade ago. That could be a real danger to the brands that do not have the power and the will to adapt to this new reality, thinks Cyrille Filott, Global Strategist - Consumer Foods Rabobank.<br />In his opinion, the strategic changes are to follow in the next five years could range from select investments in iconic brands to even the disposal of some of these global brands.</p> <p><strong>A new business model</strong></p> <p>The companies must adapt to some of the most significant key drivers in the market: consumer preferences that are shifting at an unprecedented pace, personalization of products and an increased<br />demand for local food, believes Fillot.<br />Those things require from companies to adjust their structure so they can operate closer to the consumer, to adopt<br />smart technologies in order to focus at the same on 7 billion targets and to operate in every important local market<br />so they can respond to the need of local products expressed by every important community.<br />“These drivers mostly relate to the marketing of food products. If we shift our focus to products and brands, we<br />find ourselves in the middle of the rise of small brands. According to our analysis, large brands have lost share in 60% of food categories in the US and 70% of food categories in the UK, with small brands gaining the most. Historically it made a lot of sense to build these brands and to support them all over the world with marketing spend, among other things. But now that the game is changing”, notice Cyrille Filott.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-04-19 06:22:03 | 2025-08-10 20:28:50 | Details Edit Delete | |||
| 1130 | "The boy who cried wolf" is now playing in Bundestag | German shepherds are demanding compensations for trauma caused by the wolves' attacks even when no human or animal gets injured or killed. | <p>Sheep breeders from Germany are requesting compensations for the frequent wolves' attacks in the country even when no animal or human gets injured or killed by the predators.<br />The request was presented to the environment committee of Bundestag (the German parliament) by a representative of an association of animal farmers, Andreas Schenk, reports Deutsche Presse-Agentur.<br />According to Schenk, compensation is necessary no matter if the sheep are attacked or not to make up for the trauma caused to the animals and humans alike.<br />"Any attack is traumatic for humans and animals alike. Even the fear of an attack is unbearable", said Schenk. Sheep breeders in Germany demand a feed subsidy that can go up to €40 million per year but the farmers asked for more support to keep their businesses alive. "Wolves are not to blame for the decline in the sector. Politicians and the society are responsible for that", he added.</p> <p> </p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-04-19 10:30:49 | 2025-08-09 11:50:36 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1131 | Brazil is opening up new market in Asia for its meat exports | The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Blairo Maggi, recently announced that Indonesia and South Korea are about to open their markets to Brazilian meat exports for the first time. Mr. Maggi also added that Brazil is looking to further expand its meat trade with China and is also in talks with authorities from Russia to launch its meat exports to this country. | <p>A team of experts from Indonesia are currently on a technical mission in Brazil and will visit several meat producers from within the country. The Brazilian minister said that in the meantime the authorities from both countries will discuss the details regarding the elaboration of the International Sanitary Certificate (ITC) that will enable the shipments of the Brazilian meat products to Indonesia.</p> <p>According to the minister, a Chinese mission will also be coming to Brazil to expand the number of meatpacking plants that are authorized to export all kinds of meat (bovine, swine, and poultry) to China.</p> <p>"In addition, the coming of China's long-awaited mission to expand the number of cold storage facilities authorized to ship all types of meat (bovine, porcine and poultry) to the country is due to take place in the first weeks of May," Mr. Maggi said.</p> <p>In the next few days, as said by Mr. Maggi, Brazil will conclude negotiations with South Korea regarding the export of pork from Santa Catarina, Brazil’s only state considered Free of Foot-and-Mouth Disease without Vaccination, the highest protection status.</p> <p>Furthermore, the Brazilian official said that Brazil is also in talks with Russian authorities about resuming the meat trade between the two countries, suspended since 2017. The minister said that a letter regarding the measures adopted by Brazil to resume shipments to Russia has already been sent to the local health authorities.</p> <p>Regarding the exports to India, the official announcement was also made that India will begin importing bovine and swine live embryos from Brazil, marking a new frontier into the Asian market. Brazil has been exporting bovine semen to Indian producers since 2016.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-04-19 10:56:34 | 2025-08-10 02:18:09 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1132 | HPP technology is to ensure a growth of 6% for the global poultry processing equipment market | The latest analysis by Technavio on the global poultry processing equipment market mentions a compound annual growth rate of 6% between 2018-2022, the main factors that are supporting the investments in this sector being new trends in processing and a increasing demand for processed poultry products. | <p>Even if it’s seen as an emerging market trend, high-pressure processing (HPP) technology for poultry processing will be adopted at a large scale in the following years, as Technavio analysts consider.<br />HPP technology is seen as an effective alternative to conventional heat pasteurization and has enjoyed an exponential growth in the interest and demand for HPP among food processors in the last years.<br />„HPP helps preserve the nutritional benefits of the product and has been extensively used for processing poultry products. HPP processed poultry helps in eliminating bacteria such as E. coli, Listeria, and Salmonella. Several poultry processors have adopted HPP treatment for raw materials for increasing the shelf life of products while maintaining a clean label”, explained one of the analysts.<br />In 2017, the Americas dominated the global poultry processing equipment market with 40% share, followed by the EMEA (Europe-Middle East-Africa)and Asia-Pacific regions, whilst the killing and de-feathering equipment segment held the highest market share of nearly 25%.<br />On the consumer's side, the increase in demand for processed poultry products like ready-to-eat or ready-to-cook meals are sustained by the growing millennial population, rising population of working women, and on-the-go consumption habits, mentions the analysis. In countries like Japan, Angola, Cuba, Iraq, and the UAE, the demand for processed poultry products is high.</p> | 1 | Technology | 2018-04-19 11:20:53 | 2025-08-10 11:57:25 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1133 | Multivac prepares a complete show at FoodTech Barcelona 2018 | The concept of convenience is finding its place in the B2B sector thanks to a special showcase prepared by Multivac for FoodTech Barcelona 2018 which will take place on 8-11 May in Spain. | <p>Under the slogan "Better Packaging and Processing", the German company will present the latest systems for the slicing, processing and packing of fresh meat, as well as specific packaging concepts for small and medium-sized processors,together with labelling, marking and quality inspection systems, and last but not least the company's comprehensive after-sales service.<br />The exhibition stand will feature some of the most performant machines developed by Multivac or its new partner TVI for the big processing companies., such as R 126 thermoforming packaging machine, the GMS 500 portioner, the universal GMS 1600 twin cut portioning system, the T 600 tray sealer, the B 510 chamber machine or the high-performance R 515 thermoforming packaging machine. Nevertheless, small and medium-sized processing companies will get a chance to observe different machines developed for their businesses: the compact R 085 thermoforming packaging machine and R 105 machine, as well as the T 300 tray sealer together with the C 500 and C 200 chamber machines. Also, the exhibition stand will have a touchscreen with the Webshop application, which will visualize for visitors the straight-forward ordering process for spare parts.</p> | 1 | Events | 2018-04-19 12:32:10 | 2025-08-10 11:08:36 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1134 | Kretschmar enters partnership with retailer Jewel-Osco | Kretschmar Premium Deli Meats & Cheeses, subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, has entered a partnership with Jewel-Osco to distribute the full line of Kretschmar's deli meats and cheeses in all of the 187 locations of the US retailer in Illinois, Northwest Indiana and Iowa. | <p>In addition, Kretschmar and Jewel-Osco also partnered to donate $1,000 to Make-A-Wish® Illinois with the support of Easton Corbin, country music star and Kretschmar Deli brand ambassador.</p> <p>Corbin helped the two companies present the donation to Make-A-Wish before his concert at Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Illinois, as part of Kretschmar’s Legendary Wishes campaign, the brand’s ongoing support of Make-A-Wish to help grant wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions.</p> <p>“We are proud to offer a premium brand like Kretschmar Deli to our customers,” said Doug Cygan, President Jewel-Osco. “Joining Kretschmar and Easton Corbin to donate to Make-A-Wish Illinois is a reflection of our shared values and ongoing support for our neighbors.”</p> <p>“With 187 stores, Jewel-Osco is an important partner for us as our Kretschmar brand continues to grow. We’re pleased to now be able to offer their shoppers our full portfolio of premium deli meats and cheeses, as well as seasonal limited-time offers,” said Michael Baughman, Smithfield Foods director of marketing. “We are privileged to continue our support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the great work they do, and so proud that Jewel-Osco joined us in our support of this remarkable organization to help make strides in granting life-changing wishes for these children.”</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-04-19 14:05:38 | 2025-08-09 08:03:37 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1135 | European poultry organizations are exposing the Ukrainian chicken fillet scheme | 30,000 tons were brought into EU with the sagittal bone attached in order to avoid the import duty and after that were processed further in plants owned by MHP boss, Yuriy Kosiuk. | <p>The Ukrainian poultry industry is putting pressure on the European businesses in the sector by using an import scheme to avoid taxation for some products. Pieces of fillets left with bones are delivered to EU without paying any import duty and then are processed in plants owned by the Ukrainian MHP potentate, Yuriy Kosiuk, in Slovakia and Netherlands to remove the bone and to be sold as an EU high-value product, reports <a href="https://www.portalspozywczy.pl/mieso/wiadomosci/ukraincy-wwoza-do-ue-drob-poza-kontyngentem-wystarczyl-jeden-prosty-trick,157422.html">Portal Spozywczy</a>.<br />According to Lukasz Dominiak, general director of the Polish National Poultry Council-Chamber of Commerce, 30,000 tons of meat worth €40 million were brought in the EU using this method.<br />"Poultry production in Ukraine is growing dynamically and is benefiting from cheap resources and a small number of regulatory provisions regulating the activity of the industry. The largest chicken farm in Europe is in Vinnica and it holds 18 million birds at the same time", says Dominiak.<br />Last year, Ukraine's poultry production reached 1.2 tons of which 20% was exported. Half of the production was obtained by MHP, the only Ukrainian producer allowed to export in the EU.<br />The free trade agreement signed between EU and Ukraine allows a quota of 40.000 tons of chicken, split equally in carcasses and poultry meat. 1 kg of Ukrainian chicken is 40% cheaper than one produced in EU, mentioned Dominiak. He asked for a strong reaction of European Commission in this matter. Poland is the largest poultry producer inside EU with a forecast production of 2 million tons for this year.</p> <p> </p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-04-19 14:43:02 | 2025-08-08 08:52:02 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1136 | Senate members worried about Marfrig-National Beef deal | "Foreign investment in U.S. agriculture requires a thorough review process to safeguard the American food system", warn the senators. | <p>The acquisition of National Beef by the Marfrig Global Foods Brazil is under fire in the US Senate where 4 members are asking for a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).<br />"The security, safety, and resiliency of our food system is integral to the overall security of our nation. <br />In light of recent acquisitions of U.S. food and agriculture companies such as Smithfield by Shuanghui in 2013 and the acquisition of Syngenta by ChemChina in 2016, it has become increasingly clear that growing foreign investment in U.S. agriculture requires a thorough review process to safeguard the American food system.", wrote senators from Iowa, Ohio and Michigan to the Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.<br />The deal worth $969 million could transform Marfrig Global Foods in the second largest beef processor in the world. The transaction is valued at $2.3 billion, including the debts, according to the statement released by Marfrig. Rumours about the transaction have started in January when sources inside National Beef mentioned that Leucadia, the majority stakeholder (79%), is considering selling a part or all of its stakes in what is considered to be one of the biggest units in the meat-processing industry from North-America.</p> <p>National Beef Packing Co. is ranked as the fourth-largest U.S. beef processor behind Tyson Foods Inc., JBS SA and Cargill Inc.<br />The deal was announced on April 9th and follows a 2017 corruption scandal regarding breaches in Brazil's food safety system that allowed the companies to export poor quality meat to global markets, including the US. As a result, US authorities have halted imports of fresh beef from Brazil.<br />The Senators also asked the Treasury Department to include both the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in CFIUS reviews of foreign acquisitions of major U.S. agriculture assets, informs Drovers magazine.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-04-19 16:30:03 | 2025-08-09 06:55:23 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1137 | Europe could replace American pork exports in the Chinese market. Can Spain take the lead? | The trade war started between Washington and Beijing is going to add a 25% tariff on American pork, among other food products, and Europe could benefit from this situation, as an AHDB analyst thinks. | <p>In 2017, China imported 1.2 million tonnes of pig meat, with around 65% of this coming from the EU, and 14% from the US, according to data from China Customs. The US is the third largest exporter of pig meat to China. From a US point<br />of view, China is the fifth largest destination of pig meat exports receiving 7.5% (185,000 tonnes product weight) of all US fresh/ frozen pork exports in 2017, equivalent to about 1.5% of the 11.7 million tonnes (carcase weight) of US production. <br />“In 2017, China produced 53.5 million tonnes of pig meat and consumed 55 million tonnes, according to the USDA. With that underlying demand, China may, therefore, need to source at least some replacement product from the global market, including the EU.”, claims AHDB Pork analyst Rebecca Oborne.<br />EU’s pig herd is about 150 million head, with the largest livestock located in Spain, and the exports to China have already reached 800,000 tons in 2017, according to HIS Maritime and Trade-Global Trade Atlas and the Chinese Customs<br />Agency. <br /><strong>Looking for bigger hogs </strong><br />The Spanish pig sector looks strong enough to respond to an increase in demand from the foreign markets, as shows a<br />Genesus report drawn by Mercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Italy & Portugal. <br />„It is observed in the market that trends are changing. On the one hand, the enlargements of the slaughterhouses<br />are already working, they need more hogs to be slaughtered and, in addition, they are looking for bigger hogs.<br />The average slaughter weight of last year, 2017, was 109.6 kg, compared to 107.6 kg in 2015. But if we look at the average of what we have in 2018, it is 115.2 kg compared to the same period of the previous year. 2017 of 111.2 kg. The change is appreciated little by little. The market trend is the demand for heavier hogs and better meat quality”,<br />mentioned Vega in the report.<br /><strong>Exports on the rise </strong><br />For the last 5 years, the evolution of Spanish exports registered a growth of 59.2% in volume and 50.8% in value and<br />in 2017, Spanish pork exports reached a volume of 2,124,367 tons valued at 5,022.6 million euros. That represents an increase of 5.3% in volume and 11.8% in value compared to 2016. China already accounts for more than 15% in the Spanish pork exports, other important markets being represented by France 15.38%, Italy 8.33%, Portugal 6.25%, Japan 5.51%, UK 3.35%, Germany 3.23%, and Hong Kong 2.62%. <br />At this time, 40% of the EU’s pig production is concentrated in two countries: Spain (30.1 million pigs) and Germany (27.6 million pigs) but the German market has shown a decrease in pig consumption last year due to a new preference manifested by the consumers for the beef.<br />If the trend manifested on the German market is to continue, a slight proportion of the Spanish exports to this market could be redirected outside the EU, China representing the opportunity of the moment.<br /><strong>US producers to look for new markets </strong><br />Even is at a point where it could lose ground on the Chinese market, the American pork industry should not express too<br />many worries about the tariffs imposed by Beijing, believes Jim Long, President and CEO of Genesus Inc.<br />„China’s imports from the USA is to be at approximately 2.2 % of the total US pork production. The emotional reaction in our mind is far more dramatic them the reality of market share. China’s small percentage of market share will be filled by other players, but this turn could open opportunities for US pork in other markets”, said Long in its own<br />report on the global market.<br /><strong>Same coin, two sides of it</strong><br />Regarding the subject of the US-Chinese trade war, Rabobank analysts expect to be felt on both sides. For the moment, the US pork producers and the Chinese consumers are to pay the price in this dispute. A $0.14 dollars decrease in prices for a kilo of pork carcass was reported at the begining of April in the US, but China has also a price to pay<br />before it can declare itself free of the American influence in agrifood trade sector.<br />Rabobank estimates that a 25% import levy on soybeans increases the average cost price of Chinese pork with 2.3% and<br />that of poultry with 3.8%. It is likely that, initially, these cost price increases will be passed on to the consumer. In 2016, China slaughtered 683m pigs, which together ate 218m tonnes of feed containing on average 16% soymeal. Feed costs represented 57% of the cost price of Chinese pigs. However, soymeal inclusion in feed used in professional<br />pig production can run as high as 25%, increasing the cost price by 3.7%. The inclusion of soymeal in broiler diets is 25% while feed costs are estimated to represent 60% of the total cost price of Chinese broilers, mentions the latest Rabobank report on this subject.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-04-20 06:37:20 | 2025-08-10 11:55:53 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1138 | Jamon Iberico - tradition transformed into premium products | Traditional ham in Spain is named Jamon and the most respected product in this range is Jamon Iberico, Iberian Ham. The premium product is now looked as a luxury item in some markets as the demand is getting bigger than the production in Spain and Portugal. | <p>In Taiwan, it took 4 years for the best ham in the world, after it got all the approval’s necessary from the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration, to be commercialized in this market and it is now presented on special shows staged in different bars and restaurants. The delay was caused by the long traditional curing process the meat must undergo before it can be put to sale (24-36 months) and by the increased demand existing at this time for Jamon Iberico.<br />This year, Taipei „ connoisseur’s” had a chance to fell the smooth taste of the finest Jamon Iberico – the Bellota- for $19 per 25 grams slices, but only between 1-25 March. The next batch will arrive in 2019, as announced<br />Mayfull Foods, on of Taiwan’s largest meat importers.<br />A similar show was held in a restaurant in Hong Kong, as China is becoming more and more interested in this premium/luxury product.<br /><strong>Prices are going up</strong><br />In fact, the appetite manifested by Chinese customers for the traditional Spanish ham, especially for the „Bellota” type, has led to an increase in prices for these products. The lifting of import restrictions on the Chinese market for Jamon Iberico has diminished the volume of the delicacy on the domestic market since last November and led to a 10% increase in prices at the end of 2017. <br />Considering the fact that it can take up to three years to prepare the famous Iberian Ham and the producers from<br />Spain an Portugal are in a limited number it is easy to understand why any new market accessed will set a higher price for this product.<br />„It’s inevitable that the price in Spain is going to rise. The companies licenced to trade in China don’t have enough Jamon de Bellota to meet Chinese demand”, mentioned Roberto Batres, the director of Shanghai de Delaiberia Gold, for The Guardian.<br />In fact, the Chinese are so obsessed with the newly discovered ham that they tried to replicate the product by opening<br />a ham-cutting school and by importing raw frozen pork from Iberian pigs that they cured themselves. Still, the product<br />resulted is excessively salted, according to the experts. At the end of 2017, a 7.5 kg leg of Jamon Iberico was sold on the Spanish market at between 150 to 600 euros, depending on the quality of the product.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-04-20 06:44:24 | 2025-08-10 15:15:06 | Details Edit Delete |
