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| 1983 | Polish official asks for wild boar depopulation | Is a prerequisite in the fight against ASF, says Polish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski. | <p>Isolate the farms and depopulate the wild boar herds to a level that is safe, recommends the Polish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski.<br />Poland is fighting against ASF since 2014 and the number of outbreaks is increasing to lately, despite the efforts made to contain the virus.<br />500 veterinary and action inspectors are missing in the field and the number of outbreaks reported this year has already reached 108, more than half all 212 detected in four years since the disease was first detected in the country.<br />Now the minister insists that only a depopulation of wild boar herds will give the authorities a chance to intervene to stop the spreading of the virus and he is appealing to hunters to engage more in this "war against illness", reports Portal Spozywczy magazine.<br />In his opinion, although the National Hunting Party and the Hunting District of the Polish Hunting Association understand the seriousness of the situation, shooting in individual hunting grounds is carried out in a "sluggish and absolutely inadequate" manner.<br />"The state once gave the Polish Hunting Union great privileges. It was the exclusive right to hunt animals, the right to use farmer fields, not only in the sense of organizing hunting and walking in private property but also hunting for game that feeds on these fields.<br />Since the state gave privileges, in the situation of the war we have at the moment, because it is a war with illness, also hunters have duties and they must understand this", said the minister.<br />According to the data presented by minister Ardanowski, the growth rate in the wild boar population is at 300%. "The destruction of wild boars is a condition for not keeping the disease in nature", asked the minister, mentioning that the depopulation will not threaten the existence of this species.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-01 12:08:49 | 2025-08-05 07:37:10 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1986 | Brazil's cattle herd declined by 1.5% | The world's second largest herd didn't show any sign of expansion, despite the record-high grain crop in 2017. | <p>Last year, Brazil had the perfect weather conditions to reach a record-high grain crop but that didn't translate in a cattle herd expansion. Data collected from the Municipal Livestock Production and the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics shows that the national cattle inventory has declined in 2017 compared with the previous year.<br />At the end of the year, there were 214.9 million cattle in the country, which stands for a 1.5% decline of the herd, informs Salaam Gateway magazine.<br />At the same time, Brazilian meat industry seemed to push forward the poultry sector who registered an increase of 6% compared with the figures reported in 2016, reaching a number of 1.4 billion birds, layer hens and broilers alike. The phenomenon generated a diminished value for the animal-based foods and production of 0.4% compared to 2016.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-02 06:28:20 | 2025-08-05 18:04:48 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1987 | QMS has its first woman-chairman | Kate Rowell took the position on October 1st and welcomed three new Board Members. | <p>Quality Meat Scotland's (QMS) leading position has been filled with the first female chairman nominated to represent the interests of the meat industry in the country.<br />Kate Rowell, farmer and veterinarian, has taken up the role of chair of QMS on October 1st and welcomed the announcement of three new board members.<br />The three new members of the QMS board are Ann Irvine, Andy McGowan and Gordon Wallace.</p> <p>Ann Irvine, who is currently a board member of University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) Perth College, was brought up on a mixed farm in Northern Ireland.</p> <p>For the past 21 years, she has been farming with her husband in North East Scotland and helping the public to better understand where their food comes from. Her professional career spans thirty years in local government and further and higher education.</p> <p>Andy McGowan is the Chief Executive of Scottish Pig Producers, the pig marketing cooperative that plays a pivotal role in developing the pigmeat supply chain in Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p> <p>He was the Head of Industry Development at QMS from 2002 until 2013 and has also worked in food and livestock genetics companies across Europe and Asia. Mr McGowan is currently the Vice President of the Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers and sits on the board of the Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society, scoteid.com Ltd, Wholesale Pigs (Scotland) Ltd and Pig Regen Ltd.</p> <p>Gordon Wallace is a butcher with over 30 years senior management experience ranging from volume carcass processing to meat product manufacturing.</p> <p>Mr Wallace is a part-time lecturer at the City of Glasgow College and freelance assessor/trainer principally with Scottish Meat Training. Gordon has a master’s degree in educational studies (M.Ed.), from Glasgow University and is a former chair of East Renfrewshire Council’s audit and scrutiny committee.</p> <p>Mrs Irvine and Mr McGowan commence their roles in October 2018 and Gordon Wallace takes up his role on 1 April 2019. A further new board member, starting in April 2019, has still to be announced.<br />Rowell extended sincere thanks to Alan McNaughton, who stands down at the end of his month after eight years on the board, and John Scott and Ronnie Eunson, who stand down at the end of March 2018.<br />“It is extremely encouraging that so many talented and knowledgeable people applied for the positions and I welcome the announcement of the appointment of these three individuals."We look forward to welcoming Ann, Andy and Gordon and I am confident they will bring a valuable combination of skills, fresh ideas and experience to the board.</p> <p>Finally, my sincere thanks, on behalf of the whole QMS team, to departing chairman Jim McLaren for his much-valued commitment, energy and enthusiasm during his term as chairman of the board.”, declared the new QMS chairman.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-02 07:04:15 | 2025-08-05 10:45:02 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1988 | The US meat industry praises the new US-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement | <p><br />The Meat Institute considers that this new deal is an important step in keeping the duty-free access to two of the U.S. meat and poultry industry’s most critical foreign markets.</p> <p>“Under NAFTA, U.S. meat and poultry exports to Mexico and Canada have thrived as import duties were removed and non-scientific barriers to trade have been significantly reduced,” said Meat Institute President and CEO Julie Anna Potts. “The North American market for the meat and poultry industry is nearly completely integrated and is essential to its long-term viability. The agreement submitted today to Congress safeguards the core tenets of NAFTA that have strengthened the U.S. meat sector and overall economy.”a</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-02 10:39:00 | 2025-08-05 12:47:08 | Details Edit Delete | |||
| 1989 | Record high beef exports for New Zealand in July | New Zealand exported 43,000 tonnes of fresh/frozen beef in July, increasing its volumes by 22% compared to 2017. | <p>Tom Forshaw, analyst at the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), said that the increase its based on larger shipments to some Asian markets.</p> <p>The demand for New Zealand's beef particularly stood out in China, were shipments increased by 53% in July 2018 compared to 2017 levels.</p> <p>" Despite Asian markets historically being viewed as lower-value, export values have risen in line with volumes, up 23% in July 2018 to total NZ$312 million," explained Forshaw.</p> <p>The strong export demand for NZ beef remained strong in recent months, while the domestic price for beef in the country has also been gaining soe strenght.</p> <p>Starting with September 17, the average P2 steer price stood at 557 cents/kg, which rose over 50% since May 2018. Compared to the same week in 2017, the price is 17 cents above.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-02 13:34:41 | 2025-08-06 06:42:21 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1990 | Sea Sheperd is making the offer hoping that the funds could stop the hunting of the whales. | <p>One million euros payable in ten tranches, between 2020 and 2030, is the offer submitted by Sea Sheperd UK to the Faroe Islands to stop its whaling activities, locally called the grindadrap.<br />Almost 8,000 cetaceans from five different species have been killed in the last decade by the Faroese fishermen in their grindadrap hunts, informs <a href="https://maritime-executive.com/article/sea-shepherd-offers-the-faroe-islands-one-million-euros">Maritime Executive</a>.<br />The one million Euros will be payable over 10 instalments at the end of every calendar year for 10 years with the first instalment of 100,000 Euros on January 1, 2020. Each payment will only be made if no cetaceans are deliberately hunted and killed in the Faroe Islands throughout the preceding 12 months.<br />In exchange, the British NGO is asking that the funds should be spent on promoting eco-friendly tourism to the Faroe Islands; Establishing cooperative whale/dolphin watching businesses in small communities around the Faroe Islands; Provision of teaching materials or specialist lectures to Faroese children on marine conservation; Training to Faroese citizens in marine mammal rescue techniques so that stranded cetaceans can be saved whenever possible.<br />The offer was submitted directly to the Faroese govern but it is expected to meet a strong opposition from the whale hunters. Despite the fact that grindadrap is seen a brutal way to kill the whales, the Faroese Pilot Whaler’s Association has argued that the killing method is actually humane. "It is every hunter's duty, honour and pride to kill an animal as quickly and humanely as possible", specified in the past Hans J. Hermansen, ex-president and board member for 22 years for the Faroese Pilot Whaler’s Association.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-02 16:09:33 | 2025-08-06 01:29:30 | Details Edit Delete | |||
| 1991 | Pork production in the US to grow by 3% over the next 6 months | Over the next half year, there will be 75,000 more hogs a week to go for the market, explains expert. | <p>The US hog inventory has increased to 69,156,000, up by 2 million compared to the last year and that means a lot of meat to be delivered on the market in the next few months.<br />In fact, about 75,000 more hogs a week will enter the slaughterhouses and processing units in the next six months, according to a market report from Jim Long, President-CEO, Genesus Inc.<br />Luckily, there is some good news for the industry as the US has finally reached an agreement on trade issues with Mexico and pork demand from China is expected to increase in the near future as the Asian country is fighting against ASF outbreaks.<br />"In our opinion, it will be hard for China to stop ASF. They will try but we have been in Russia for ten years, we have seen ASF there. We know Russia has tried to stop it and have made an excellent effort but so far have not been successful. Russia has land and strict biosecurity systems and protocols. The sheer scale of Chinas industry and hog density makes the effort even more daunting.<br />Finally, with the announcement on Sunday of the Trade agreement between the USA – Mexico – Canada (USMCA) there should be relief in the future for U.S. producers at some point from Mexican tariffs that have hurt U.S. hog prices", observes Mr Long.<br />Nevertheless, the US pig herd expansion seems to have slowed down in the last quarter, the country's breeding herd expansion accounting for only 10,000 head.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-02 16:40:13 | 2025-08-06 06:51:35 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1992 | Maple Leaf Foods acquires VIAU Foods | Maple Leaf Foods has signed a definitive agreement to acquire VIAU Foods, a Canadian market leader in premium Italian cooked, dry-cured and charcuterie meats for a purchase price of $215 million, including $30 million in Maple Leaf stock. | <p>Maple Leaf expects this new transaction to be accretive to its earnings per share in the first year and to its margin expansion over time.</p> <p>The transaction will be financed through a combination of cash-on-hand and drawings under Maple Leaf's existing credit facility and is expected to close in December, subject to regulatory review.</p> <p>VIAU brings a portfolio of leading brands, a reputation for innovation and quality, skilled management and people, and excellent manufacturing assets," said Michael McCain, President and CEO of Maple Leaf Foods. "This acquisition expands Maple Leaf's position in the growing market for premium dry cured and pepperoni meat products and provides further production capacity in Quebec, an important strategic base to grow both Canadian and U.S. sales. It also enables VIAU to expand its portfolio to include raised without antibiotic products, leveraging Maple Leaf's leadership in this growing market."</p> <p>"It is with great pride that we join the Maple Leaf family," said Pat De Marco, President and COO of VIAU. "Our quality and food safety culture fits perfectly with Maple Leaf, the company that, for years, we have regarded as the Canadian industry leader. The resources that Maple Leaf brings will allow us to more quickly grow our business, provide additional product offerings to our customers, make further inroads into the U.S. market, and provide more opportunities to our people. We are truly excited about the future possibilities."</p> <p>VIAU produces a range of value-added prepared meat products including Italian cooked meats, sausages, pizza toppings, shaved steak and meatballs, and is the Canadian market leader in cooked and dry-cured pepperoni. It also produces a range of gourmet deli and premium charcuterie products including salametti, capicollo, pancetta and sliced chorizo.</p> <p>VIAU is also a leading supplier of dried pepperoni and other pizza toppings to the North American foodservice industry and markets its products through retailers across Canada.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-03 07:16:20 | 2025-08-05 07:15:51 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1995 | Czech Republic to inspect pork products from countries with ASF | The Czech Republic's State Veterinary Administration (JSB) has announced that all shipments of pork and heat-treated unprocessed products from countries that are not African swine fever (ASF) free will be tested for the presence of the virus before being placed on the Czech market. | <p>The authorities announced that this regulation will be applied to all the national food companies' operators that import products from Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, Poland or Romania.</p> <p>"In view of the development of the disease situation in Europe, it is necessary to protect domestic pigs and the high-standard market for consumers from the possible introduction of the disease. That's why we have decided to condition the entry of potentially dangerous food from risky countries by mandatory ASF testing. The fight against the disease costs us a lot of money and there are a number of restrictive measures, so we do not want to risk another introduction of the disease into our territory," Minister of Agriculture Miroslav Toman stated.</p> <p>The JSB is currently randomly examining consignments of pigs and wild feathered pigs from ASF-compliant pigs for the presence of their virus. Over 100 samples were collected this year. In either case, the presence of ASF was not detected. The new veterinary measures of the JSB will also intensify monitoring intensively and will investigate pork meat and products from countries where the presence of ASF has not officially been confirmed.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-03 10:30:46 | 2025-08-05 06:38:26 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1996 | China culls 30,000 birds due to bird flu outbreak | A case of H5N6 avian bird flu was reported on a farm from Guizhou province. | <p>32,352 birds were culled by Chinese authorities after an outbreak of H5N6 was reported in a poultry farm in southwestern Guizhou province, mentioned <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-birdflu-outbreak/china-reports-h5n6-bird-flu-case-on-poultry-farm-in-guizhou-province-idUSKCN1M90BN">Reuters</a>.<br />According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, this is the first case of H5N6 reported in the area in the last couple of years.<br />Nevertheless, China is confronted with similar problems discovered in ducks, who now carry a deadly strain of bird flu. Highly pathogenic versions of H7N9 — a bird flu strain that’s proven particularly deadly to people — and H7N2 viruses have turned up in ducks in the Fujian province. These viruses replicate easily in the ducks and can kill them, researchers report September 27. The discovery is worrisome because the virus made the jump to ducks just ahead of efforts to eliminate H7N9 by vaccinating chickens, reports <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/china-deadly-strain-bird-flu-now-easily-infects-ducks">Science News</a> magazine.</p> <p>Since H7N9 began sickening people in 2013, a total of 1,625 people have contracted the bird flu strain and 623 have died. Most of those infected had been in contact with chickens. Initially, the virus killed about a third of people who caught it. But in 2016, the virus mutated to become even deadlier in both poultry and people, killing about half of the people it infected.</p> <p>A vaccine against the virus protects chickens, and consequently people, the new study found. No human cases of H7N9 have been reported since October 2017. But ducks weren’t vaccinated because the original H7N9 virus didn’t infect them easily. Now, the Chinese authorities are trying to prevent the deadlier virus strains from spreading to other poultry, wild birds and to people.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-03 10:46:45 | 2025-08-06 05:50:49 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1998 | UPA urges the Spanish government to adopt stricter measures against ASF | Five restrictionary measures are asked by the Union of Small Farmers in order to keep the disease out of the country. | <p>The Spanish Union of Small Farmers (UPA) are asking the government to take immediate measures in order to prevent the spreading of the ASF virus in the country.<br />As rumours about new cases reported in Italy have appeared, the agrarian organization has asked the Ministry of Agriculture to take five measures against swine fever, starting by banning the entry of wild boars in Spain. "It is unheard of animals being imported when, precisely, the last outbreaks of this disease have been detected in these animals that, paradoxically, are growing in numbers uncontrollably until they become a pest in many rural areas of Spain", complains UPA through the voice of its Livestock secretary, Roman Santalla.<br />Other four measures are seen as necessary to be adopted urgent, as mentioned in the letter sent to the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Fernando Miranda.<br />One of those, the control of piglets imports, has already been applied in Catalonia and UPA believes that it should be extended through all the provinces of Spain. The organization has also requested that all biosafety measures be extended to vehicles involved in the transport of animals, "as it is known that it is one of the most frequent routes for the spread of diseases in livestock", they have assured from UPA.</p> <p>Fourth, the farmers have proposed that the Ministry create a Coordination Table with the Autonomous Communities and the entire sector. "The goal has to be to point out and share all the news and actions related to African swine fever," said Santalla.</p> <p>Finally, UPA proposes that the breeders should maximize each and every one of the measures of biosecurity in the farms, in order to avoid a possible external contagion.</p> <p>African swine fever (ASF) is a hemorrhagic viral disease, highly contagious and lethal for pigs with mortality rates of almost 100% of affected specimens, although it must be remembered that it is totally harmless for humans. Recently it has begun to expand alarmingly across the continent, with the latest cases (unconfirmed yet) appearing in Italy. Spain has been confronted with ASF outbreaks almost 30 years ago and the losses for the sector were significant.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-04 07:02:29 | 2025-08-04 09:22:40 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 2000 | Almost 3,000 mt of raw beef products recalled over possible salmonella contamination | JBS Tolleson, a Tolleson, Ariz. establishment, is recalling approximately 6,500,966 pounds (2,948 metric tons) of various raw, non-intact beef products that may be contaminated with Salmonella Newport. | <p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced that it was notified of an investigation of Salmonella Newport illnesses with reported consumption of several different FSIS-regulated products by case-patients.</p> <p>"The first store receipt potentially linking the purchase of FSIS-regulated product to a case-patient was received on September 19, 2018; FSIS was then able to begin traceback of ground beef products. To date, eight case-patients have provided receipts or shopper card numbers, which have enabled product traceback investigations," FSIS' statement read.</p> <p>JBS Tolleson's products were packaged on various dates from July 26, 2018, to September 7, 2018. These items were shipped to retail locations and institutions across the USA.</p> <p>The American authorities have identified the raw ground beef products to be the probable source of the reported illnesses.<br />The most common supplier of the raw ground beef products was JBS.</p> <p>After the epidemiological investigation found that 57 case-patients from 16 states became ill in the period ranging from August 5 to September 6, 2018.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-04 09:32:42 | 2025-08-05 17:43:23 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 2001 | <p>The new facility will extend over a surface area of more than 17,000 square meters and it will have also 180 office workstations as well as conference and function rooms and also a company restaurant extended over two floors. The project will be completed in 2020.</p> <p>“The new building complex is designed as an Application Center for our Slicing Solutions Business Unit, which is now seeing very encouraging development in our new business sector. In future automated packaging lines will be commissioned here as well,” explains Hans-Joachim Boekstegers, CEO Multivac. “We have successively expanded our product range in recent years to include process equipment upstream and downstream of the packaging procedure. By founding the Slicer Business Unit, we have taken an important strategic step in the direction of 'Better Processing'.”</p> <p>The company announced that the new facility will offer a range of services, which will include sample production and machine demonstrations, as well as a wide range of training programs for the MULTIVAC slicers and slicer lines.</p> <p>“We have designed the Application Center in such a way, that our customers will find themselves in an environment, which reflects the real conditions in their own production sites,” says Hans-Joachim Boekstegers. “There, our customers will be able to experience the complete process chain live: this will extend from the demonstration of the various slicers handling a wide range of products, through to the presentation of different loading solutions downstream of the slicer, and right up to the actual packaging procedure itself. It will be possible to carry out individual trials with customers' own products as well as testing the slicing solutions for feasibility, output, return on investment, give-away and other critical factors.”</p> <p>Multivac Group has approximately 5,600 employees worldwide, with some 2,100 based at its headquarters in Wolfertschwenden. The production site in the Allgäu region of Germany currently comprises more than 72,000 square meters in total. In the early part of 2018 new production areas for the Traysealer Business Unit were completed, as well as additional office space for the Control Technology department, covering a total of around 4,000 square meters.</p> <p><em>Photo Source: Multivac / "The Directors of MULTIVAC Hans-Joachim Boekstegers (CEO), Guido Spix (CTO and COO) and Christian Traumann (CFO) have turned the first spadeful of earth for the construction of the new building complex in Wolfertschwenden."</em></p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-04 11:13:49 | 2025-08-06 02:57:41 | Details Edit Delete | ||||
| 2002 | Indian shrimp producer targets the European market | Blue Sea Aquaculture's black tiger shrimp exports are directed mainly to Germany, Austria and Switzerland. | <p>Blue Sea Aquaculture intends to grow its exposure on the EU market as organic black tiger shrimp items has already seen an increased demand from Austria, Germany and Switzerland.<br />Luckily, the EU ambassador to India just announced that the market will remain open for Indian shrimp exports due to the use of antibiotics in Indian shrimps, reports <a href="https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2018/09/28/eu-ambassador-rules-out-possibility-of-ban-on-indian-shrimp-imports/">Undercurrent News</a> magazine.<br />"We are not going to put any ban on Indian shrimp. Only one thing is that we have some health regulations in Europe and all imports from abroad should meet our requirement," said Tomasz Kozlowski, the EU ambassador to India.<br />That offers a big opportunity for Indian shrimp producers that respond to the EU's requirements to enter and compete in this market and Blue Sea Aquaculture admits that Europe is the main destination for its products at this time.<br />"The EU market is the main market. Sales of organic shrimp to the United States are difficult due to the lack of a recognized organic aquaculture regulation," said Udo Censkowsky, co-founder of the company.<br />In 2016, the first production reached 50 tonnes of black tiger shrimp but this year it could account for 200 tonnes of processed organic raw material. The success of this the enterprise is currently dependent on exports to Europe, where the demand is expected to rise but it also presents several challenges as the retail industry tends to offer limited product ranges to keep the consumer price low.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-04 11:42:47 | 2025-08-04 04:07:20 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 2004 | US company recalls 40 tonnes of ham products for possible listeria contamination | Johnston County Hams, a Smithfield, N.C. establishment, is recalling approximately 89,096 pounds of ready-to-eat ham products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes. | <p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced the ready-to-eat deli-loaf ham items were produced from April 3, 2017 to Oct. 2, 2018. The products were shipped to distributors in Maryland, North Carolina, New York, South Carolina and Virginia.</p> <p>On September 27, 2018, FSIS was notified that a person ill with listeriosis reported consuming a ham product produced at Johnston County Hams. Working in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state public health and agriculture partners, FSIS determined that there is a link between the Listeria monocytogenes illnesses and ham products produced at Johnston County Hams. The epidemiologic investigation identified a total of four listeriosis confirmed illnesses, including one death, between July 8, 2017 and August 11, 2018.</p> <p>FSIS collected two deli ham product samples from the Johnston County Hams, Inc. facility in 2016 and in early 2018. Whole genome sequencing results showed that Listeria monocytogenes identified in deli ham both years was closely related genetically to Listeria monocytogenes from ill people. FSIS is continuing to work with federal and state public health partners to determine if there are additional illnesses linked to these products and will provide updated information should it become available.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-05 06:25:52 | 2025-08-06 05:48:39 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 2006 | Australian are eating more eggs | Egg consumption in the country has grown by 54% in the last 10 years. | <p>Australia's egg production, in the fiscal year 2017-2018, reached 6.2 billion eggs, approximately 16.9 million eggs/day. That represents a 54% increase in production from 10 years ago and also signals an increase in consumption per capita to 245 eggs per year.<br />Companies have expanded their operations in order to cover the local demand who is now focused on free-range eggs, according to <a href="https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/rural-weekly/farmers-expand-to-keep-up-with-demand-for-popular-protein/news-story/8bdd8923154d9840cbac1382898ccd0f">Weekly Time</a> magazine.<br />The proportion of free-range supermarket volume increased to 45% of the category, which for the first time was just above cage at 44%. "The greater emphasis to move to free-range has led to an increase in production. We try to keep in line with the consumption trends", explains John O'Hara, Sunny Queen Farms managing director. <br />Eggs are now covering a large spectrum of the market due to their versatility and economical reasons.<br />"Eggs have always been known as the affordable protein but it is the broadening from breakfast fare to anytime meal that is driving the popularity boom. We are seeing new groups of consumers explore the versatility of eggs on the back of foodie and natural wholefood trends. Each Australian is eating an average of 4.7 eggs per week and they are now more likely to be eaten at lunch, dinner or as snacks", added Australian Eggs’ managing director Rowan McMonnies.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-05 13:18:25 | 2025-08-05 22:04:44 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 2007 | HKScan's Estonian facility expansion on schedule | Finnish meat processor HKScan wants to strengthen its position in the rapidly growing meals segment and has announced that the expansion its production unit in Rakvere, Estonia, is on schedule. | <p>The investment in this new processing unit has been announced earlier in December 2017. HKScan says that the project is progressing on schedule as part of the company's drive for a sharper focus on the growing value-added products categories.</p> <p>“Construction is in full swing and the modernized facilities will be operational during the first half of next year,” says Anne Mere, EVP Market Area Baltics.</p> <p>“We are investing in the latest cooking and packaging technology to enable the launch of new ready-to-eat products. We’re also working on innovative, eco-friendly packaging solutions, which are attracting growing interest among consumers. The Rakvere plant’s products will be sold not only on the Baltic market, but throughout HKScan’s home markets. We’re also committed to increasing exports from Estonia,” states Mere.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-05 13:49:50 | 2025-08-04 04:35:21 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 2008 | EU livestock exports increased during H1 2018 | Turkey, Libya, Lebanon and Israel have remained traditional markets for cattle exports. | <p>In the first half of the year, EU's bovine exports were 11% higher than a year ago, with Turkey absorbing almost one-third of the cattle exports. Nevertheless, the country's livestock imports are expected to decrease in the second half of 2018 and at the start of 2019 due to macroeconomic situation in Turkey, according to a recent outlook released by the European Commission.<br />Libya, Lebanon and Israel remained traditional markets for European exporters and recently Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia increased their imports. <br />Meanwhile, according to the May-June 2018 livestock survey, the total cow herd in EU's key beef producing countries was 0.6% smaller than a year before. Spain, Sweden, Netherlands and Italy are the only countries that continued to expand their herds.<br />The EU net beef production is expected to increase by 1.6% this year and to stagnate in 2019, low prices discouraging producers to expand their business. Downward pressure on prices is to be expected in the near future due to ample domestic and world supply and higher EU imports.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-05 14:34:41 | 2025-08-05 11:19:03 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 2010 | Smithfield Foods announces its plans to expand its Kentucky facility | Smithfield Foods will invest $1.2 million to expand its Grayson, Kentucky facility in order to increase the production capacity by 20%. | <p> </p> <p>The Grayson facility produces Smithfield brand spiral sliced hams. The company will need 40 additional employees in order to meet its growing operational needs. The available positions include general production, maintenance and engineering trainee.</p> <p>“In the last several years, our growth has allowed us to invest in our facilities and create new opportunities for those living in the communities we call home,” said Jeff Salyer, Grayson plant manager for Smithfield Foods, Inc. “We are proud to invest in Grayson and look forward to welcoming new members of the Smithfield Family at this facility, which helps put holiday hams and other mealtime favorites on millions of tables each year.”</p> <p>“Now is the perfect time to start a new career with Smithfield,” said Sheri Wallace, human resources manager for Smithfield’s Grayson facility. “Beyond the above-average pay and highly competitive benefits, Smithfield’s employees can participate in a variety of company-organized initiatives that encourage community involvement, career advancement, and personal development. The resources available to our employees are unrivaled by many, especially within the Tri-State area.”<br /> <br />The Grayson facility currently employs more than 570 residents from Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia, and is conveniently located along I-64 for easy accessibility to the Tri-State area.</p> <p>Smithfield Foods is a $15 billion global food company and the world's largest pork processor and hog producer. In the United States, the company is also the leader in numerous packaged meats categories with popular brands including Smithfield, Eckrich, Nathan’s Famous, Farmland, Armour, John Morrell, Cook’s, Kretschmar, Gwaltney, Curly’s, Margherita, Carando, Healthy Ones, Krakus, Morliny and Berlinki.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-06 09:10:52 | 2025-08-06 06:11:47 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 2012 | "Quit meat" helpline launched in Denmark | Danish people are consuming around 100 kilograms of meat each year and the quit-campaign is financed by a vegan meal delivery service. | <p>Danish people have a love affair with their meat but that thing is not seen as positive by Simple Feast, a vegan meal delivery service reports Plant Based News magazine.<br />At the company's CEO and co-founder initiative, Simple Feast has launched the world's first helpline dedicated to those that want to change their diets. According to the company website, the hotline is the first of its kind worldwide and aims to help callers improve their health and reduce their environmental impact.<br />"We have tried to present a picture that illustrates how absurd we are as people when we consider something like this as normal. Just because it's been our story, it doesn't have to be our future", declared Jakob Jonck, CEO of Simple Feast, referring to the environmental issues regarding animal production and meat consumption.<br />"Time to Quit" is a two-part campaign aimed at reducing meat consumption in Denmark, where per capita consumption is around 100 kg of meat per year. The hotline operators include doctors, nutritionists, and Jonck himself and it runs from Monday to Friday.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-07 11:14:28 | 2025-08-06 05:06:53 | Details Edit Delete |
