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| 664 | GB pig price decline stopped | The continuing decline in GB pig prices stalled in week ended 20 January, with the EU-spec SPP instead climbing a marginal 0.03p to 148.25p/kg, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board's (AHDB) analysis. | <p> </p> <p>Bethan Wilkins, an analyst at AHDB, explains that this ends a 21-week period of continually declining pig prices, with the SPP now over 16p/kg below where it was before this.</p> <p>Still, this recent stability follows a relatively large decline of almost 1.5p/kg the previous week, and according to the AHDB analyst this may reflect some market adjustment following the previous week’s drop. Reports suggest supplies remain ample in relation to demand, and so whether this price stability can continue remains uncertain.</p> <p>Reflecting the reports of ample supplies, throughputs rose during the week, reaching 185,200 head. This was 5% higher than the previous week and a substantial 10% above year earlier levels. Carcase weights, meanwhile, fell by 400g compared to the previous week to 84.47kg. This is virtually on par with year earlier levels, having been well above for the previous three weeks.</p> <p>The EU-spec APP for week ended 13 January stood at 151.38p/kg. This was a decline of 1.28p compared to the previous week, and meant the gap between the APP and SPP for the same week widened to 3.16p.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-01-25 07:10:14 | 2025-08-10 06:02:08 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 3077 | "Before building the UK's country brand, solve the vet certification issue" | IMTA representatives think that the government must insist on securing the market access for British meat before building a national brand for food. | <p>Veterinary certificates for British meat products sent to export remains a hot topic for the industry even if the government announced that is working on the country's brand for the food and beverage sector. Last month, the need for a strong national brand for food was emphasized by the EFRA Committee in the House of Commons but still, there are voices who think that other topics should represent a priority for the British government right now.<br />"Unlike most other sectors, the meat sector relies on UK government to negotiate veterinary approval for export to markets around the world. Other products are more reliant on ‘promotion’ in the market as they already have the choice of all markets to export to. This is a particular challenge for the meat sector. UK government has the ability to provide more opportunities for UK meat exports by focussing more resources on opening up new markets for the sector", said Kathie Doherty, Policy Director, International Meat Trade Association.<br />The International Meat Trade Association represents around 60 importers and exporters within the meat trade as well as more than 20 members from associated service industries such as cold storage, shipping lines and freight forwarders <br />"Our members facilitate exports of products which are not readily consumed in the UK such as pig’s trotters, chicken feet and find markets for them elsewhere. Without veterinary approval to export to a market, the meat industry cannot make use of any reduced tariffs into an export market agreed under a Free Trade Agreement. Defra and DIT will need to work closely together to ensure that meat exporters can benefit from the opportunities brought by future UK FTA's", she explained.<br />The veterinary certification for UK meat products that are going to be exported post-Brexit is a hot issue for over a year now, with no clear decision adopted until now. IMTA also signals the fact that disease such as avian influenza have blocked several large markets in the last couple of years (South Africa as an example for poultry exports) and reopening those markets it is a difficult task that may take years to perform. At the same time, high reliance on the markets inside the EU has limited the interest of British producers and officials to some other markets that are developing fast in different regions of the world, especially Asia.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2019-07-08 11:58:57 | 2025-08-10 06:02:42 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 2648 | UK meat exports cancelled due to Brexit, says BMPA | The British Meat Processors Association has reported that customers overseas are cancelling their orders from meat producers in the UK due to the lack of clarity surrounding Brexit. | <p>BMPA says this may affect the supply chain and have "severe" financial consequences for the British meat companies which will have to win back their customers.</p> <p>” Last week we were inundated with inquiries from members wanting information on what exactly is going to happen.</p> <p>“Despite numerous crisis meetings with Government officials, we are still no closer to getting definitive guidance on tariffs, certification and health marks that our members desperately need. Unfortunately, the disruption has already started and damage is already being done," said Nick Allen Chief Executive of the BMPA.</p> <p>Allen added that due to the lack of clarity around Brexit orders are being cancelled and "efectively closing-off once lucrative export markets to British firms". He said the problem affects the whole food supply chain.</p> | 1 | Market | 2019-03-01 05:12:20 | 2025-08-10 06:04:14 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 4483 | De Groene Weg pushes Dutch organic meat to the German market | The proportion of organic across all meat types in German food retail in 2020 jumped by 55.5% to 49,049 tonnes and achieved a market share of 2.9%. | <p>De Groene Weg, one of the largest producer of organic meat in the Dutch market, plans an expansion to Germany. The company, an independent subsidiary od Vion Food Group, already holds a share of 75% in the Dutch organic meat market and wants to benefit from the new trend that was visible in Germany, last year. The proportion of organic across all meat types in food retail in 2020 jumped by 55.5% to 49,049 tonnes and achieved a market share of 2.9%. In the pork segment alone, the share in Germany in 2020 rose 48.9% to 11,534 tonnes compared to the previous year. This meant that organic pork achieved a market share of 2% in this country for the first time ever. Large quantities of organic meat are already being imported to Germany from the Netherlands and Denmark to satisfy demand.<br />“Our close cooperation with the best organic farmers in the Netherlands is directed towards a common set of goals – a good life for the animal, a fair price for the farmer, the production of excellent meat and of the best possible quality for the customer,” explained Allan Bakker, the company's director.</p> <p>This is thanks to the gradual expansion of a demand-oriented supply chain in which today around 110 farmers deliver 2,300 organic pigs on average to the company every week. “The balance between supply and demand – ‘gradual’ is key – is important for everyone involved,” states Bakker. Open-ended contracts secure the pig farmers’ supply obligations towards the company as well as the company’s obligations towards them.<br />The company now wants to intensify the promotion of its concept among German farmers in order to expand similar supply chains in Germany in the medium-term too. The Dutch experience indicates that converting a traditional pig farm to organic animal farming takes two to three years on average. “And I don’t know any farmer for whom taking the step towards a green way of pork production hasn’t been worth it financially,” explains Allard Bakker. De Groene Weg’s goal is to share its own experience in making the transition to organic production with German farmers too.</p> <p>Coronavirus has yet again shown the company that the number of organic consumers is growing significantly. De Groene Weg runs its own chain of organic butchers in the Netherlands. In 2020, its butcher shops across the country recorded their proportion of new customers at 15%. “Consumers appreciate,” Bakker says, “how our farmers take a clear stance towards sustainable pig rearing in cooperation with De Groene Weg and recognise that animal welfare is truly close to our hearts and significantly surpasses EU standards.”<br />De Groene Weg will present its plans to enter the German market at Biofach. The world’s annual leading trade fair for environmentally-friendly consumer products will take place in Nuremberg from 17-19 February online for the first time ever.</p> | 1 | Market | 2021-02-17 07:30:24 | 2025-08-10 06:05:39 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 5997 | There is no competition for food between livestock and people | Livestock feed is often presented as competing with human food. But according to FAO, 86% of livestock feed is not suitable for human consumption. | <p>It is often reported that 6-20 kg of cereals are required to produce 1kg of beef. These figures certainly do not apply in the case of Europe, and the calculation is incorrect even at a global level. For example, the EU ruminant production system is based on grazing and mixed systems.</p> <p><br />Grasslands play a significant role as fodder to feed livestock, converting grass into highly nutritious food. Also, concentrated feed given to livestock is composed of crop residues and by-products of cereals (from milling starch factory, distillery), protein crops (pea co-products), oilseed (oilcake rapeseed, sunflower), fruit (pulp citrus), vegetables and tubers (pulp beet, potato) as well as milk (whey from cheese factories).</p> <p><br />Therefore, the ratio of human-edible food in ruminants grazing and mixed systems is extremely low. At a global level, human-edible feed materials represent about 14% of the global livestock feed ratio. A recent study by some researchers of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy in Elementa magazine – Science of the Anthropocene showed how comparing ten different diets, the more vegan oriented shows a worse and less differentiated use of the “resource soil”.<br />Ten very different diets represent ten ways to influence the environment, ten ways to influence our natural life, world biodiversity and cultural heritage such as the landscape. Among the ten diets, those excluding animal-origin food, generally believed more “virtuous”, have been revealed to be less efficient in land management, focusing only on arable land exploitation.</p> <p><br />Indeed, in a paradoxical scenario made of 100% vegans, we would need more arable land than currently, as ingredients of the vegan diet are produced with very low efficiency in grazing lands. Not all agricultural lands are comparable in terms of theoretical productivity: some of them, for example, give their best with cereals, but they are inefficient for fruit and vegetable production, such as clayey soils poor in water resources.</p> <p><br />On the other hand, some lands are only suitable for pasture as vegetable cultures would represent a too-high energy factor choice (stones density, soil depth, slope incidence, etc.). According to the results, land use connected to a vegan diet would be able to feed fewer people than land use based on an omnivore diet. So, it means that completely and suddenly eliminating animal-based products may not be the most sustainable option in the long term for humanity.</p> <p>A vegan diet may not be the best choice for the functioning of the human population, their protein needs and world soil resources management.</p> | 1 | Technology | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-01-04 03:00:17 | 2025-08-10 06:06:15 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 1873 | IFA urges government support for the Irish livestock sector | <p>IFA's Chairman said farmers are struggling due to falling cattle prices, increased costs, the severe weather conditions witnessed all year and the erosion of direct payments.</p> <p>He underlined that confidence in the suckler sector is at a very low ebb "after the horrendous year they have been through and are now facing a very difficult market situation for the sale of weanlings and stores."</p> <p>In addition, Mr. Woods also called on to the Minister of Agriculture to show increased support for the low income livestock sector, adding that the sector needs support in the live export trade with "export credit insurance, mechanisms to deal with currency fluctuations and increased promotions." He said the live trade is critical for competition and additional market outlets.</p> <p>Angus Woods said there are live export opportunities, which if fully pursued, would significantly boost the mart trade for store cattle and weanlings. “Minister Creed has to show that the Government is concerned about the income crisis in the livestock sector and take immediate action on sucklers and live exports.” He said the live trade to Spain has major potential if fully developed and supported.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-09-07 10:08:31 | 2025-08-10 06:06:58 | Details Edit Delete | |||
| 3340 | VIDEO: In Asia, Spanish pork sector is targeting Japan | <p>The Spanish pork industry has increased production in the last few years and right now is benefiting from increased demand from China. Besides that particular situation created by the ASF crisis in China, one of the most important markets that Spain is focusing in long-term is Japan, mentioned Daniel de Miguel, International Manager Interporc Spain, in an interview for EuroMeat News.<br />"In a few years, tariffs will drop sharply and we will be more competitive compared with other countries outside the EU, such as US or Canada", stressed de Miguel. On the other hand, Spain is also a supplier of pork in the EU market, with East European countries such as Poland, Romania and Bulgaria importing more and more Spanish pork due to the deficit created by the ASF outbreaks in these countries. Watch the interview to find out what is the strategy that Spain has developed to promote its products and what the future may hold for the Spanish pork industry.</p> <p> </p> | 1 | Industry | 2019-10-22 13:15:07 | 2025-08-10 06:07:22 | Details Edit Delete | |||
| 1814 | British Poultry Council request a Post-Brexit Food Strategy | The industry body warns of the devastating impact of exiting the EU without a deal on British food production and supply. | <p>Some technical notes released by the British government that refer to a "No-deal" Brexit have attracted a prompt reaction from British Poultry Council (BPC).<br />"We need the Government to devise a food strategy that enables EU nationals to work in our sector as and when needed; and that recognises the importance of food and the challenges it faces in being an essential yet perishable product", declared British Poultry Council Chief Executive, Richard Griffiths.<br />The lack of technology and an open trade relation with the EU, the industry will face hard times in following years warns Griffiths. "As the UK’s largest livestock sector, we are keen to work together with Government to help solve the conundrum of frictionless trade with Europe, be that on regulatory alignment, the use of technology to facilitate crossing of borders or the future of where labour is going to come from.</p> <p>Food is a special case, it should be treated as a national security issue, and be protected as such. If we cannot support our own production, then there will emerge a two-tier food system with the average citizen forced to rely on lower standard imports.</p> <p>We are calling on the Government to develop a robust transition plan to ensure we have access to the workers we need and to avoid any disruption in the smooth movement of perishable products across the EU", added Richard Griffiths.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-08-24 16:44:43 | 2025-08-10 06:08:34 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 5067 | Energy crisis strikes the Spanish meat sector | Entreprises in the sector have seen an increase by more than 40% in electrical bills between September 2020 and September 2021. In addition, another 25.86% has experienced increases between 25 and 40%. | <p>A recent survey carried by Cde Comunicacion magazine among the companies within the Spanish meat industry reveals increased costs in electricity for most of the entities. Specifically, 62.07% of the companies interviewed stated that between September 2020 and September 2021 that cost has increased by more than 40%. In addition, another 25.86% has experienced increases between 25 and 40%.<br />As much or more significant is that only 3.45% of the participants indicate that the rise in their energy bill has been below 10%. As ANICE recalled a few days ago, the meat sector may face losses of more than 500 million euros if electricity prices continue at the same level of escalation as in recent months. Specifically, the cost of electricity has gone from an annual average in 2020 of € 34.0 / MWh to multiplied by 6, with a current price of € 207.14 / MWh, the price as the most expensive in its history.</p> <p>The impact on the sector remains to be seen, but taking into account what the survey participants have voted, it can be very important and would confirm ANICE's estimates that the increase in the electricity bill threatens to reduce the economic results of the sector by 70%. Coupled with this data to an estimated 5% rise in the CPI, the current electricity bill becomes a determining factor for the profitability and even viability of many meat companies.</p> <p> </p> | 1 | Industry | 2021-11-05 11:44:41 | 2025-08-10 06:08:56 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 3220 | Ukranian beef exports are decreasing in value | Belarus, Turkey and the UAE are the main markets for fresh/chilled beef from Ukraine. | <p>During the first seven months of this year, Ukraine exported more than 20,000 tonnes of beef worth $60.6 million, down by 4% compared with the same period last year. According to the State Fiscal Sevice of Ukraine, 8,680 tonnes of those were represented by fresh or chilled beef worth $25.5 million. <br />The main markets for Ukrainian fresh/chilled beef were Belarus (5,700 tonnes) and Turkey (2,950 tonnes). Last year, in the first seven months, Ukraine has exported 6,940 tonnes of fresh beef to its main destination, Belarus.</p> <p>The rest of the volumes exported (11,600 tonnes)consisted of frozen beef shipped mainly to Kazakhstan, Azerbaidjan and Belarus, with volumes ranging from 2,000 to 4,250 tonnes. The total value of frozen beef exported by Ukraine was about $35 million.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2019-08-30 11:41:01 | 2025-08-10 06:09:16 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 7624 | QMS: Evidence a key enabler for environmental and economic agriculture resilience | “One of Scotland’s great assets is its red meat industry, which has a great story to tell,” says John Gilliland. | <p><span lang="DE">Each month Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) releases an informative and fascinating podcast for industry, with red meat experts inside and outside of the organisation exploring what is happening with market trends, industry development projects, and the wider work of QMS to make Scotland the choice for premium red meat.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In this month’s podcast, host Jane Craigie spoke with John Gilliland OBE, a farmer from Northern Ireland (NI) who is also a strategic advisor, practitioner and innovator in Climate Smart Farming, and is involved with Land Management and Policy Development. John has spent the last decade understanding the metrics behind carbon and agriculture, including what’s on his own farm, and working with QMS, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) and the EU’s Soil Mission Board.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">John is now working with AHDB and QMS on the recently launched £2.5 million Environment Baselining project – with 170 beef and sheep farmers - to find ways for the British red meat industry to realise the potential for carbon, wider sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions reduction.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">John was also guest speaker at this year’s QMS Highland Show Business Breakfast where he cited the United Nations’ (UN) goal of delivering net zero human hunger amidst rising global temperatures, and a fair, just transition for the farming and food industry.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In series 11, episode nine of the QMS podcast, John explains that: "60% of what Scotland produces is exported, making the country a net exporter of food and meaning that as an industry we must look at the UN agenda through a global lens. Our weather is becoming more extreme, yet the UK is expected to fare better than other countries, giving agriculture the opportunity to grow food from an animal source to support a balanced human diet, where other nations may struggle to do so".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Knowing this is helpful, he says, "however measuring environmental change is essential to validate the journey of carbon reduction, as well as investment by government, in agriculture and the environment".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">John’s journey down this path started in earnest in 2014, when he was invited to run a research farm by livestock nutrition company Devenish. John studied ruminants within the landscape by examining soil, trees, hedges, water quality, and biodiversity. He later discovered the effects of behavioural and management changes on the carbon levels of trees, hedges and soil, through the project ARCZero, which John leads, and focuses on producing accurate, individual, whole farm carbon balance sheets, and finding ways to accelerate the move towards net carbon zero farming.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">This work led to a multi stakeholder group tasked by the NI government in 2014 with creating a Sustainable Land Management Strategy. A culminating report was published in 2016 and contained recommendations, which included building a baseline of fields across NI at two-hectare intervals, and a database on soil, water, biodiversity and land use to empower farmers to deliver change. It is this work that has fed into the QMS/AHDB Baselining Project.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In the podcast John says:"If you give farmers good information about their farm, they make good use of it, make constructive changes to reduce environmental footprint and find better economic resilience".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The scheme was rolled out as the NI Soil Nutrient Health Scheme SNHS), with the objective of testing the vast majority of the 650,000 fields used for farming in NI, to help farmers manage their nutrient applications, and is currently half-way through completion. 92% of farmers who are eligible have taken up the scheme. John explains that talking with farmers, not at them, and respecting them as individuals and individual businesses, is key.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">John discusses with Jane why it is important to baseline farms and to make decisions that are evidenced and don’t create perverse outcomes, saying: “Baselining, changing behaviours and baselining again is important; we need to illustrate the value of our farms to public good.”</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">He adds: "Integrity is a public good, for both food production and environmental and human health. Delivering a public: private partnership with integrity will help our society and agricultural businesses. As an industry, we need to understand what Treasury needs from this, they have the final say. What is the economic impact of them investing in the agriculture and environmental sectors".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">John commended the important work being achieved synergistically by AHDB and QMS, who spend levy payers’ money correctly and give leadership. In Scotland, 22 farms from nearly 100 applicants will be involved, with an announcement on who has been selected due this autumn.</span></p> | 1 | Technology | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-08 00:10:39 | 2025-08-10 06:09:38 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 5061 | Crysbro launches new poultry products to local market | Crysbro, the Sri Lankan poultry giant, which prides itself on its commitment to world-class quality assurance and food safety standards, has announced the launch of two new poultry products to the local market. | <p>According to Crysbro, both new products – the 12-cut “Lesi Chicken” pack and the “Frozen Griller Chicken” without giblet – are ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 22000:2018 and Halal certified.</p> <p><a href="https://crysbro.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://crysbro.com/&source=gmail&ust=1636106802426000&usg=AFQjCNHOkND3kDsipucyOWIt8ChFun3mng">Crysbro</a> operates a vertically integrated manufacturing process, meaning the entire production process is in-house, starting from farmlands, feed production, and grandparent chicken breeding farms, parent chicken breeding farms, hatchery, broiler farms, processing, and packaging, to an island-wide delivery system. The company says that this helps them maintain high quality as they are in control of every step, and that operating in this way means there is little room for error.</p> <p>Additionally, this allows the company to proactively adapt to changing customer needs, without cutting down on, or halting operations for procedure overhauls, Crysbro says.</p> <p>As part of its strategy to maintain high quality and safety standards, in 2020 Crysbro introduced a molecular laboratory to its processing plant, which according to the brand was the first of its kind to be brought into Sri-Lanka.</p> <p>Using this facility, Crysbro carries out PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) tests on its products to detect common foodborne pathogens such as salmonella, Listeria and Campylobacter, which are three extremely common culprits of food poisoning.</p> <p>By introducing new technology and safety measures into their processes, Crysbro says it is actively addressing the rising demand for poultry meat and eggs in Sri Lanka while greatly minimising risk to public health.</p> <p>Commenting on the launch, Crysbro’s senior marketing manager Amores Sellar said: “Our new poultry products are innovatively created to suit the personal preferences of every consumer. While convenience and nutritional value come with no doubt, the consumers can enjoy their chicken knowing that they are consuming a product that was crafted with much attention to detail and care, every step of the way.”</p> | 1 | Industry | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2021-11-04 10:52:06 | 2025-08-10 06:10:15 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 2956 | Consorcio del Jamon Serrano focuses on the Japanese market | "Our goal is always to boost the image of quality ham outside Spain", said Carlos del Hoyo, marketing director for the Consortium after visiting Tokyo. | <p>Serrano Ham (Jamon) was one of the enterprises invited to assist at the meetings that took place in Tokyo between European officials and business representatives and their Japanese counterparts.<br />The representatives of the entity had the opportunity to attend different talks and seminars, which dealt with market access and business opportunities in Japan, as well as Japanese consumer trends. In addition to these participatory meetings, visits to supermarkets and retail establishments were also planned to familiarize the representatives of European companies and organizations with the commercial practices of the Japanese sector, the availability of products, their exposure and representation, and consumer preferences in the country.</p> <p>The Consortium was satisfied by the participation on the mission due to the fact that Japan is seen as a country with high potential in consumption for premium products such as Serrano Ham. "Our goal is always to boost the image of quality ham outside Spain and maintain institutional relations at the highest level," declared Carlos del Hoyo, marketing and promotion director of the Spanish Serrano Ham Consortium. According to him, this trip offered the opportunity to present its project to the Japanese operators and the promotion authorities of the European Union and to continue working to bring the qualities of its ham to the final consumer.</p> <p>(<em>Photo source: Amazon</em>)</p> | 1 | Market | 2019-05-30 01:08:45 | 2025-08-10 06:11:03 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 2826 | Canadian pork sector to receive $6.1 million funding | The government is supporting three components that comprise the Canada Pork Excellence platform: PigSAFE, PigCARE and PigTRACE. | <p>Safety, animal welfare and traceability are the sectors that will benefit from financial support from the Canadian government in the next months, announced the Canadian Pork Council after the annual Spring Meeting.<br />During the event in Ottawa, Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau declared that $6.1 million will be invested in three components that comprise the Canada Pork Excellence platform: PigSAFE, PigCARE and PigTRACE. The Canadian pork industry’s PigSAFE and PigCARE programs are on-farm food safety and animal care assurance programs that enable producers to demonstrate their commitment to sustainable pork production. PigTRACE, the national traceability program is critical in quickly-managing a disease outbreak.<br />“We’d like to thank Minister Bibeau for taking the time to meet with pork producers and leaders of the industry. The projects announced will further strengthen the Canadian Pork Excellence platform and contribute to growing the Canadian economy,” explains Rick Bergmann, Canadian Pork Council Chair.<br />The funding for these leading-edge programs ensure producers will have the tools to implement them on-farm. The support for traceability, the funding will enable the development of more efficient ways for producers to submit data and the identification of more effective ways to utilize the data. The Canadian Pork Council received $3.5 Million under AgriAssurance for PigSAFE | PigCARE and $354,000 for PigTRACE. In addition, the Minister also took the opportunity to announce $1,093,730 under AgriScience program for a research project coordinated by the Canadian Centre for Swine Improvement.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2019-04-18 02:18:11 | 2025-08-10 06:11:43 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 3207 | Zoetis opens lab in the US to explore the livestock immune system | The company hopes to pave the way for new alternatives to antibiotics in food-producing animals. | <p>Animal health company, Zoetis has signed an agreement with Colorado State University (CSU) to establish a research lab at CSU to explore the livestock immune system and target new immunotherapies – paving the way for new alternatives to antibiotics in food-producing animals. <br />The lab will operate at the Research Innovation Center on CSU's Foothills Campus starting in early 2020, announced the company. The initial focus of the Incubator Research Lab will be biotherapeutics for cattle, which could yield broader implications for pigs and poultry.<br />As part of the new lab, Zoetis expects to hire up to 20 livestock research scientists, immunologists and cell biologists beginning this fall, informs a joint press release."Zoetis is committed to continuous innovation and going where the science is. CSU is at the forefront of infectious disease innovation and animal health research in a vibrant biotech community, making it the ideal environment for our Incubator Research Lab," said Chad Ray, senior director of Global Therapeutics Research for Zoetis. <br />In this R&D collaboration, Zoetis scientists will be co-located with CSU’s scientists, core laboratories, research programs and services to seed innovations for livestock animal health. While the Zoetis Incubator Research Lab will reside within CSU’s Research Innovation Center, it will be part of the company’s global R&D organization. <br />"Our agreement with Zoetis represents the beginning of an era of collaboration, cooperation and innovation between public and private research leaders, all in the interest of improving animal health," said Ray Goodrich, executive director of the Infectious Disease Research Center and a professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology at CSU. <br />Goodrich added that the strategic new lab will provide multiple benefits for the campus community and the city of Fort Collins. It also bolsters CSU's land-grant mission, which includes setting the standard for public research universities in teaching, research, service and extension for the benefit of the citizens of Colorado, the United States and the world.</p> <p>"The success of our efforts will have the potential to translate into products and services that may greatly improve the health and well-being of farm animals and our agricultural communities," he said.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2019-08-27 08:25:26 | 2025-08-10 06:14:09 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 6143 | Marel: Increasing demands on air chilling fully met | Supermarkets want longer shelf lives for their poultry products. Their taste and visual presentation are becoming ever more important for consumers. Hourly throughputs at processing plants are on the increase. All these factors have an impact on the way poultry is processed, particularly chilled. Latest trends in air chilling serve to fine-tune a technology, which has been around for quite some time, particularly in Europe and those markets influenced by it. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">Longer shelf life means chilling to lower core temperatures without, however, thin parts of the bird such as wings and neck skin being allowed to freeze. Creating exactly the right micro-climate around each product becomes ever more critical.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In many markets, the poultry industry has become more concentrated with fewer processing plants handling more products. This is the result both of a drive towards greater production efficiency and advances in processing technology, which have made higher line speeds possible.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Marel is active in the development of air chilling systems, which address all key issues. Marel is the trendsetter in air chilling technology. The company has developed many of today’s state-of-the-art systems, two excellent examples being DownFlow+ and Maturation Shock Chill.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">One criticism of air chilling systems is that they can dry out product, adversely affecting yield, product presentation and even taste. It was for this reason that Marel developed its DownFlow+ technology, which impacts on all three aspects. The technology consists of misting cabinets placed at specific points in the air chilling tunnel. Their position will vary from plant to plant and will depend on the products offered by the processor. Each misting cabinet can apply a thin film of moisture to all surfaces both external and internal or to one of them only, either external or internal. Cabinets can be switched on and off quickly and easily to give different finishes.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The Marel Shock Maturation Chilling System chills and matures whole carcasses in-line. This is done to prevent tough breast fillet, when breasts are de-boned. In the days before the system was launched, another Marel first, carcasses were either not matured at all sometimes resulting in tough fillet or were transferred into an off-line maturation store for periods of up to twelve hours.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The Maturation Shock Chill process happens in two stages. In the first shorter stage, whole carcasses are subjected to very cold air circulated at high velocities. This cools all surfaces to stop the growth of spoilage bacteria. Misting cabinets are used both to aid chilling and prevent carcasses from drying out. In the much longer second stage, less cold air is blown onto carcasses at lower velocities, the aim being to keep carcasses for as long as possible in the area of maximum enzyme activity.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Not only is Shock Maturation Chilling fully in-line, saving a manual re-hang operation; it tenderizes breast meat in a much shorter period of time. In conjunction with RapidRigor in-line electric stimulation, installed immediately after plucking, this can be as little as three hours. RapidRigor uses pulses of electricity to remove any energy left in muscles postmortem.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">As processing plants strive to get as close to 100% uptime as possible, all components of an air chilling system must be ultra-reliable. Today’s largest processing plants have lines capable of handling 15,000 products per hour. Given a three-hour dwell time in the Shock Maturation Chilling tunnel, this translates into almost 7 km of overhead conveyor and some 45,000 shackles.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">It was precisely for this purpose that Marel developed its ATC system (Active Tension Control), the aim being to drive long lines super-reliably hour after hour. Should one of the chiller’s drive motors fail during production, its work is automatically taken over by its neighbor. Normal production can continue until the end of the shift. Today’s system can even pinpoint the position of any broken shackle, allowing plant engineering staff to take quick remedial action.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Both retail and fast-food chains are increasingly insisting that their suppliers offer full traceability. With product automatically re-hung into and out of the air chill tunnel, Marel air chilling is fully in line. Each individual product can therefore be accurately tracked and traced through both primary and secondary processes. This is not the case with off-line water chilling systems.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">A SmartWeigher in-line product weigher and an IRIS vision grading system can be installed at the beginning of an air chill tunnel. These will tell plant management the weight and quality grade of each product entering the tunnel. This invaluable information can be used to match products available to customer orders. Plant management can then determine the most profitable destination for each carcass and program software accordingly. Given that products can be in an air chill system for up to three hours, IRIS and SmartWeigher provide a very effective early warning system. If products are not as expected, knowing this situation well in advance allows management to act accordingly.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Air chilling technology will continue to develop. Marel will seek to perfect the balance between temperature and humidity, time and maturation and between energy use and space. Chilling times will shorten and the process will become ever more efficient, encouraging those processors and markets still chilling in water to make the move to air.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Once consumers have tasted an air-chilled product, they are usually convinced and have always been prepared to pay more for it. Not one processor has yet made the move from air back to water. That tells you all you need to know about the technology’s future.</p> | 1 | Technology | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-02-17 00:05:51 | 2025-08-10 06:14:12 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 2291 | China's ASF crisis is going on | Another farm near Beijing was hit by the virus and the number of provinces confronted with the disease has reached 21. | <p>The question raised by a veterinarian that works around the world and is familiar with the situation in China -"Does the world has enough pork to feed China?"- seems to be accurate as the country reports another outbreak in a new province, Shaanxi, and a third farm hit by the virus in Beijing metropolitan area.<br />The farm affected by the virus had almost 10,000 pigs and is by far the largest in this zone. So far, only 5 outbreaks have been reported on larger facilities in China, ever since the ASF outbreaks started in the country. In total, now 84 ASF outbreaks have been reported from China ever since the outbreaks started early August 2018, reports Pig Progress magazine.<br />Meantime, the 21st province in China is reporting an ASF outbreak, Shaanxi, leaving the country with only 10 "clean" provinces.<br />"ASF breaks continue in China. We expect it will not be brought under control. As we go forward we expect the implications of ASF will lead to strong prices in China with hog prices increasing 20-30 %. When that happens we expect more exports to China as their government will want to have an adequate supply at prices consumers can afford", declared Jim Long, President and CEO of Genesus Inc.<br />Currently, due to the trade war initiated between China and the US, the duties on US pork imports stand at 62%. In the last few months, China has increased imports of pork from countries not affected by the virus, such as Spain, Germany and Denmark.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-12-05 07:14:57 | 2025-08-10 06:14:58 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1843 | Hormel Foods is selling one of its pork processing plants | Hormel Foods is selling its pork processing plant in Fremont, Nebraska, to Brandon, South-Dakota-based WholeStone Farms. | <p>The transaction includes a processing facility and a multiyear agreement to supply pork raw materials to Hormel Foods. The current Fremont plant management team and workforce will remain in place to ensure business continuity for all stakeholders.</p> <p>The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed in December 2018.</p> <p>“The Fremont facility has been an important part of our company for decades, and we are certainly pleased to have found a home for this team and facility with WholeStone Farms,” said Jim Snee, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer at Hormel Foods. “The strategic decision to transition the Fremont facility to WholeStone Farms reflects the long-term, changing dynamics in the pork industry, and most importantly, is aligned with our vision as a global branded food company.”</p> <p>“We look forward to working with WholeStone Farms to ensure a smooth transition for our employees, suppliers and customers,” said Glenn Leitch, executive vice president of supply chain at Hormel Foods. “A multiyear supply agreement with WholeStone Farms ensures the Fremont facility will continue as an integral part of our supply chain in the future. Our focus continues to be on ensuring a stronger supply chain from procurement to shipment of products, fully optimizing our system to create an efficient, enterprise-wide structure to keep pace with the growing needs of our business.”</p> <p>“The purchase of the Fremont, Neb., processing facility from Hormel Foods aligns with our vision to create and capture value in the pork supply chain for the 220 independent producers who own WholeStone Farms,” stated Dr. Luke Minion, chairman of the board of directors of WholeStone Farms. “We value the dedication and experience the existing team brings to WholeStone Farms, and are committed to significant additional investments in the facility for production efficiencies and enhancing employee wellness.”</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-09-03 06:32:14 | 2025-08-10 06:15:15 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 3230 | China is cutting transportation tariffs on pork to ease prices | Authorities are planning to give up on the toll for lorries that transport pigs or pork around the country in an effort to improve the overall supply of meat, as prices are going through the ceiling. | <p>The Chinese authorities are trying to avoid a spike in pork prices by giving up on taxes for trucks that transport pigs or pork meat around the country. With pork supplies declining fast in some regions, authorities have also planned to release reserves of frozen meat to cover the gap in the market.<br />“For vehicles that legally transport breeding pigs and frozen pork, tolls are exempted to further protect pork supply,” announced China’s ministry of transport at the beginning of the week, according to AgriCensus.<br />The so-called toll-free “green path” for authorized vehicles carrying pigs and pork came into effect over the weekend and will be valid until the end of June 2020. Despite the fact that China's pork imports have grown in the last couple of months, pork prices are hitting new records in this market. Last week, prices have jumped by almost 9% reaching the level of $4.82/kilo. A week before that, pork prices have been at $4.42/kilo.<br />China holds the world's largest pig herd but the ASF outbreaks have reduced the national pig inventory by 33% in almost a year and analysts are predicting a total decline of 50% by the end of the year.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2019-09-04 07:43:07 | 2025-08-10 06:16:35 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 3743 | AMMP urge FSIS: "Limit the visits of your inspectors" | The risk associated with covid-19 infection is forcing American meat processors to ask food safety inspectors to limit their travel between the plants. | <p>There has been a growing concern in recent days about FSIS inspectors possibly spreading the COVID-19 virus as they travel between plants on their daily assignments, as well as the number of inspection personnel coming into plants, which made American Associaton of Meat Processors (AAMP) address these concerns with FSIS.</p> <p><strong>Inspector travel between plants</strong></p> <p>To help mitigate the possibility of spreading the virus from one plant to another, AAMP made several suggestions to the agency on proper protocols for inspection personnel. It is crucial that small plants do whatever to prevent the spread of the virus. Social distancing is a challenge due to space issues, so this means that having policies in place for staff, as well as inspection personnel and delivery drivers, is critical during this time, recommended Chris Young, AAMP Executive Director.</p> <p>AMMP suggested some preventive measures for inspection personnel and meat processors in the country such as:</p> <p>- Have a separate frock for each plant visit. Leave the frock at the plant it is being used in. Inspectors may not have enough frocks available, so you may need to offer one of yours to them to use while they are in your plant.<br />- Have the inspector wipe down their helmet with sanitizer before entering the plant to perform their duties. You should be prepared to provide the sanitizer for your inspector to do this.</p> <p>"The likelihood of an inspector transporting the virus from one plant to another on their frock or helmet is very low, but the possibility does exist. If this is something you want to enforce then you should have a conversation with your inspector and ask them if they are willing to follow these steps. FSIS continues to have regular phone calls with inspection personnel. There will be another call in the next few days at which time our concerns will be shared with them," said Mr. Young.</p> <p>Inspection personnel in plants</p> <p>Another concern appeared in the last few days is the number of inspection personnel in plants. AAMP has asked FSIS to limit the personnel in plants to only those doing essential inspection duties. "I was told last week by the agency, and again in a phone call yesterday, that they agree and are trying to make sure inspection personnel understand that. This will be covered in their upcoming phone call as well. There should be no FSA’s going on at this time unless they are a “for cause” FSA. All other scheduled or risk base FSA’s should not be happening at this point; this will keep traffic in your plant down," added Chris Young.</p> <p> </p> | 1 | Industry | 2020-03-27 05:48:05 | 2025-08-10 06:16:55 | Details Edit Delete |
