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1994 | Belarus banned poultry imports from regions in China and Bulgaria | Belarusian authorities have suspended the imports of poultry from regions in China and Bulgaria due to the bird flu outbreaks reported in those countries. | <p>The Department of Veterinary and Food Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food informed that the outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) have occurred in the Guizhou province, China, and the Plovdiv region of Bulgaria.</p> <p>Starting from October 3, temporary restrictions are imposed on the import of live poultry, hatching eggs, wild, zoo and circus animals, poultry meat, egg powder, melange, albumin and other food products from processing poultry from these regions , hunting trophies (game birds) and other products from these regions.</p> <p>The department also announced in a statement that there is a need to take additional control measures to ensure the biological protection of poultry facilities of all forms of ownership.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-10-03 10:10:55 | 2025-08-11 11:21:34 | Details Edit Delete | ||
1563 | Belarus increased its meat exports by 15% in January-May | Belarusian exports of meat and meat products increased by nearly 15% from January to May this year compared to the first five months of 2017, according to a statement made by the Belarusian Minister of Agriculture and Food Igor Brylo. | <p>According to the Belarusian official, in the first five months of this year, the country has exported meat and dairy products amounting to $1.2 billion. Exports of dairy accounted for $800 million, while the meat exports reported a trade value of $400 million. Igor Brylo said that the meat exports in January-May increased by almost 15%, as reported by BelTA.</p> <p>In 2017, Belarus exported $3.1 billion worth of dairy and meat products, of which exports of meat accounted for $0.9 billion.</p> <p>BelTA reports that the meat industry's main objective now is export diversification.</p> <p>Igor Brylo added that the country is gradually reducing the share of the Russian market in its total export of livestock products.</p> <p>In the first five months of 2018, Belarus exported meat products to 16 countries.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-07-09 14:06:31 | 2025-08-12 00:21:36 | Details Edit Delete | ||
3082 | Belarus and Pakistan want to increase trade in agricultural products | Belarusian producers will soon be able to export canned poultry, beef, and offal in the Asian country. | <p>Pakistan and Belarus want to increase trade in agricultural products, with a special interest of the Belarusian side in opening the Pakistani market for canned poultry, beef, and offal. The subject was on the agenda of a meeting between Pakistan Minister of National Food Security & Research Sahibzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan and Belarusian Ambassador to Pakistan Andrei Yermolovich, according to <a href="https://eng.belta.by/economics/view/belarus-intends-to-increase-agricultural-supplies-to-pakistan-122552-2019/">Belta</a> news agency.<br />"The parties agreed to provide mutual assistance in finding trading partners who would like to supply agricultural products to the markets of Pakistan and Belarus", said the ambassador after the meeting. Belarus is ready to supply powdered dairy products (whole and skimmed milk powder, dry whey), cheese, condensed and concentrated milk, butter, offal, and canned poultry and beef to the Pakistani market. Pakistan expressed an interest in increasing direct supplies of rice, potatoes, mangoes, and citrus to Belarus.<br />Both parties also discussed the possibility of establishing direct contacts between their business communities to set up joint enterprises to process milk in Pakistan, to produce dairy products (ice cream, drinking yogurts, cheese) and dry baby food using Belarusian dry milk and technology. Since last year, the Belarusian food industry has focused on the Asian markets after opening the Chinese market for dairy, poultry, and beef.</p> | 1 | Market | 2019-07-09 11:00:35 | 2025-08-11 20:13:48 | Details Edit Delete | ||
2629 | Belgium reports over 500 wild boars infected with ASF | Belgian authorities have reported that in the southern part of the country a total of wild boar infected with African Swine Fever (ASF) virus have been detected. | <p>The figures released by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on February 19 indicate the cases of ASF that have been reported until February 14, 2019.</p> <p>OIE announced that overall in February the cases detected are equal to the whole of January 2019 (121 carcasses found), as reported by Pig Progress.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the French authorities have announced that members of the French military and hunters have killed 193 wild boar at the border with Belgium.</p> <p>The French ministry of agriculture added that 4 wild boar have been sent to a lab for testing and all tested negative for ASF.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2019-02-25 07:30:51 | 2025-08-11 21:52:22 | Details Edit Delete | ||
1825 | The 13th edition of the Belgian Meat Round Table to kick off this week | Belgian Meat Office is organizing the 13th edition of one of the most important roundtable debates regarding the meat industry and the latest consumer trends that are reshaping it. | <p>The event will take place between August 29 and August 30, 2018, in Brussels and will be attended by leaders, experts, and journalists from the meat industry.</p> <p>This year, the main subject of discussion will focus on the "Meat in the post-truth era."</p> <p>The speakers from this edition are:</p> <p>- Prof.Dr.ir. Frédéric Leroy, Research Group of Industrial Microbiology and Food Biotechnology, Vrije Universiteit Brussels: “Mass media discourses on health and disease in the attention economy. Science-based nutrionists are in the eye of the storm, due to reduced confidence in expertise and uncertain, conflicting and biased data. Meat is becoming a pharmakon: from unquestioned health food to poison and<br />scapegoat.”</p> <p>− Dr.Lic. Philippe Houdart, Director crisis prevention and management, Belgian Food Safety Agency: “crisis management and/versus crisis communication in times of a clickbaits focused media”.</p> <p>− Ir. Joris Coenen, marketing officer BMO: long-term strategic trends in world meat markets.</p> <p>− Round Table discussion with the 3 speakers</p> <p>Moderator: René Maillard, Manager Belgian Meat Office,</p> <p>The Belgian Meat Office coordinates pork and beef export activities. This meat export agency was founded in 2003 under the Flemish Centre for Agricultural and Fisheries Marketing (VLAM) umbrella.</p> | 1 | Events | 2018-08-27 16:47:38 | 2025-08-12 02:30:53 | Details Edit Delete | ||
234 | Belgian poultry companies to participate at Anuga exhibition | Belgian Meat Office's stand at this year's edition of Anuga will exhibit eight companies that will represent the Belgian poultry & rabbit sector. | <p> </p> <p>The companies which will be shown off at the Belgian stand are:</p> <p>• Calibra Poultry NV <br />• Cooreman Pluimveeslachterij NV <br />• Klaasen & Co NV <br />• Lonki NV <br />• Nollens NV<br />• Paas Food Industries NV<br />• Van Assche<br />• Van-O-Bel NV</p> <p>Belgium reported an increase in its export of fresh and frozen chicken over the years. Although the exported value has slightly decreased to 695 million euros, in terms of volume there has been observed an increase to almost 450,000 tons in 2016, according to the Belgian Meat Office.</p> <p>Belgian chicken offals have reported a rise in exports when referring to volume, and the value stayed at a relatively stable level.</p> <p>The main market for Belgian chicken meat is France, representing an export share of 39%, followed by the Netherlands (25%), the United Kingdom (16%) and Germany (7%). Other markets follow far behind, including some remarkable African destinations.</p> <p>Both the DR Congo (sixth place), South Africa (seventh place) and Ghana (eleventh place) have seen export rising during the past few years, even if the export was more limited in 2016.</p> <p>The Philippines occupies the tenth place according to the imported quantity of Belgian chicken meat.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2017-09-25 10:25:05 | 2025-08-08 19:48:30 | Details Edit Delete | ||
277 | The Russian embargo brought down Belgian pork production by 6% | Belgian pork production will fall by an estimated 6% in 2017, mainly due to the impact of the 2014-2015 crisis resulted after the Russian embargo, Rene Maillard, the Belgian Meat Office manager, told EuroMeatNews. | <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>According to market observers, the stabilization of the Belgian pork production is expected in the 4th quarter of 2017 and a status quo beginning in 2018. Mr. Maillard explained that this could be followed by a slight increase in production.</p> <p>"Home consumption is eroding slightly as this has been the case the last years. Remember that we are, as the other West European countries big consumers of pork, operating in a mature declining consumption market," added Mr. Maillard.</p> <p>Talking about the vegan trend which started to be popular in the past years, Rene Maillard said that it does not yet affect significantly the meat consumption in Belgium, but that it is clear that the meat sector has to be very cautious regarding the long trend.</p> <p>"Veganists and vegetarians count only for 2% of the consumers. But they behave as missionaries trying to achieve that people cease to eat meat. And we must admit that they succeed in attracting a lot of media interest. Because for the media everything that is not normal and sensational has news value. And news value is what counts for the media: they have to sell their product too!", added Mr. Maillard.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2017-10-07 07:00:33 | 2025-08-11 01:01:40 | Details Edit Delete | ||
2076 | <p>EuroMeatNews: How does the African swine fever outbreaks impact Belgium’s pork trade and what measures are taken to limit the spreading of the disease?<br />René Maillard: ASF is directly affecting our exports to third countries, and especially to the Asian countries. Most Asian countries are banning countries with cases of ASF, be it wild boars or domestic pigs. We must stress that in Belgian only wild boars are affected in the South-East region of Belgium. Nevertheless, we had some commercial issues with our exports to certain member states of the EU not respecting the European rules. <br />The Belgian authorities are implementing very strictly the European protective measures and OIE rules regarding ASF. For doing so they have been congratulated and supported by the European Commission. Since the first case was confirmed by wild boars on 13th of September a 63,000 hectare infection zone has immediately been delimited with the appropriate measures. <br />Since all domestic pigs (about 4,000) in that area have been precautionary culled. The Belgian government wants to contain the disease within the wild boar population and eventually eradicate it. <br />EMN: How did the beef sector perform so far this year? What do you expect for 2019?<br />RM: Belgian beef consumption has been declining for years as in all Western European countries. Changing eating habits are the main reason for that: formerly we used to eat big pieces of beef what shifted to the consumption of more elaborated products containing less meat. But in the same period, our exports of beef are increasing, especially to neighboring countries.</p> <p>EMN: What consumer trends have you noticed in recent years and what changes have the producers made to satisfy their clients’ needs?<br />RM: Some societal issues are in the spotlights of the media: sustainability, animal health and animal welfare. This is putting more pressure on the meat sector as retailers are pushing the meat producers to meet the highest standards. At the same price.<br />EMN: France has forbidden producers from using affiliated meat terms for their plant-based products. Do you see this happening anytime soon in Belgium?<br />RM: The French Assemblée was the first to take this measure of common sense. A veggie burger is not a burger, but a bun with some cooked vegetal products: a veggie burger is an ersatz product and not the real stuff. Naming your product a veggie burger is misleading for the consumer.<br />I hope that the right denomination of a product will be enforced in the whole Union</p> <p>EMN: What percentage does the organic meat production account for from Belgium’s total meat production? <br />RM: The organic meat production accounts for 1 % of the total meat production. It is growing in Belgium but at a very slow pace.</p> <p>EMN: Will Brexit affect Belgium’s meat industry in any way?<br />RM: The UK is a big meat importing country. It will impact all their suppliers. We expect huge logistic problems at the border checks. With big delays for lorries and ships.<br />Finally, the British meat consumer will pay more for his meat.<br />EMN: What is your view on the EU-Mercosur trade agreement?<br />RM: For our European beef producers, it is understandably a hot issue and difficult question. All of us want the maximum market access in the world, but at the same time, we want to protect our own markets. It is like wanting at the same something and its opposite.<br />EMN: What markets are the Belgian meat producers targeting in the near future?<br />RM: In the short term we will maximize our efforts on our existing eastern European markets and together with the Belgian diplomacy and our Food Agency, we will target on the reopening of the Asian markets under embargo.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-21 16:16:38 | 2025-08-11 22:18:39 | Details Edit Delete | ||||
460 | Bell & Evans invests $75 million in new breed of broiler chickens | Bell & Evans, a family-owned company in Fredericksburg, PA, and pioneer of premium, natural and organic chicken, is currently transitioning to a higher-welfare, slower-growing, more flavorful breed of broiler chickens. | <p> </p> <p>The company expects to invest more than 75 million dollars to replace its current breed of chickens by the end of 2018. Bell & Evans will thus become the first US chicken producer to fully convert to a higher-welfare, slower-growing, more flavorful chicken breed.</p> <p>“We expect to invest more than $75 million in the new breed during the first five years, an investment I can’t see commodity producers making,” said Bell & Evans Owner and Visionary Scott Sechler. “We don’t raise commodity chickens. Every single chicken we process passes through our organic-certified Hatchery, never receives an antibiotic – even while in the egg – and have the same genetics, taking away all guesswork for our customers. We’re pretty proud to say that 100% of our products will come from a higher-welfare, better-quality breed.”</p> <p><br />Three primary breeders monopolize the broiler breeder industry and one of them is owned by Tyson Foods, the largest producer of broiler chicken in the U.S.</p> <p>According to Bell & Evans, the high demand for faster-growing, bigger and cheaper-to-raise chickens have led to skeletal, cardiovascular and muscular issues in chickens because the birds grow faster than their bodies can handle.</p> <p>"Chickens spend too much time lying on their breasts rather than moving around, which negatively affects their overall health and directly correlates to the poor quality issues, like white striping and tough, woody breasts, found in most poultry products today. Bell & Evans has experienced some quality issues related to the breed despite having the highest animal welfare standards in the industry and growing its chickens to a smaller live weight," the company's statement read.</p> <p>In 2015, Sechler pursued options for a better-quality breed of chickens by working with European breeders. A specialty female breed was selected for its slow growth and high meat yield, and a male breed was chosen for its excellent meat yield, fertility and livability rates. The new breed of offspring was named “Das Klassenbester” for its European descent and premium, best-in-class genetics.</p> <p>“This is a big deal,” said Sechler. “So far, our testing has netted healthy, hardy chickens that result in a great-tasting, high-quality product with lots of flavor. No white striping or woody breasts were detected. We’re really excited to fully convert to the Klassenbester.”</p> <p>The new breeds look different too. The females have rich reddish-brown feathers while the males are slightly larger than the females and have bright white feathers. The Klassenbester broilers are mostly white feathered with some sporadic color variations.</p> <p>The first female pullets were placed into Bell & Evans’ pullet houses in May 2017. By the end of 2018, 100% of Bell & Evans’ chickens will be fully converted to the new breed. Bell & Evans already grows its chickens to a smaller size than most producers, averaging a live weight of only 5.6 lbs over 41 days. The new breed will average the same live weight, but will grow slower over 47 to 50 days, extending the growth cycle upwards of 15% and reducing unnecessary stress on their bodies, resulting in better overall health.</p> <p>This investment in a higher-welfare, slower-growing breed will cost Bell & Evans an estimated $14 million in additional feed per year. The females were also purchased at a premium. The company considers the new breed an addition to its Bell & Evans Humane Animal Welfare Standard, the highest set of welfare standards in the industry.</p> <p>Global Animal Partnership (GAP), a nonprofit group aimed at setting the standards in animal agriculture, announced in March 2016 that by 2024, higher standards for genetics and parent stock will be incorporated into its step-rated program. The specifics of GAP’s new standards have not yet been published. Regardless, since GAP’s announcement, many food-service and restaurant companies like Aramark, Nestle, Chipotle, Panera Bread, Starbucks, Burger King, Subway, KFC and McDonald’s have blindly pledged to meet those standards. It’s unknown whether any of the five major chicken suppliers are taking serious steps to move toward a new breed and, if so, the viability of them converting all production to a higher-welfare breed.</p> <p><em>Photo Source: Bell & Evans/Facebook</em></p> | 1 | Industry | 2017-11-29 10:15:14 | 2025-08-12 00:43:15 | Details Edit Delete | ||
2625 | Over 80 tons of pork products recalled from the market in the US | <p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that the frozen, not ready-to-eat (NRTE) boneless pork rib patties were produced on various dates from Dec. 7, 2018 to Feb. 15, 2019. </p> <p dir="ltr"> These items were shipped to a Department of Defense facility in Tucson, Ariz. and retail locations nationwide. </p> <p dir="ltr">The problem was discovered when the establishment received consumer complaints of glass or hard plastic extraneous material in the rib shaped patty. FSIS was notified on Feb. 22, 2019.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2019-02-25 04:38:58 | 2025-08-11 18:29:23 | Details Edit Delete | |||
2296 | Bellisio Foods Acquires Frozen Specialties | <p>The acquisition closed last week and will be folded under Overhill Farms, Inc, a leading US company in private label, co-manufacturing and foodservice products.</p> <p>“This acquisition of FSI brings together our vibrant, growing companies who share an expertise in delivering delicious, exciting brands and private label products to retail customers that delight consumers,” said Ken Stickevers, President and CEO at Bellisio Foods, Inc.</p> <p>FSI is a leading producer of private label and co-manufactured frozen Value Pizza and Pizza Bites and supports nearly every major retailer across the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Through its production facility in Archbold, Ohio, FSI is an Organic Certified Manufacturer, and also offers products certified under the Gluten-Free Certification Organization.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-12-06 07:12:41 | 2025-08-12 01:06:17 | Details Edit Delete | |||
4988 | New Belgian animal welfare built on BePork standard | Belpork, the Belgian standard owner of the BePork quality scheme for pork, has developed an animal welfare standard for the Belgian pork sector. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">BePork is a guarantee for high-quality Belgian pork. The standard includes a set of norms that are more stringent than Belgian legislation. It focuses on animal health, animal welfare, sustainability, food safety and traceability and has been designed for the entire supply chain of pork production, going from the level of livestock farmers over transport companies to slaughterhouses and cutting plants.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The new top-up for animal welfare builds on the generic BePork standard and implies far-reaching extralegal norms that are solely aimed at improving animal welfare. In addition to the primary sector, the slaughterhouses are also covered. The transport stage is already extensively covered in the BePork specifications and is therefore not dealt with separately in this module. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">This cross-stage approach to animal welfare is not commonplace in international comparison, as many other animal welfare systems at home and abroad are mainly limited to the stage of the primary sector.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Belpork examined the criteria on farming level of other international quality schemes in advance to this initiative and came to the conclusion that the new Belgian animal welfare module is in no way inferior to other systems. Thanks to BePork's complete, cross-stage traceability system, customers could find out at the point of sale which animal welfare criteria the product meets and thus make a conscious purchasing decision.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The Belgian module is not a rigid system. Thus - analogous to the systems in other countries - higher husbandry levels are possible in addition to the entry level. The module offers sufficient opportunity for food retailers to distinguish themselves by means of their own accents.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Animal welfare in Belgium is the responsibility of the three regions of Flanders, Wallonia and the Brussels-Capital Region. However, the new module is open to the whole of Belgium. This is a good and important signal. In addition, under the leadership of the Flemish Minister for Agriculture, Hilde Crevits, the politicians are planning to pave the way for all other farm animal species to join the voluntary system in the future. This will take time, but the most important thing is that the framework is in place', says Liesbet Pluym, Belpork coordinator.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The animal welfare module, from which the livestock farmers expect better profits, is almost fully operational. There are still some bureaucratic hurdles to overcome before the new transparent Belgian animal welfare label can be officially launched, but 'The light at the end of the tunnel can already be seen', assures the coordinator.</p> | 1 | Industry | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2021-10-06 09:06:23 | 2025-08-12 01:07:53 | Details Edit Delete | |
5691 | Belgian slaughterhouse finds new owners | Bernard Gotta and Marcel Peters (Pegri, P&M) are investing 16 million euros together in the acquisition of the Bastogne/Bastogne slaughterhouse. The aim is to process 800 cattle and 1,500 pig carcasses per week. | <p>The Bastogne slaughterhouse operated before 2018 as part of Veviba, owned by the Verbiest family. After allegations of fraud with labels and freezing dates, it lost its license and continued under the name Qualibeef. Qualibeef went bankrupt in August 2019.</p> <p>Two acquirers have taken over the 7 ha site. Bernard Gotta from Liège took over Viande De Liège in 2020 with Sobermax (Pierre Mailleux). Gotta specializes in supplying (more than 300) artisan butchers and medium-sized shops. It founded the label 'Pré de chez nous', a label for local and sustainable beef. Marcel Peters (Megri and P&M) is active from Saint-Vith and specializes in cutting cattle and pigs. It distributes its products to wholesale distribution and catering. 90% of the meat goes to neighboring countries, 10% stays in Belgium.</p> <p>With an investment of 16 million euros, both parties want to completely renovate the site in Bastogne. The barn area will be doubled and the slaughter line will be modernized and expanded. The installation of a rapid cooling tunnel and refrigerator, the establishment of a new cutting workshop and the setting up of a fully automatic dynamic storage space are also part of the investment plan. The aim is to start working on the site from the end of 2024 and to employ 180 people.</p> | 1 | Industry | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2022-09-07 04:26:20 | 2025-08-12 02:35:00 | Details Edit Delete | |
3496 | Brazilian pork exports are up by 16.2% in 2018 | Besides Asian countries, South American neighbors are an important destination for Brazilian pork. | <p>The African swine fever (ASF) crisis in Asia has supported the Brazilian pork industry, generating a rise in exports of 16.2%, according to data presented by the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA).<br />More than 750,000 tons of pork were shipped over the last 12 months, up by 16.2% in volume. In terms of value, Brazilian pork exports in 2019 were worth $1.6 billion, 35.1% higher than the result of 2018, informs ABPA.<br />China was the main market, followed by Vietnam due to the serious crisis registered in both countries after ASF outbreaks. "The biosecurity crisis in Asia has reconfigured international trade in animal protein. China, which was the worst affected, expanded its Brazilian pork import capacity by enabling new plants in November 2019. This is one of the factors that should favor the increase in Brazilian sales in 2020, as the indicators of institutions like Rabobank demonstrate that this situation should last at least throughout the year, ”says Ricardo Santin, ABPA's executive director.<br />In South America, Uruguay was the main destination, with 40,480 tons imported, 12.8% higher compared to the 2018 balance. Chile also stood out, with imports of 44,540 tons (+28,9%). In Eastern Europe, Russia imported 35.280 tons. "We have grown our sales not only in Asia but in other importing regions such as South America. Our efforts will now be focused on strengthening these partnerships and finding new markets", completed Francisco Turra, ABPA's president.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2020-01-07 06:26:56 | 2025-08-12 00:23:01 | Details Edit Delete | ||
3664 | Tough competition between Asian countries for Brazilian poultry imports | Besides China, there is increased demand for Brazilian chicken meat from South Korea, the Philippines, and Singapore. | <p>Brazil has exported 384,400 tonnes of poultry in February, up by 10% from the volume exported in February last year. February exports generated revenues of $553.8 million, 5.2% higher than the figure reported in the same month of 2019. Since the beginning of the year, poultry shipments abroad reached a volume of 672,200 tonnes, according to data released by the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA).<br />China accounted for 17.5% of the Brazilian chicken meat exported this year and there are certain signs of increasing competition between Asian countries for poultry imports. South Korea was the destination of 17,500 tonnes in the first two months of this year, a number that exceeds sales by 12.5% in the first two months of last year. The Philippines increased their purchases by 104%, with 14,700 tonnes, while Singapore increased its Brazilian poultry imports by 49%, with 18,300 tonnes between January and February.<br />"Asia has consolidated itself as the main destination for imports of chicken meat from Brazil. This is a favorable fact, especially when we find that the average price practiced in sales to this region of the globe is higher than the general average of exports," pointed out Ricardo Santin, ABPA's executive director.<br />Libya had the highest growth-ratio in imports of Brazilian poultry (370%), with 16,300 tonnes received in the first two months of the year. The EU market was the destination for 40,200 tonnes of poultry, an increase of 14% compared to January-February 2019.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2020-03-06 10:47:36 | 2025-08-10 22:56:25 | Details Edit Delete | ||
6520 | AHDB: Red meat buying behaviours in the Middle East | Bespoke consumer analysis reveals that Quality, Halal Assurance and Taste are vital components for red meat buying decisions from consumers. This article reviews key consumer nuances for the Middle East and how exporters can harness the power of consumer buying behaviour. | <p><span lang="DE">Research carried out by AHDB across the Middle East explored key consumer buying behaviour for red meat. It builds on from previous studies on consumer buying behaviour across </span><span lang="DE">North America,</span><span lang="DE"> </span><span lang="DE">South East Asia</span><span lang="DE"> and the </span><span lang="DE">EU</span><span lang="DE">.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The research across other regions highlighted how important it is for exporters to </span><span lang="DE">harness the strengths of British red meat</span><span lang="DE"> in their target markets. Finding the right messages to amplify the products and justify any premium price positioning can unlock future growth opportunities. Consistently seen across markets is the important role that quality, taste, price and value have in buying decisions.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The latest research in this global study took place in the Middle East and involved an online survey of over 2,000 consumers. It covered countries including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. They were asked about the key buying motivations for beef and lamb.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Quality scored highly across all the regions researched; in the case of Europe and North America it was followed by taste and price/value. In South East Asia food safety was prominent, while in the Middle East the importance of halal assurance was evident.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">We've seen in other regions that quality was the top purchase driver, but it can often mean different things across the regions. The study dug deeper to look at what aspects of quality are important for beef and lamb purchases in the Middle East.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">It highlighted that food safety, taste and freshness are key messages to reinforce quality. Wider appeal around the health benefit, origin and tenderness of the product also came through from consumers. In Saudi Arabia, tenderness, localness, and production methods scored higher in assessing quality, while food safety and freshness came out higher in Kuwait.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The research explored in more depth what was important to those consumers who referenced ‘food safety’ or ‘origin’ in their assessment of ‘quality’. This helps gather more insight into the more particular elements that were important to consumers. Sanitary/hygienic production standards came out strongly – this was also the case across the globe. In the Middle East there was particuliar interest from consumers in the animal slaughter method and how the meat was processed.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">It showed that 56% of consumers agreed that “knowing how the animal was slaughtered” was important, with 47% stating that “knowing how the meat was processed” was important. Other elements, such as the freshness and the origin of the product, were also considerations.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The research identified how critical halal is to consumers in the Middle East, with 76% of consumers agreeing that they trust shops will only sell halal meat. Just under half do not tend to look at the details of the halal certification on packaging because of that trust in shops.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The research also highlighted that 76% of consumers believe different countries will have different halal standards. As a result, if the source market is prominent on pack, it is critical consumers have trust in halal production standards of that exporting market. To understand this context further, AHDB looked at the perception consumers had of British Beef and Lamb in the Middle East.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">On specific metrics that are key to purchase, British Beef and Lamb is seen as strong on Quality, Taste (in UAE and KSA) and offering good Food Safety standards overall.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Productions standards of British Beef and Lamb are currently well regarded, with 60% of consumers agreeing with the statement “British Red Meat has higher production standards compared to red meat from other countries”. This was higher compared to the average seen in South East Asia (47%) and North America (37%).</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Price featured heavily when looking at the barriers to purchasing British Beef and Lamb. This reinforces the importance of justifying any price premium by communicating around quality, halal assurance and food safety messaging.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">While environmental sustainability is not currently a primary purchase driver of beef and lamb in the Middle East, there are signs of strong claimed interest, with 71% of consumers considering broader sustainability topics to be important. This is further encouraged by the fact British Beef and Lamb is currently well regarded on sustainability credentials, which could provide a good platform for future opportunities.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Beef and Lamb exports from the UK to the Middle East are modest but have potential for growth. Strong population with forecasted growth in disposable income, gross domestic product (GDP) growth, together with limited production capacity, will increase food import requirements in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) over the next decade. This provides good </span><span lang="DE">prospects for exporters in MENA</span><span lang="DE">: understanding and adapting to consumer buying behaviour can further place British meat exporters in a strong position versus competitors.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Levy payers have highlighted exports as a highly valued AHDB activity, and it remains one of the cornerstones of our work. AHDB works collaboratively with industry and the Government to deliver services that can help exporters thrive. To support levy payers in the market </span><span lang="DE">AHDB recently hosted a stand at Gulfood</span><span lang="DE"> in Dubai, where British exporters were actively engaging with key supply chain delegates. There was also a butchery demonstration providing product tasting opportunities, all aimed at showcasing quality British produce in the Middle East market.</span></p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-06-20 00:15:42 | 2025-08-12 03:28:08 | Details Edit Delete | |
3282 | Packaging businesses urged to use innovative thinking to solve environmental issues | <p>PUMA urges businesses at EU packaging exhibition to solve the world’s environmental issues via holistic, innovative thinking. "Better, holistic and innovative thinking together with new inspiring ways to cooperate are needed to make an end to the world’s environmental issues of packaging in the coming years. This lesson was drawn at the 25th anniversary of the European Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste (published in 1994) that was celebrated on Tuesday 24 September 2019 at the European packaging exhibition FachPack 2019 in Nuremberg, Germany. The most important question was why 25 years after the introduction of the legislation, packaging environmental problems still are widely felt to be not (yet) addressed adequately, neither in Europe or abroad," said the association in a press release.<br />The anniversary especially featured a presentation of the PUMA project, that aims to make an end to packaging as an environmental issue worldwide in the coming decade. PUMA was initiated in 2016 by NVC Netherlands Packaging Centre. NVC (founded in 1953) is the association of five hundred internationally oriented companies addressing the activity of packaging throughout the supply chain of packaged products. The NVC membership base is holistic in itself, as it includes retailers, manufacturers of packaged products, packaging manufacturers, design agencies, packaging printers, machine manufacturers, recycling companies and so on.</p> <p>With the NVC members support, PUMA has succeeded in creating a framework for environmentally friendly packaging solutions, consisting of an improved vocabulary, a worldwide accessible Live Online Learning workshop (E-STIP) and an accurate and reliable overview of environmental packaging legislation and regulations worldwide (MERGE).</p> <p>PUMA strongly emphasises holistic, innovative thinking and resultingly, unconventional ways to work together. It is proposed to enhance ‘circularity’ with the concept ‘spirularity’ which better addresses the activity of packaging and actually the innovation process. Widely used but less accurate concepts like ‘recycling’ and ‘virgin materials’ have been scrutinized and redefined or repositioned. Interestingly, the PUMA insights meanwhile also have found their use in packaging application fields like (the prevention of) food waste, the development of new front-end and back-end materials technologies and the use of packaging for e-commerce.</p> <p>After an inspiring 2018-2019 World Tour with sessions in Amsterdam (NL), Tokyo (J), Runnymede (UK) and Boston (USA), PUMA is now bringing all results together in the PUMA Manifesto, to be published 6 May 2020 in Dusseldorf, Germany the day before the interpack 2020 starts there. The Manifesto will be available from the NVC stand at the North Entrance.</p> <p>The 4th annual meeting of the PUMA international working group will take place on 25 March 2020 in the iconic Shark Hall of Rotterdam Blijdorp Zoo.</p> <p>(<em>Photo source: Interpack</em>)</p> | 1 | Industry | 2019-09-26 11:21:59 | 2025-08-11 17:37:34 | Details Edit Delete | |||
1982 | Malaysia's dependence on cattle imports is growing | Between 2010 and 2016, Malaysia saw an annual decline of around 2% in its cattle and buffalo population and the phenomenon continues. | <p>Malaysia is facing a decline of its cattle herd, as slaughtering numbers are increasing and new welfare regulations adopted by some of its largest livestock suppliers are becoming more stricter.<br />Between 2010 and 2016, Malaysia saw an annual decline of around 2% in its cattle and buffalo population and for 2018 analysts are expecting a further reduction to 855,441 head, and predicts the slaughter rate will grow to 15.8 %, according to Salaam Gateway.<br />Two years ago, the national herd was at 867,091 head, according to a recent Rabobank analysis and 14.8% were slaughtered throughout that year, increasing the country's dependence on livestock imports from Australia or Thailand or on water buffalo meat imports from India.<br />In fact, Ben Santoso, a Rabobank Singapore food and agribusiness analyst, believes that the country's beef imports will reach 90% of the domestic consumption by 2022.<br />2015 was the best year for Australian livestock exports to Malaysia, with a figure of 50,000 head delivered to this market. Nevertheless, new rules established by the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS), a unique regulatory structure that holds them responsible for ensuring that the entire supply chain conforms to Australian standards, even after the animals have landed overseas, have limited the livestock exports to 21,330 in 2017, according to data presented by Meat and Livestock Australia.<br />These new rules are meant to assure a high animal welfare standard and forbidden the livestock exporters to deliver cattle, sheep and goats for a sacrificial purpose, fact that it has stopped the shipments during the celebration of Korban. As a result, the Malaysian cattle herd was diminished further in the last two years and the phenomenon is expected to continue.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-10-01 10:38:18 | 2025-08-11 15:22:24 | Details Edit Delete | ||
2632 | Spaniards have reduced their meat intake by 1 kilo per year | Between 2013 and 2017, average meat consumption in Spain has decreased from 50.6 to 46.6 kg. | <p>In the last years, Spain has seen a decrease in meat consumption but that doesn't necessarily mean that the Spaniards are eating healthier. According to data released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA), meat consumption is down by 4 kilos compared to 2013, going down from 50.6 kg to 46.6 kg. However, about 80% of the meat consumed in households is red or processed, the least recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) due to the risk related to the development of cancer.<br />The WHO sets the recommended weekly limit of red meat at 500 grams and the processing limit at "little or nothing". Only in households are consumed on average about 300 grams of red meat a week and 210 grams of processed. Of the latter, Spaniards are eating about 30 grams a day, just over half of the 50 grams a day that increase the risk of developing colon cancer by 18%, but far from the advice of "little or nothing", is described in an article from El Mundo.<br />By type of product, however, the most consumed meat is chicken meat, with about 13 kg per inhabitant per year. They are followed by pork and beef with 10 and 5 kilos per year. Apart from this trend, and within the processed group, are fuet, bacon and butter, which are consumed slightly more now than five years ago.<br />From the Spanish provinces, La Rioja is the leader in the reduction of meat consumption (-24%), followed by Cantabria (-17%). In opposition, Galicia is the only province where meat consumption has grown in the last five years due to the increase in chicken and pork. It's also the only area in Spain where pork is more consumed than chicken.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2019-02-25 12:28:19 | 2025-08-12 03:19:49 | Details Edit Delete | ||
3154 | Spain reduces animal antibiotics use by a third | Between 2014 and 2017, the sales of veterinary antibiotics decreased by 32.4%, according to official data. | <p>Antibiotics use in animal breeding is decreasing in Spain, according to the latest data collected under the National Plan against Antibiotic Resistance (PRAN). Spain is ranked among the countries with higher consumption of antibiotics in the European Union, both in human and veterinary medicine.<br />In animal health, the 32.4% reduction recorded in veterinary antibiotic sales has been calculated through data provided by pharmaceutical laboratories. The work of the companies adhering to the REDUCE Programs, created under the PRAN in pigs, meat poultry, cuniculture, beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep and goats, has contributed directly to this descent, according to <a href="https://www.diarioveterinario.com/texto-diario/mostrar/1478569/espana-reduce-324-ventas-antibioticos-veterinarios">Diario Veterinario</a>. This initiative has already achieved a reduction of colistin consumption of 97.18% in pigs (2015-2018) and a reduction in total antibiotic consumption of 71% in meat poultry farming (2015-2018).<br />The National Plan against Antibiotic Resistance (PRAN) is now at its second stage, which is to last until 2021.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2019-08-02 06:37:59 | 2025-08-11 20:38:39 | Details Edit Delete |