Meat, Fish & Dairy Processing Industry News
24 March 2015

GLOBAL - As people around the world celebrated World Water Day 2015 on Sunday 22 March, the United Nations released a new...
23 March 2015

ANALYSIS - Significant trade and investment barriers are being built by Europe’s leading trading partners....
20 March 2015

UK - Midland Pig Producers has withdrawn its current Planning Application for a pig farm, with associated biogas plant, at...

GLOBAL - Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, and Mexico may be rising economic powerhouses, but these five fast-growing, middle...
19 March 2015

ANALYSIS - Restraining lambs individually in a V-shaped restrainer for non-stun religious slaughter is more stressful for...
18 March 2015

GLOBAL - Pressure from the avian influenza (AI), or bird flu, is further spreading across the globe, with new outbreaks in...

GLOBAL - Nearly a quarter of damages wrought by natural disasters on the developing world are borne by the agricultural sector...
16 March 2015

EU – The European Commission has been called on to phase out killing methods, which cause intense suffering to animals,...
13 March 2015

RUSSIA - For Russian Pig farmers, sanctions and Ruble devaluation have been excellent for profits. Pig prices have been at...

EU - In 2014, EU pig meat production started recovering from the low 2013 level supported by lower feed costs and increased...
12 March 2015

FRANCE - A new public health act in France is to establish a simplified form of nutrition labelling on foods....

AUSTRALIA – A short term production slump will drive up prices for Australia’s sheep sector as the industry commences...
11 March 2015

PAKISTAN - Islamic financing can be used to help finance halal meat production....
10 March 2015

SPAIN - After 26 weeks of hog prices dropping all around the EU, the last week of January saw this trend break with the Mercolleida...
09 March 2015

ANALYSIS - Eating offal, meat, butter, dairy products eggs and retinol-enriched margarine are some of the best ways to achieve...
06 March 2015

NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand government is set to introduce a series of new food safety and traceability measures into the...
05 March 2015

UK - If product life across a range of foods was increased by a day it could prevent around 250,000 tonnes of food waste...
04 March 2015

UK - An immediate review of intervention prices by the European Commission and the development of futures markets are two...
03 March 2015

VIET NAM - The market pig numbers and the demand for pork just before TET (the New Year Festival) will ensure an adequate...
02 March 2015

ANALYSIS - Salmonella and Campylobacter show significant levels of resistance to common antimicrobials in humans and animals....