TheMeatSite Newsletter - 23 December 2009

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Wednesday 23rd December 2009

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Welcome to this week's newsletter

Editorial: Global Calls for Improved Labelling

The European Commission is looking at the possibility of having an EU-wide animal welfare label for meat products to indicate that they have been produced under strict welfare conditions.

The feasibility study has shown that the best model will be to have a label based on the organic label.

However, the Commission has warned that the label is only as good as the information about it provided to consumers.

In Australia, a report by the Productivity Commission has called for a simplification of food safety standards across the country.

The Commission has attacked the present system for a lack of national food safety standards in the poultry and red meat industries.

There are different food safety rules in each state, and the Commission says there has only been slow progress to develop national standards for primary industry and processing.

In the US, the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is to call for further public comments on the proposed rule, "Nutrition Labelling of Single-Ingredient Products and Ground or Chopped Meat and Poultry Products."

The rule is designed to help consumers make more informed decisions when buying and eating meat and poultry products by requiring nutrition labelling of major cuts of single-ingredient, raw meat and poultry products.

The next newsletter will appear on Wednesay 6 January. We wish all our readers, sponsors and partners a happy Christmas and prosperous New Year.

Chris Harris

This Week's Feature Articles

We have 4 new features this week:

Key to Low Carbon Emission Pig Meat Production
A healthy diet and reduced consumption would reduce carbon emissions, writes TheMeatSite senior editor, Chris Harris.

AgriLive: The Red Meat Debate
Climate change dominated a debate led by a panel of red meat industry experts at AgriLive in the UK, as issues such as declining livestock numbers, cheaper imports and profitability were pushed aside, reports TheMeatSite junior editor, Charlotte Johnston.

Using Pigs to Grow Tomatoes with Biogas
An innovative eco-friendly pig farm of the future is the dream of a Danish pig farmer, Soren Hansen and the concept of a PhD architecture student, Nee Rentz Petersen, writes TheMeatSite senior editor, Chris Harris.

US Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook - December 2009
according to the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) December 2009 Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook.

Company News

Connecting S Asian Poultry, Aqua and Dairy Markets
INDIA - From 1 to 3 February 2010, will see the opening of VIV India 2010, by VNU Exhibitions and Inter Ads.

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