TheMeatSite Newsletter - 8 December 2010
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Editorial: Canada Invests in Meat Processing Industry
We have 5 new features this week: Genomic Testing for Better Selection The Danish pig industry has developed a genomic test to select the best breeding animals to be able to ensure improve meat quality, better feed conversion and for sows, better maternal instincts, writes TheMeatSite senior editor, Chris Harris. Optimising Returns on Animal By-Products Protein meal should be allowed back into animal feeds to improve the financial returns on animal by-products in the UK, writes TheMeatSite senior editor, Chris Harris. Beef Breed has a Considerable Effect on End Value Breed and sex differences in carcase distribution can have a considerable effect on the overall value of beef animals due to differential pricing of various cuts, according to studies carried out in Edinburgh and Bristol. UK Poultry and Poultry Meat Statistics - November 2010 By Defra. This monthly publication combines the UK Hatcheries Survey and Poultry Slaughterhouse Survey results together with other Defra statistics, and trade data. It includes data to October 2010. Effectiveness of Interventions for Reducing Salmonella Colonisation The effectiveness of interventions for reducing Salmonella colonisation in broiler chickens from farm to processing are reported by the Poultry Industry Council of Canada. The survey found the most common on-farm interventions reported to be competitive exclusion products and feed or water additives, while biosecurity and carcass dips at the processing plant were also well investigated. ![]()
» CFIA Authority Over Imported Foods Expanded » Canadian Poultry and Egg Statistics - July to September 2010 » Federal Govt Invests in Primary Pork Processing » Government to Invest in Pilot Meat Projects » Pending Slaughter Plant Opening Applauded » Pork Processing Back in Saskatchewan
» Pork Prices Expected to Rise with Crate Ban » Fire at Silver Fern Beef Plant » Meat Groups Welcome Trans-Pacific Negotiations
» No Consensus Linking Red Meat and Breast Cancer » CME: Hog and Steer By-Product (Drop) Values » Pilgrim's Pride Proposes $350m Offering » Phase 2 Of US Beef 'Trust' Campaign Laucnhed » Protein-Packed Beef » Smithfield Foods Announces Expiration Tender Offer » Industry Applauds US-Korea Free Trade Agreement » More Pork Being Pushed into Cold Storage » USAPEEC Supports the US Korea FTA » Outdoor Pigs - Higher Risk of Exposure to Parasites » JBS USA Installs Remote Video Auditing » CME: Wholesale Meat, Poultry Show Signs of Strength » NPPC: US-South Korea FTA Remains Good Deal » GIPSA Proposed Rule Not Good for Ag Industry ![]()
» LMC Report: SOS – Save Our Sucklers » CP Foods Wins at Quality Food Awards » Defra Publishes Foot Pad Dermatitis Scorecard » Undercooked Chicken Liver Food Scare » VION Raises Funds for Fishermen’s Mission » Benefits Of Being Greener in New Beef Roadmap » Welfare Boost for Red Tractor Farms » One Step Closer to Origin Labelling » Labelling Of Cloned Meat & Milk Unnecessary » Aviagen, Moy Park Celebrate 50-Year Partnership
» VION Closes Five-year Credit Facilities » 2011 Guide Prices for Fisheries Products » Tighter European Beef Supplies for 2011 » Pig Meat Shortfall Forecast for EU » Council Agrees New Labelling Rules for Meats » EU Pig Prices: Germany to Expand its Lead
» Japan Beef Imports Down In October
» Some US Poultry Quota to Russia to Remain Unused » HK, South Korea Suspend Poultry Imports from Japan » US Ag Secretary Welcomes Trade Deal with Korea » China/Argentina Look at Beef, Barley and Dairy Trade ![]()
» Sharp Drop in Brazilian Pork Exports
» Swift Workers Locked Out in Wage Dispute » Cattle Co-Product Value Increase » Fat Investment Renders New Life into Old Plant
» French Food Industry Focused on Reduced Packaging
» Mixed Fortunes in Spanish Frozen Food Market
» Pork Fest Organised to Promote Local Pork Products
» Cherkizovo Launches Poultry Breeding at Bryansk » Officials Seize Consignment of US Poultry Meat That's all for this week! Ed. |