TheMeatSite Newsletter - 6 July 2011
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Welcome to this week's newsletterEditorial: Concerns Rise over Global SPS Agreements
We have 6 new features this week: Consumers Express Concern about EHEC Bacteria The news coverage of the recent deadly EHEC bacteria outbreak in Europe came as a bombshell to consumers and their concerns were measured by researchers at Ghent University in Belgium, who examined 6132 reactions of Belgian newspaper readers after reading the first news reports. New Steps to Classify Health and Safety of Shellfish Steps are being taken in the shellfish industry together with the Food Standards Agency in the UK to improve the classification system for bi-valve beds around the British coastline, writes Chris Harris. MAF New Zealand Beef Outlook International prices of beef rose sharply in the last half of 2010 and early 2011, owing to falling global production and export availability and increasing demand. New Zealand meat production in the year to 30 June 2011 has been reduced by adverse weather in the second half of 2010. Assuming normal climatic conditions, production is expected to recover in the next season; however, beyond 2012 land use change to dairy will constrain production. MAF New Zealand Dairy Outlook US dollar prices for dairy products have been at high levels over the course of the 2010/11 dairy season, well above the previous year but still below the levels reached in 2007/08. The strong demand driving this rise is likely to remain but additional supply in 2012 and beyond is expected to drive international prices down from current levels. International Meat Review 23 June 2011 US beef and veal exports were nearly 25 per cent up year on year according to the laterst statistics from the USDA. Food Market Concentration in Mexico The Mexican agricultural and food sector is marked by varying degrees of market concentration by sub-sector, according to the latest GAIN Report from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). Animal feed and poultry meat production are much more concentrated than beef, pig or egg production. ![]()
» China Opens to British Pork » UK Farming Needs to Produce More Not Less » Case for Groceries Code Adjudicator Presented to MPs » Dutch Outlaw Slaughter Without Stunning » Call for More Pork Sausages for Schools » Latest BPEX Report Shows Pork Growth Continues » New Hope in Battle against Salmonella in Poultry » NFU Scotland Questions Tesco on Pigs at AGM » Changes To Cattle BSE Testing Welcomed » Farmers, Chefs and Butchers Unite at Red Meat Event » DARD Consults on Gases Used for Stunning Poultry
» New Order Raises Concerns over Meat Imports » DA to Meet with Chicken and Pork Producers » International Egg and Poultry Review: Philippines
» Argentina Sets New Beef Prices ![]()
» US Launches Joint Food Safety Campaign » NPPC Wants FTAs Approved Before August » Perdue Launches National TV Advertising Campaign » Simmons Cuts Jobs in Siloam Springs » Industry Warns Congress of GIPSA & RFS Consequences » Retailers Asked to Monitor Animal Welfare » Cattle Outlook » Livestock Rule Exceeds $100M Threshold » JBS USA Completes Debt Rebalancing » New Pathogen Standards for Poultry Processors » Expectations for Financial Managers Addressed » Products Recalled for Possible Listeria Contamination
» Hamming it Up with Australia's Best! » JBS to Temporarily Close Toowoomba Plant » No Growth Promotants in Aussie Pork, Says Coles » North Queensland Beef Processing Plant Proposed » Australian Beef Exports up Four per cent » Call for Meat Industry Review
» Call to Monitor Food Safety at the Source » China Urged to Adopt Holistic Approach on Food Safety » June CPI Likely to Hit Three Year High » China's Pork Prices Up 3.4 Per Cent Last Week » Zhongpin in Share Buy-back Programme » Melamine-Tainted Feeds Used at Chinese Pig Farms
» Meat Processors Applaud Korean Beef Deal » Crawford Appointed as Chairman of Maple Leaf » Call for Resumption of Trade Talks with South Korea ![]()
» Construction Starts on Elets Poultry Complex » Bird Flu in Europe Threatens Exports to Russia
» Sharp Increase in Tuna Exports » Tests Reveal Illegal Additive in Pig Feed
» Open Day Focuses on Dairy Bull Beef Production
» Poultry Industry Set to Continue Growth
» EU Amends Japanese Food and Feed Imports Rules » Significant Growth Anticipated For UK Dairy Market » EU Pig Prices: Little Fluctuation Noted » Exporters to Benefit from EU-South Korea FTA » EFSA Issues Further Warning after E. coli Outbreak » €37.6m EU support for Agricultural Promotion
» Brazilian Cattle Slaughter Steady » Half-Year Poultry Exports Exceed $4 Billion
» Dynamic Fuels Completes First Commercial Flight
» Mixed Prospects for Romanian Agribusiness
» New Investor of Turkey's Top Poultry Company » Growth Promoter Debates Could Undermine SPS Agreements
» South African Reopens to Brazilian Pork
» Westfleisch Stable and Sustainable
» Red Meat Strategy Coordinating Group Appointed
» Profits down at Davachi Broiler That's all for this week! Ed. |
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