Oct 24, 2018 | Fish Processing, News, Poultry Processing, Red Meat Processing
Chilled fish is the only Meat, Fish and Poultry (MFP) category which is growing ahead of the wider market rate at 3.2%, Kantar Worldpanel has revealed. Data covering the 12 weeks to 7th October shows there is strong value growth particularly from shellfish and smoked...
Oct 10, 2018 | News, Poultry Processing, Red Meat Processing
Information collected by Food Standards Scotland (FSS) showed that 631 tests were carried out last year in which it said that 48 of the tests were ‘contaminated’ with the meat of an animal that was not on the label or menu description. According to a report from FSS,...
Oct 4, 2018 | Awards, News, Poultry Processing, Red Meat Processing
Around 500 bangers were put to the taste test this week by the UK Sausage Week competition’s team of expert judges. The judging panel, headed up by Institute of Meat CEO Keith Fisher, gathered at The Regional Food Academy at Harper Adams University. Keith was...
Aug 28, 2018 | Dairy, Ingredients, News, Poultry Processing, Retailing, Vegetable Processing
Following a summer that has been one of the warmest on records, the price of multiple food items across the country is set to rise. Reports from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (cebr), say dry spells lasted more than 50 days in parts of the country in a...
Jul 5, 2018 | Fish Processing, News, Poultry Processing, Red Meat Processing
The latest meat, fish and poultry (MFP) market update from Kantar Worldpanel, covering the 12 weeks to 17th June, finds value and volume sales are in growth across all categories including fish. The recent weather is helping grocers, and the supermarkets are in...
Jul 5, 2018 | Awards, News, Poultry Processing, Red Meat Processing
The annual UK Sausage Week campaign is back with a banger from 29th October to 4th November 2018 and industry is being encouraged to enter products into the campaign’s competition. UK Sausage Week’s proceedings traditionally kick-off with the competition which...
